My target hand ejector

[greenwellg]

Serial # 474995 It has target sights, trigger and grooved frame in front and back of the grips. a fairly decent job where the grips leave it exposed. I know it has been refinished but it seems to be a fairly decent job. No marks obliterated everything is legible but the typical roll mark ridges are smoothed out. Bore and action parts are as new. I have not shot it yet.
My guess is it would be possible that this was done by S&W at some time after it was made, or it started out as a target model and was refinished some time after that. Grips are not numbered so they may have been added later in life. I think my out the door cost was around $400. Originally built in 1922-3 by my research.

 

[wheelgun610]

Do you have any pics of the whole gun? If it was reworked or refinished by S&W, it would be marked with a date code on the left side of the grip frame with a 3 or 4 digit date code, and would most likely have a star stamped on the butt near the serial number.

 

[greenwellg]

I'll get some pics today. Don't see any markings indicating it was redone by S&W. I have not shot it and previously inquired about it being OK to use some +P ammo I have accumulated. It's the latest 38 special I own with the exception of a Model 36 (1964) that I do not want to shoot +P ammo in that gun. I have an older HE that was made around 1907, last patent date was 1901, not shooting anything but standard velocity in that one if I even shoot it.

 

[greenwellg]

More photos. No indication it was worked on by S&W. I was wondering if there were additional patent dates between the ones on this pistol versus the Dec of 1901 date on my other earlier pistol.

 

[wheelgun610]

Unless you're in a life and death situation, with no other option, there's really no good reason to fire +P ammo in that gun. Personally, I don't even shoot any jacketed ammo in my mid-30s vintage .38 Target.

 

[M5741]

Wow, that a really nice piece. No need to soup it up. Enjoy it for what it was meant to be.