Please help identifying this SW model. Found it cleaning out grandpas stuff, no caliber or model markings that I can find and grandpas not around anymore to answer questions.
Help identifying SW revolver
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I suspect this is an M&P model from the early 1940's and probably chambered for .38 Special.
Either the barrel has been swapped for a short one, or the original barrel was cut short and a front sight mated to it.
Interesting… or funny and not exactly wonderful that the end of the ejector rod actually sits forward of the muzzle.
Either the barrel has been swapped for a short one, or the original barrel was cut short and a front sight mated to it.
Interesting… or funny and not exactly wonderful that the end of the ejector rod actually sits forward of the muzzle.
It looks like a British Service Revolver that has had the barrel cut down. You can still see the plugged hole for the lanyard loop.
I would guess that it has had the chambers reamed to accept .38 special rounds.
I would guess that it has had the chambers reamed to accept .38 special rounds.
It's a cinch that either the barrel or the ejector rod has been replaced since the knob on the rod doesn't even come close to the notch in the barrel...
...Ben
With that serial number, it is almost certainly an altered BSR. Truckman's observation does throw a wrinkle into what the alterations actually were. Some sort of barrel replacement or rod replacement is most likely. The barrel has been cut regardless.
