New to the forum. Hope I'm in the right place, but here goes. I bought a group of handguns recently, and included was a Smith and Wesson 22LR revolver that I don't recognize. It has 4" barrel, 6 shot, flat latch cylinder release, and the only number I can find is in the yoke, 8850 with a capital H above it. Serial is 574x. Very light, but attracts a magnet. All the standard S&W logo on side and emblems on the wood grips. I'm sure it probably something everyone knows...except me.
need some help
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Sounds like a postwar Kit Gun to me. Can you post some pictures?
It is to be hoped that Jim (Hondo44) will be around soon. He's forgotten more about I and J frames than most of us will ever know.
It is to be hoped that Jim (Hondo44) will be around soon. He's forgotten more about I and J frames than most of us will ever know.
This is confusing. The 8850 is the "only number [you] can find" but then you give us the serial number . . .
Is 574x on the butt? Is it really only four digits?
When I said I could only find one set of numbers, I was referring to possible model numbers. The serial # is only four digits long. I am trying to download some picture if my internet service will stay with me long enough to do it. Sometime I think I would be better off with a Dixie cup and a string!
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Can't answer your questions, but someone here will.
Welcome to the best gun forum around, from an old guy in Louisville.
Welcome to the best gun forum around, from an old guy in Louisville.
Definitely looks like a postwar Kit Gun. We need to get Jim to look at it. As I mentioned, he's the resident expert on the I frames.
And it won't have a model number, since it dates to sometime before 1958.
Can you check if a magnet sticks to the cylinder? It may be either a steel or Airweight Kit Gun; the latter will have a steel barrel and alloy frame and cylinder. The wear on the cylinder is consistent with flaking off an anodized surface.
I would guess it to be a $450-500 gun or so.
I would guess it to be a $450-500 gun or so.
