Smith Model ? (Guess!)
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How's about 25-2?
I say it is a 6.5" model 25.
When are you going to tell.
When are you going to tell.I say it is a 6.5" model 25.
I'll post more when the guesses are done!
Take your best guess on what you think it is! It *IS* a Smith....not playin there!
May surprise ya all!
Gary7
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Model 23-2. (Or a Pre-23).
Edit: But I guess if it's a Pre-23 you would not have posted it in this forum.
Edit: But I guess if it's a Pre-23 you would not have posted it in this forum.
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looks like a 27 to me.
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Model 1950 Target
29aholic
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It appears to have a recessed cylinder so my guess is a pre 27 or 27
Rugskipper
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aka Model 26.
Nah....heres my 1950 for comparison...... bad pic though..... gettin dark and I had to run out and snap a pic before the storm gets here!
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valkyriekl
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recessed cylinder, tapered barrel, N-frame...in the 1961-1980 Revolvers Forum...
S&W Model 24, .44 Special, or a S&W Model 27, .357 Magnum?
S&W Model 24, .44 Special, or a S&W Model 27, .357 Magnum?
45Wheelgun
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There was a Target Model of 1950 (pre-26) that would look like that. Maybe it is the angle, but from that picture, it doesn't appear to have room behind the cylinder for a moonclip. Regardless, I am going to agree with JimmyJ.
Curtis, you see a recessed cylinder?
Curtis, you see a recessed cylinder?
45Wheelgun
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Could be a 24 as well, but it can't be a 27 or 28 (at least standard versions) as it has a tapered barrel (no 27) and a gloss blue (no 28) finish.
I don't see how you guys can see a recessed cylinder from that angle.
I don't see how you guys can see a recessed cylinder from that angle.
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Gary7
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valkyriekl
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I thought the tapered barrels came standard with the 24, 26, 27, and 28. The heavy target barrel came standard with the 25 and 29.
As to the cylinder--I can see that the back of the cylinder is almost flush with the recoil shield, which would preclude any round headspacing with the rim exposed. Thus the cylinder has to be recessed.
I put up one of my 1950s just above for comparison.... aint a 1950 Military....
let me throw a wrench in this...
it was made 1969 or later....
here is another picture.....
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Gary7
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the 1950 Military is a pre model 21....... this is neither that or a 23.....
I posted another pic of the revolver a couple posts up from here....
HCD
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Long Shot
OK I'll play, my long shot guess. A Mod. 16 32 mag made in 1990. I know this isn't rite but I figger if enough people guess you'll tell us what it is.
OK I'll play, my long shot guess. A Mod. 16 32 mag made in 1990. I know this isn't rite but I figger if enough people guess you'll tell us what it is.
valkyriekl
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'69 or later:
rules out the Model 20 (discontinued 1966), Model 21 (discontinued 1966, re-introduced 2004), Model 22 (disc. 1966, re-introduced 2005), Model 24 (disc. 1967, re-introduced 1983, never had a recessed cylinder), Model 26 (no recessed cylinder)...
The Model 27 fits the given parameters (recessed cylinder, shiny blue finish, Patridge front sight, tapered barrel)
Model 28 doesn't fit (wrong finish, wrong front sight), nor does the Model 29 (wrong barrel, wrong cylinder length)
So I'd say it's a Model 27.
Black Knight
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I'll bite, could it be a Model 28 that someone sent out to be refinished in bright blue instead of the dull finish normally on the 28?
We have a winner folks!!!!! a Model 28-2- 6 inch.....
However.........there is more..........
ALLEGEDLY, Smith and Wesson Rebarreled it to 44 Special, and then re-blued it.
AND............. Recessed the cylinder so it also shoots Magnums. It shoots very well.
I picked it up along with a dozen others a month or so ago....
Are any of the markings under the grip the markings SMITH puts on a gun when THEY re-work one? I'd love to know if Smith and wesson did the work!
Also.... anyone tell me the date? N serial means after 1969.... But when exactly? This is a pretty hot Revolver.... also have no clue as to value on something like this....????
The marks under the stocks on the frame are? I don't know! What is the 5 digit number/letter stamped there also. It didn't correspond to the ones in "The book"
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BUFF
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I have never seen a 1970-ish S&W revolver that the factory re-barreled and re-bored to another caliber. They likely would have used a correct .44 Special cylinder if they did, rather than rechamber a .357 Mag cylinder. If your cylinder will chamber a .44 Magnum cartridge, it is extremely unlikely that S&W did the work.
There were new barrels in .44 Special, N frame .38 Special and .45 ACP for sale by vendors like J&G Rifle Ranch in the 1970's. Lots of gunsmiths did caliber conversions on Highway Patrolmen and other large frame .35 caliber guns. I would bet your gun became a .44 Special in this manner. I had a talented local gunsmith build me a .44 Special using a M-28 and a new S&W .44 Special barrel early in 1977. With no new .44 Special revolvers having been made by S&W since 1966, and only a few thousand made from 1950 to 1966, lots of us did that.
The 're-introduction' of the .44 Target Model 1950 as the Model 24-3 in 1983 slowed this practice. The cost of the parts, the work and the base gun made it cheaper to buy one of the new sixguns.
N serial numbers began in 1969, as you wrote, and hit N100000 by 1973. Your revolver was probably manufactured in 1969.
There were new barrels in .44 Special, N frame .38 Special and .45 ACP for sale by vendors like J&G Rifle Ranch in the 1970's. Lots of gunsmiths did caliber conversions on Highway Patrolmen and other large frame .35 caliber guns. I would bet your gun became a .44 Special in this manner. I had a talented local gunsmith build me a .44 Special using a M-28 and a new S&W .44 Special barrel early in 1977. With no new .44 Special revolvers having been made by S&W since 1966, and only a few thousand made from 1950 to 1966, lots of us did that.
The 're-introduction' of the .44 Target Model 1950 as the Model 24-3 in 1983 slowed this practice. The cost of the parts, the work and the base gun made it cheaper to buy one of the new sixguns.
N serial numbers began in 1969, as you wrote, and hit N100000 by 1973. Your revolver was probably manufactured in 1969.
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Gary7
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It would take more than recessing the cylinders to chamber 44 Mag rounds. The chambers would have to be reamed specifically for that caliber.
bk43
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My first guess was that this was the 1983 reintro but, it has a pinned barrel. I think your post is right on, an aftermarket rework. I can't think of anything else it could be. Being an aftermarket gun kills the value or course but that takes nothing away from the fact that it's a beautiful gun, in the right caliber, with all the right whistles and bells. I'd be happy to have it.
Bob
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