trying to rebuild a 1902 38 special military

[scott gibson]

hi everyone I'm trying to rebuild a 1902 38 special, I my looking for a schematic diagram of one so I can order the missing parts any ideas where I can download 1. And is it a sin to customize it buy bluing some parts and leaving some nickel.

thx Scott

 

[Muley Gil]

Check this thread:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-hand-ejectors-1896-1961/134380-inside-1902-a.html

 

[hcso617]

try here;

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/SmithWesson-33495.htm

 

[mikepriwer]

The gun is worth its most when it is all original. If you are replacing parts that
are numbered to the gun, like a barrel or cylinder or sideplate or yoke, then the
gun loses a lot of value, and becomes just a shooter. The same thing happens when
you change the color on some of the parts - ie, make it a two-tone gun. A factory
letter would never confirm it, and so the gun does not gain any value from that.

People do, in fact, do this kind of thing, but it does not increase the value of the gun.
Its important that one understands this reality.

Mike Priwer