Model 3 Russian model
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Bienvenue sur les forums du Wiregrass! That is a beautiful example, Patrick! Does it have an 1874 inside a diamond on the butt? It's a Third Model Russian and if the stampings are all in English it is a commercial version, not military.
Guy
Guy
Yes that would be a commercial 3rd model Russian.
Guy
Guy
Please take some nice pictures for us, outside, using indirect natural sunlight?
Do you load for and shoot the old Guns?
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Dears
Yes , i shoot with my old guns .
I reload with Swiss black powder and pure lead bullet .
Target 25 meters .
Soon i'm back home , i will take for you picture with natural light . [ one week ]
I 'm looking for the manufacture date ?
S/N 48840.
Thank you
Patrick
Yes , i shoot with my old guns .
I reload with Swiss black powder and pure lead bullet .
Target 25 meters .
Soon i'm back home , i will take for you picture with natural light . [ one week ]
I 'm looking for the manufacture date ?
S/N 48840.
Thank you
Patrick
Patrick, the top serial number for the third model was 53500. The guns were made from 1874 to 1878. I estimate your gun was made in 1877. But that's a guess.
Guy
Guy
Beautiful example...
Is that finish original? If so, holy moly! If not, simply amazing! I have one that got packed around horseback in Texas for 25 years and it does not look like that. Yes, pictures, please.
Oldmanwesson
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I have SN 48982, same 1874 in a rectangle. According to Roy Jinks, mine was shipped from the factory on 13 April 1877, to M.W. Robinson of New York City - S&W's single largest distributor. It is in its original nickel finish, with the original walnut grips.. The assembly number on the cylinder also appears on the inside of the frame. Sounds like yours was made pretty well at the same time?
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Hopefully this gun will be in my hands next week
Your advices are welcome.
Have a safe day .
Patrick
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Hopefully this gun will be in my hands next week
Your advices are welcome.
Have a safe day .
Patrick
Breathtaking!
Looks like someone forgot they owned that for 140 years.....My word, that may be the nicest one I've ever seen in pictures that isn't in a museum.
That is one amazing revolver (MAYBE??? See "EDIT", below...). If the finish is original, which it appears to be, you have one of the best ones out there!
However, one thing to check is for a date stamp on the frame under the stocks. If it is present, it indicates a factory refinish. For example, if you see "12.29", it means it was back to Smith & Wesson in Dec 1929 for some sort of work, such as a refinish. However, no matter which way you cut it, you own one stunning example!
Did you find it in France?
EDIT: I'm confused. Original photograph appeared to show a pristine blued gun. Other photographs depict a not so pristine nickel gun. All final verdicts and hypotheses withdrawn until that matter is resolved.
However, one thing to check is for a date stamp on the frame under the stocks. If it is present, it indicates a factory refinish. For example, if you see "12.29", it means it was back to Smith & Wesson in Dec 1929 for some sort of work, such as a refinish. However, no matter which way you cut it, you own one stunning example!
Did you find it in France?
EDIT: I'm confused. Original photograph appeared to show a pristine blued gun. Other photographs depict a not so pristine nickel gun. All final verdicts and hypotheses withdrawn until that matter is resolved.
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