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VASCAR2
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Looks like a model 28 N frame 357 more than a model 18 22 LR. Someone might have inadvertently miss stamped the crane.
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Hard to tell by the pictures if it's a K frame or an N frame?
VASCAR2
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Your probably right about being a 19. I find it hard to distinguish some K frames from N frames in photographs. Put a N and K frame in same picture it is more obvious. Weighing it will easily determine which frame he's got.
Since the 1 is so large, the assumption is that the "1" is correct and most likely both numbers are correct, just overstamped. This eliminates the 28, which was my train of thought on it.
If it was a 28, effort would have been made to turn the 1 into a 2. That does not appear to have been done here.
If it was a 28, effort would have been made to turn the 1 into a 2. That does not appear to have been done here.
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That's an odd bird. It doesn't appear to have a tapered barrel that I can see in the pics. Maybe it's there but my eyesight is going bad?
My guess it's a Mod 13 that the stamping is messed up on? Those were K Frame 357s I believe.
Except... the Model 13 is the equivalent of a Model 10, but in .357 Magnum, both are fixed sights.
I agree with others, an overstamped Model-19.
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Yes, a mis-stamped model 19. The cylinder nearly fills the frame window (so not an N), it has the shrouded extractor rod and heavy/wide rib barrel stamped "S & W .357 Magnum" (not a model 15), and does not have the crosspin for a rimfire frame mounted firing pin (not a model 18).
The stocks are of the original style for the model 19. I don't know why your friend would want to separate them from the gun but call them as worth about $150.
The stocks are of the original style for the model 19. I don't know why your friend would want to separate them from the gun but call them as worth about $150.
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He's not going to separate the grips from the gun. That was just my curiosity. I'm always intrigued by what just the grips can go for.
Thank you all for the info.....
Look at the amount of barrel shank that protrudes into the frame. Models 27 and 28 have short cylinders and a lot of barrel shank inside of the frame.
It is a K frame.
Hair Trigger
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I think I would research that gun some more. There's no dash number, so you'd think M19. SN is in the 1960 manufacture range, but the M19-1 was introduced in 1959. Since the SN has been over-stamped, could the -1 have been omitted? If it's a dash-1, it would be worth twice as much as a later model, according to SWSC. What else could account for the manufacture date being later, but it still being a no-dash?
No way would I separate those stocks from that gun. Keep it whole, and get a letter on it.
No way would I separate those stocks from that gun. Keep it whole, and get a letter on it.
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Got my hands on the gun today, it's definitely a K frame. The gentleman that owns it will be getting it lettered. He knows it once belonged to his father in law, who carried this revolver, as a LEO...
Can't wait to see what Mr. Jinks has to say about this.
Can't wait to see what Mr. Jinks has to say about this.
