Hello, need help identifying a revolver

[Tynan918]

Hello. My grandpa passed away about a month ago and my grandma and uncle are interested in identifying his .38 Special Revolver and getting a possible value put on it.

I've researched the numbers on the bottom of the handle and behind the spinner but I can't find the exact gun.

Bottom of the handle reads "41352"... can't make out the last number.

Behind the spinner reads "42408"

I don't know how to upload pictures or I would. It's chrome with a stager horn handle.
If anyone can help me identify it, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance .

 

[444 Magnum]

Welcome to the forum.
We're really going to need more information--most of which we can get from pictures. There is an instructional video on this link courtesy of Wiregrassguy:

Video Tutorials on Posting Pictures




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[hkcavalier]

Well, I think we can get in the ballpark without pictures. At least with the ID part.

If it has a six digit serial number on the butt, with no letter in front, it is probably a S&W Military & Police model made in the 1920s. There aren't any factory chrome S&Ws, so it's either nickel or it was chromed later (far less likely). Of course, it could have been nickeled later too, which was pretty common. A dead giveaway is that S&W didn't plate the trigger or hammer, but most refinishers did.

A small percentage of these have target sights, which makes them more valuable. But unless the condition is nearly perfect, old S&W .38s like this are usually $300-$400 guns. Pawn shops are loaded down with them because they've become curiosities to most modern gun owners, and needless hassles to non-gun people who inherit them.

If there is a letter in front, different story and it could be one of several models made during or after WWII. Without pictures or a lot more description, no chance to help much.

 

[squirrelnest]

Welcome to the forum from Virginia.

 

[pmanton]

Hi from Salome, AZ.

 

[Delta Expatriate]

Welcome from Mississippi.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

Hello. My grandpa passed away about a month ago ...

I've researched the numbers on the bottom of the handle and behind the spinner but I can't find the exact gun.

If anyone can help me identify it, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance .

My condolences on your loss.

On the revolver does it say "Smith and Wesson"? I ask because Spain and other countries made revolvers based on the S&W pattern. I would also suggest Google and see what images comes up looking like what your grandpa had.

 

[richrd]

You could email pics to me or someone else on here and we could post them for you

 

[husker51]

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[C Islander]

Welcome from Ohio!

 

[URIT]

Welcome aboard from coastal North Carolina.

 

[dobegrant]

Welcome from Arizona

 

[Housepuss]

ID my revolver

Welcome from the Peoples Democratic Republic of Oregon
Good to have you, great bunch of folks here who are always happy to help.

 

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[lkabug]

Welcome to the forum from the Commonwealth of Virginia.