Mcgivern Outdoorsman confirmation!

[AZ Rebel]

Last month I posted about an OD that I had thought was a Grail gun. The S&W letter arrived today, and confirmed it, it's a Mcgivern! I won it in an auction in CA. It was cataloged as a HD and had 70s vintage magna grips without the screw. Because of the cataloging error it didn't receive much bidding interest. Still, after auction premium, tax and shipping it cost me $2100. The fly in the ointment is it has a slight muzzle bulge. Catalog pictures didn't show it. It's flet more than seen. Since it's at the very muzzle accuracy doesn't suffer.

 

[dobegrant]

Congratulations on owning a piece of history

 

[Wiregrassguy]

Note the last gun in the shipping log 44388 went to McGivern.

 

[The Kid]

May just be my holy grail S&W. I'm envious.

 

[Legendarylawman]

I do not know enough about providence regards Colts, but looks like you did good and have some paper to back it up. I have 3 letters out, 2 Colts and 1 Smith. Maybe I can get some good news when they come in the mail. Most likely "Hardware store" guns. LOL

 

[AZ Rebel]

I do not know enough about providence regards Colts, but looks like you did good and have some paper to back it up. I have 3 letters out, 2 Colts and 1 Smith. Maybe I can get some good news when they come in the mail. Most likely "Hardware store" guns. LOL

I had hoped it was ordered by notable person of that period. I'm OK with it being sent to a hardware store. This one, Western Metal supply just happens to make up the left field wall of the stadium of the San Diego Padres.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Major congrats.

 

[glowe]

Very nice gun, but I have to wonder if it is worth what you paid?? There were only three things different on the McGivern Model, the 5" barrel, the front sight and the Magna stocks starting in 1935. Any K or N frame target revolver could be ordered with McGivern front sights as it was a standard option. I believe that without serial numbered stocks to the gun value would be quite a bit lower. Maybe Mike has some additional information that states Magna stocks were not first used on Registered Magnums?

The standard introduction of N frame Magnas is thought to be those on the first 357 Registered Magnum. That serial number range started at 45765. This Outdoorsman shipped in 1934. Since those stocks are not original to the gun, I wonder if original stocks were standard service type?

BTW, Guy's mentioned gun did not ship until 1935.

Here is another 38/44 McGivern Model that SmithNut had posted back in 2013.

 

[mikepriwer]

Gary

I don't know when magna stocks were first available. The pair I had, 42093 & 4, were shipped May 1933, and had service stocks with grip adapters. The Smithnut gun, above, has small grips. The OP's gun had post-WW2 magnas ( and now I have to guess) possibly because a previous owner changed the original small stocks to modern magnas. Or, if something happened to original magna stocks, they were replaced post-WW2.

Perhaps Historian Mike Helms has information about the time-frame of original magna stocks.

Regards, Mike Priwer