Old Revolver With No Model Number

[JJSRev]

With that checkering? Nope. It's been welded up to enlarge it and poorly checkered. Functional but not pretty.

So this is interesting and perfectly plausible, as my grandpa was a bowyer and a fletcher and a woodworker, and I even made some leather holsters with him when I was little…so the thought of him tinkering with the hammer is a very realistic scenario.

 

[Waveski]

If that hammer spur was modified by your grandfather I would consider that a bonus to the heirloom factor.

 

[tops]

Am I understanding correctly that “.38 S&W SPL” is not the same as a standard .38 Special round? Or will this pistol fire regular .38 Special?

All .38 Specials are the same, Colt and S&W.
.38 Short and .38 Long Colt are the same dia. as Specials but different lengths and will work in .38 Specials.
.38 S&W (not Special) and .38 Colt New Police are the same dia. but larger dia. than .38 Special and will not work in .38 Special guns.
Have I got you confused? Larry