Help Identifing Hand Ejector Please

[Hondo44]

Yes, very true. And that would add a little to the barrel replacement cost. Although a newer and nicer barrel that might need to be re-threaded will be easier to find with blue finish to blend in with the gun.

Hopefully the barrel socket in the frame was enlarged. And the OP needs to have that determined before shopping for a barrel. Because if he found a smaller shank barrel below ~serial #33803, it of course won't fit the enlarged socket.

 

[Pizza Bob]

In photograph #4 of the OP, look at the barrel shank in the cylinder window. Machine marks indicating it may have been turned down?

Adios,

Pizza Bob

 

[Hondo44]

Good eye Bob! It has been turned down. For one thing, S&W never threaded the barrel shank all the way to the end of the barrel like that.

 

[mikepriwer]

Lee, and others

In addition to all your observations, I also noticed that the extractor nob looks like it is the later variation, that does not unscrew from the extractor rod.

Regarding the barrel threading, all that has to be turned down is the threaded portion. it's not necessary to turn down the shoulder on the barrel, but for appearances sake, it can be done. I agree with all your observations.

I would say that the only thing that is original is the frame and the internal lock-work.
Having said that, I wonder what was done for the elevation screw on the rear sight leaf. The original 1902 would have been a push-up screw. The sight leaf on the gun now would have had a t-head screw riding in a pair of slots in the trough. Also, because of the age of that sight leaf, the rear sight blade is the thicker variant that is removed from the top, as opposed to the earlier one, that slid in from the side.

Regards, Mike Priwer