Just a note of thanks to Reddog. It appears that Smith & Wesson made a mistake in the letter on my K-38. It should have said shipped to Frank Colladay Hardware Company, not the Frank Galloday Co, as stated in the letter. Looks to be a simple typo.
Show off those K frames
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Reddog, that's a handsome revolver. I have your gun's littermate -- K100091, shipped December 1950.
Aside from a really ugly corrosion/pitting problem around one flute, presumably from the gun resting for an extended period on a hostile surface, mine is in pretty good shape. The pits are too deep to buff out, so mine is just a shooter.
K-38s are great guns, though I haven't been able to shoot K-frames as well as I can the N-frame .38s.
Aside from a really ugly corrosion/pitting problem around one flute, presumably from the gun resting for an extended period on a hostile surface, mine is in pretty good shape. The pits are too deep to buff out, so mine is just a shooter.
K-38s are great guns, though I haven't been able to shoot K-frames as well as I can the N-frame .38s.
doublesharp
Member
K22s
17-6
617 10 shot
pre 19
.22 Outdoorsman
17-6
617 10 shot
pre 19
.22 Outdoorsman
Reddog
Absent Comrade
Thank you, Muddyboot! Glad I could add a little history to your fine gun!
Mr. Wilson,
Your gun looks good to me! You've got me wondering, now, though? My gun is #100881. Seems to me that it might not be a 1950? Of course, I suppose they could have shipped 800 or more that month? Thanks for the info!
Dick
Mr. Wilson,
Your gun looks good to me! You've got me wondering, now, though? My gun is #100881. Seems to me that it might not be a 1950? Of course, I suppose they could have shipped 800 or more that month? Thanks for the info!
Dick
NA225
Member
I turned the cylinder so the bad spot is on the back side; like a vain actor who sidles up to a camera in only one way, this guns looks better from one direction than the other!
With that S/N, I think your gun would be either very late 1950 or early 1951. The thing to remember is that S&W had no policy that forced guns to ship in serial number order; once they were completed, they just went into inventory. When orders came in, boxed guns were pulled without reference to serial number. While it is generally true that earlier numbered guns went out before later numbered guns, short of a factory letter there is no way to tell exactly when a specific gun was shipped. In some cases, a lower-numbered gun would leave the factory months or even a couple of years after a higher-numbered gun.
INJUNTOM
Member
Pre-Victory
M&P First Model
Mod. 17-4
19-4 with metaloy finish
Mod 15-3
M&P First Model
Mod. 17-4
19-4 with metaloy finish
Mod 15-3
1979. That serial number ought be on a Model 10-7; you can confirm that by opening the crane and seeing if the stamp "MOD 10-7" appears on the frame under the barrel.
DHENRY
Member
Most of what I collect happen to be N-Frames.
Still have a few K's around here that I really enjoy.
Don
1911 .38 spl. M&P Target, 6-1/2" bbl.
1958 M-17
1960 M-48
1963 M-53
Still have a few K's around here that I really enjoy.
Don
1911 .38 spl. M&P Target, 6-1/2" bbl.
1958 M-17
1960 M-48
1963 M-53
INJUNTOM
Member
Still 1979, but I jumped to a conclusion I had no reason to propose. Thanks for the additional info.
INJUNTOM
Member
Thanks for the info on the year. I wasn't really sure.
model70hunter
Member
bobsdad
US Veteran
phenson
US Veteran
MJS5678
Member
Hoot
US Veteran
I only have one that fits this 1896-1961 forum, and it's not very pretty.
To some folks.
But I like it.
Shipped to New Orleans in 1901.
To some folks.
But I like it.
Shipped to New Orleans in 1901.
Art Doc
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Pre-1961 K frames? Only have a couple and none that haven't been seen before.
Andy Griffith
Member
I will submit this as the most worn one, and the muzzle will nearly cut you because it is so worn on one side. 
Shoots great though.
Shoots great though.
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