Can someone tell me how to remove the cylinder from a New Model Smith? I read somewhere that these guns have the serial number marked on the barrel assembly somewhere. I can't find it and want to check to see if it is hidden by the cylinder. Thanks.
S&W No. 3 New Model
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Can someone tell me how to remove the cylinder from a New Model Smith? I read somewhere that these guns have the serial number marked on the barrel assembly somewhere. I can't find it and want to check to see if it is hidden by the cylinder. Thanks.
deadin
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IIRC to remove the cylinder hold the latch up and pull back on the cylinder while turning it counter clockwise. However the barrel serial number is under the latch and can be seen without removing the cylinder. It can be hard to see as it is quite small and is sometimes seperated onto each "ear" of the barrel extension. Here is a picture of its location on a Frontier Double Action. (It's also on the bottom of the latch.) Should be in the same place on your NM#3.
Buffalo Nichols
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Right on about the serial number locations and if you will share some details I will add yours to my data base of NM#3's after adding I will send you a copy. What I need if willing is serial number type of finish, type of grip, barrel length, caliber, type of grip, if you get a letter the ship date, any unusual features or markings. As to your original question; to remove the cylinder, raise the latch rotate the cylinder counter clockwise while pulling gently toward the rear.
mmaher94087
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Lawlor2, what was said about removing the cylinder is true. I just want to emphasize the fact that one must continue to hold the barrel latch up while turning the cylinder ON or OFF. If the latch isn't held fully up, the nib on the underside of the latch will scratch the cylinder leaving a mark like a screw thread. Keep the latch UP at all times when removing or replacing the cylinders on top-breaks. Mike
Buffalo Nichols: This No. 3 is an Australian model cut for a shoulder stock with the broad arrow mark on the butt. It is nickel with a 7 inch barrel in 44 Russian. The serial No. is 12894. An article by Roy Jinks in the Smith & Wesson Collector's News from Nov. 1974 lists this serial No. as one the 250 guns shipped to M.W. Robinson on Dec. 14, 1881 for the Australian Government. The grips are replacement, old custom "cowboy" style. It came to me in an old holster. Hope this helps.
