Help with S&W New Model 3??? Brought Her Home...

[Masterpiece]

Yes it does Masterpiece.

singleshot1891,

Sorry it took so long to note you'd posted the photo of the Relocated Ser. No. on Your Revolver...Slipped my mind until I was notified that OutAtTheEdge's Letter had arrived...Appreciate you taking the time to post it!!

 

[rickyt]

There seems to be too many : "it is believed to be " for my liking.


"is believed to have been produced by Smith & Wesson (S&W) as a Model 3"
"but is believed to either be in .44 S&W American OR in .44 Russian,"


I think it's case of buyer be wary.

 

[Masterpiece]

Interesting to note it says that the gun "would have been pulled from the order and had a lanyard installed" with the SN restamped across the end of the butt. So, is this in fact a factory lanyard? They seem to think so, but don't have the SNs to verify it. How solid is the info supporting the S&W vs. Japanese placement of the lanyard?

OutAtTheEdge,

"Very" happy Your Revolver "Lettered" as I expected it to...This also pretty much confirms my suspicions that even the other Nickel (Japanese-Shipped) NM#3 Revolvers that I previously have been unable to confirm...Unless some extreme circumstance withstanding will discount this...Will also "Letter" as being shipped on that Date to Takata as well!!

As to your inquiry how solid is the info supporting the placement of the (Japanese Arsenal Style Lanyard) on your Revolver...In my opinion very solid given "All" of my research I've come across leads me to believe this style was "Never" installed by S&W at the factory!! Also...All the the S&W Lanyards are completely different design as well as the placement of them...I'll see if I can find a couple decent photos for comparison & post them if I do so you can see the difference!!

Also...Many years ago Roy & I had some heated discussions about this and he could never come up with a concrete answer that they were...Why from time to time Letters come through leading you to believe them to be S&W Factory Lanyards I'll never no because they aren't!!

Only way I could perceive them being so is to find some notation in the Factory Records that the Japanese supplied these Lanyards to S&W to be installed there before these Revolvers having them were shipped to Japan...I seriously doubt there is any info to be found...Just my opinion!!

 

[mmaher94087]

'"it is believed to be "' is a copout for when the seller doesn't want to be caught making an incorrect statement. The GI ad has enough good photos to show the caliber and I believe the Japanese provenance. I too am a great fan of the Japanese shipped S&W revolvers. Great snag OutAtTheEdge.

 

[OutAtTheEdge]

Thanks Masterpiece, that's what I was wondering (and could have worded better).