Sight adjustment tool, Registered Magnum & Triple Lock Target Model revolvers

[mrcvs]

It may be that I’ve missed it, but in some of the high end auction house offerings of Registered Magnum revolvers with original box, certificate, mailing tube, etc, I don’t recall seeing a periodic sight adjustment tool being offered. If associated ephemera is being offered in a sale, it’s unlikely a sight adjustment tool wood be carelessly tossed away. Again, I don’t recall seeing one in an auction lot, but my observations could be wrong.

I don’t ever recall seeing an original sight adjustment tool for a Triple Lock revolver. Or for any of the various late 19th Century/early 20th Century Target Model .22 to .45 cal Smith & Wesson Target Model revolvers, beginning with the New Model No 3 revolver.

So, what did these EARLY sight adjustment tools look like?

 

[kwill1911]

Lots of threads about this. Here's one:
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...ht-adjustment-tool.html?637107=#post140997234

 

[mrcvs]

So none would have had wooden handles?

 

[kwill1911]

Nope, not S&W. The early Colt Woodsman pistols had a wooden handled SAT but that's the only one that comes to mind.

 

[mrcvs]

Nope, not S&W. The early Colt Woodsman pistols had a wooden handled SAT but that's the only one that comes to mind.

Okay, much thanks. This was a hypothetical question and I’ve never seen a wooden handled one but was surmising.

I wonder why sight adjustment tools don’t show up regularly in sales of 99% Registered Magnum revolvers with original boxes regularly? My guess is they were not standard but extra. Or simply lost/separated.

 

[lestert357]

I think one thing that happens to the original Pre-War SAT’s and original Wesson Grip Adapters is that they are separated from the revolvers and sold separately. Both of these items in nice condition will fetch $500+ when sold separately, but may not realize full value when sold as part of a revolver package. To a lesser extent the same may be true of some documentation items such as the Registered Magnum brochure.

 

[kwill1911]

They were standard/included. They get lost or people keep them. An original one can bring as much as $1,000.

 

[mrcvs]

They were standard/included. They get lost or people keep them. An original one can bring as much as $1,000.

Okay that jogs my memory. I think I now recall a thread several months ago about one selling on eBay for a ridiculously high price.

I was looking at past sales of Registered Magnum revolvers in original boxes and noted the lack of sight adjustment tools, which seemed rather curious.

 

[RKmesa]

Here's a photo of my most complete package for a Registered Magnum (you can see the SAT sandwiched between the ammo box and the extra sight blade)...



Some of the components separately...





Thanks,

 

[kwill1911]

Hey Richard, that refinish came out great!
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OK, just kidding.

 

[Wiregrassguy]

According to the Standard Catalog of S&W, 4th Edition, page 55, the earliest screwdriver was a brass handle with interchangeable blades.

 

[RKmesa]

Hey Richard, that refinish came out great!
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OK, just kidding.

Kevin:

That 7" is not perfect. It has been shot (you can see how the CCH is worn on the trigger) and has some very slight wear on some of the high spots of its original factory finish. But I do have a couple of refinished ones...

... this 6.5"er that spent some time in Alvin White's shop





... and my very first RM ($950 well spent) that shipped from the factory to Kings, then made a return trip to factory sometime later in its life (I cannot remember the date stamped on the frame) for a factory refinish...





...and the refinish on both of them turned out just fine.

 

[kwill1911]

Well, Richard, someday you can hope to collect some nicer guns...NOT!

 

[bdGreen]

Yes, the pre war SAT's don't show up for sale very often.

But, a most rare and hard to find is an original bdg SAT no dash.

Try and locate one of these babies...

enjoy,

bdGreen

 

[Walter Rego]

Whenever I go to a flea market, antique show or antique shop I always am on the lookout for SAT's. I'm hoping to find one of the knurled handle post war SAT's that typically sell for over $100 or the Holy Grail, a pre War SAT of the style shipped with RM's. I check out the vendor's assortments of old tools looking to get lucky. So far, no luck.....

But in my mind, that seems like a good strategy.

 

[RKmesa]

... a most rare and hard to find is an original bdg SAT no dash.

Try and locate one of these babies...

enjoy,

bdGreen

Bruce:

Can you give us a sense of the scale of that beauty? AND - If the bdG factory ever does another production run of that model, please put me down for one.

 

[bdGreen]

Bruce:

Can you give us a sense of the scale of that beauty? AND - If the bdG factory ever does another production run of that model, please put me down for one.

Richard, here is my pictured SAT with a factory product next to it.

The third item I made myself also. It is fab'd from stainless.

These were just 'because I could' ventures.

I hand-ground each cutting tool for the 'nape of the neck' and the butt caps.

It was fun.


And, no. There won't be a dash 1.

enjoy,

bdGreen

Tap on image to enlarge.

 

[bdGreen]

And then there is the 'real deal'.

enjoy,

bdGreen

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[Hondo44]

And then there is the 'real deal'.

enjoy,

bdGreen

Tap on image to enlarge.

I found one of those at a yard sale 3 blocks from my house. The owner priced it, a handful of .44 brass, and a screwdriver all for $6.

 

[Hondo44]

The funny thing is, I'd never heard of or seen one of those SATs. But my gut told me it was a S&W SAT for something. After a little research I figured out what it was and what they were selling for!