Need help identifying a nice one

[Thecockroach420]

I have another one I need help identifying. Since rhe last one went so well here goes this one, so it's Got nickel plating with mother of pearl handles a 6 and a half in barrel with
"38 s&w special ctg "on the left side and
"smith & wesson springfield Massachusetts u.s.a pat'd Mar 27 94 may 21 95 Aug 4 96 Dec 22 96 Oct 8 01 Dec 17 01 Feb 6 06 "on top of the barrel. The numbers on the yoke are 1515 and the serial number is 149459 . It also has 4 screws on the side and one infront of the trigger guard.

 

[Wiregrassguy]

Welcome to the forums from the Wiregrass! You have a .38 Military & Police Model 1905, 3rd Change, round butt from 1909. It has been refinished outside the factory. Because it has a round butt, some members may call it a Model 1902.

 

[Alk8944]

If you intend to shoot that gun buy a set of wood stocks for it MOP is quite brittle and has been known to break due to the shock from firing. It's hard to be sure, but the left stock appears to already have a crack across the screw escutcheon. The stocks aren't S&W manufacture anyway as S&W MOP have medallions in them.

 

[Thecockroach420]

Thanks for the advice and the information!I would definitely switch the grips out if firing the gun. I mostly shoot it using my strikeman laser system. There Is a small area on the front of the cylinder with some plating that is missing and could potentially lose more. Being so I'd rather play it safe.

 

[glowe]

Shoot it and enjoy it since you will not see much on the upside with the modifications to originality. Re-nickel is normally a killer for collectors, especially since the trigger and hammer are plated and the normally sharp edges are rounded. Stocks add no value either, since MOP stocks of the era from the factory would have had a medallion in the top round. I would say it is worth around $300 - $350 and that is a good price to pay for the enjoyment of taking it to the range whenever you want.

 

[jimmyj]

My first FTO's service revolver was like this one. Carried in a cross draw holster.

 

[DWalt]

Original round butt factory grips were most often black hard rubber. There are replica grips of that style available.