Show off those K frames

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.
 
Reddog, that's a handsome revolver. I have your gun's littermate -- K100091, shipped December 1950.

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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.
 
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
 
Victory Model

The Victory model belonged to my grandfather. The Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded him for action as a fighter pilot during the second world war. He retired a Colonel from the USAF.
 

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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

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.
 
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.

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