Info and value on kit 34 revolver?

[Alborlin1]

Any info appreciated and value. Thank you

 

[colt_saa]

Based on the serial number and known lists it appears that your revolver was manufactured in 1951 this is several years before model numbers were assigned to guns, that occurred in 1957

However visually, your revolver appears to be a Model 22/32 kit gun of 1953 which started at serial number 101

Prior to 1957 the firearms only had names.

Though it is not uncommon to hear people calling your revolver a Pre 34

An official historical letter would yield the date that your revolver shipped from the Factory and who it to shipped. Prior to computerizing in the 1980s Smith and Wesson only recorded the date of shipment, not the date of manufacturer

 

[Farmer17]

If it was in excellent condition it would be worth a lot but in that shape, not so much. A blue gun can be touch up blued with hot Blue Wonder and look quite a bit better but not much can help nickle so I'm guessing your gun would sell in the $350 to $400 range as a shooter.

 

[JP@AK]

Welcome to the S&W Forum, Alborlin1.

You have a .22/32 Kit Gun Model of 1953. It is built on the New I frame, introduced in 1953 at serial number 101. Your is of 1954 manufacture and may have shipped from the factory that year or the next. They did not ship in serial order.

 

[22hipower]

Welcome to the Forum, lot's of good information here. I suspect a little work with some Flitz would improve the presentation of that neat old revolver quite a bit. I'd be surprised to find it offered for less than $600 where I shop. We don't see them all that often. You might remove the stocks and check the number stamped in to the underside of the right panel, I bet it numbers to the gun, which is a plus.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[Baxter6551]

That's a beauty !

 

[Hondo44]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Retired W4]

I have 7041 which shipped October 1954.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Hondo44]

The numbers you showed in the yoke, you may know, are factory assembly numbers and the 3rd matching number is on the inside of the side plate.

See if you can find the other 5 locations matching the butt serial numbers. I'll give you the hardest location to find:
The rear surface of the yoke looking through a cylinder chamber.

 

[Elroy]

I'll give you the hardest location to find:
The rear surface of the yoke looking through a cylinder chamber.

Elroy holds the opinion that with old eyes, the serial numbers on the face of the ejector are the most difficult to read.

 

[Hondo44]

True. I never use old eyes anymore; magnifying glass.

 

[Truckman]

Elroy holds the opinion that with old eyes, the serial numbers on the face of the ejector are the most difficult to read.

I concur with my colleague, Elroy......Ben

 

[Hondo44]

I have 7041 which shipped October 1954.

Welcome to the forum.

2" or 4"? Rd or square butt?