Trying to ID an Smith

[JamesFlowers]

I have a Smith and Wesson revolver that I had always thought was just a Model 10, but now I am not sure.

Inside the crane is no Model-10 designation. Instead there is only an "E". My research says that means this is a 38 Regulation Police. I am hoping somewhere here can help clear up my confusion. Everything I have found so far says a 38 Regulation Police should be 38S&W and I have always shot 38 Special out of this revolver. Though it has not been fired in 15 years.

Inside crane - "E" and either 19320 or 1932D
Left Barrel - Smith & Wesson
Right Barrel - 38 S&W Special Ctg.
Right Side - Made in USA, Marcas Registradas, Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Mass
- Smith & Wesson Trade Mark

Serial # 111xxx - matching between butt and cylinder

Any help or info will be appreciated.

Thanks
James

 

[Muley Gil]

Welcome to the Forum.

If your revolver has no letter prefix on the butt, such as a "C" or "D", you have a .38 Military & Police Model of 1905-1st Change. It would have shipped from the factory between 1906-1909. It was built on the K frame.

A Regulation Police would have been built on the I frame and would have been a 5 shot.

 

[JamesFlowers]

Thanks.

I missed the prefix. It has a "C" on the butt.

 

[cgt4570]

Model numbers didn't exist until 1958. Some people would refer to your gun as a pre-Model 10. It's factory name would have simply been .38 Military & Police Revolver. Your gun was made around 1950 give or take a year.

 

[Art Doc]

Those markings you see are assembly numbers used only in the factory.

You have a post-war Military & Police Model.

Why does everyone ignore the letters in the serials?

 

[Tom K]

Those markings you see are assembly numbers used only in the factory.

You have a post-war Military & Police Model.

Why does everyone ignore the letters in the serials?

Duh - everybody knows it's a serial number, not a serial letter.