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8/13/2005 11:19:56 PM EDT
I have some one on another forum I visit asking info about this gun:



The info he gives says it was his great grandfathers. It is chambered in .38 short, and he beleives it to be 115+ years old. That's about it. He doesn't say what markings are on it. Any ideas? Any info?

Thanks,
Kris
8/13/2005 11:22:51 PM EDT
[#1]
Glawk foo-tee  


(I have no freaking clue)
8/13/2005 11:22:57 PM EDT
[#2]
Looks like wanna them pearl handled nickle plated sissy guns...
8/13/2005 11:24:21 PM EDT
[#3]
Iver Johnson?

nevermind looks more like a S&W
www.chicagohistory.org/hadc/visuals/artifact/007A070.htm

ETA:Nevermind Lumpy beat me to it
8/13/2005 11:24:31 PM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
Glawk foo-tee  


(I have no freaking clue)


Don't you ever sleep? Got my free float rail system on and tested it today.
8/13/2005 11:25:34 PM EDT
[#5]
Sleep? What is this word you speak???   IM incoming.

Quoted:
Quoted:
Glawk foo-tee  


(I have no freaking clue)


Don't you ever sleep? Got my free float rail system on and tested it today.
8/13/2005 11:34:14 PM EDT
[#6]
S & W .38 Safety Hammerless.  Im not S&W smart enough to know if its the 2nd or 3rd model.
8/13/2005 11:36:46 PM EDT
[#7]
looks like a S&W model 3 or a copy of one .

any markings?  is it SA or DA?
8/13/2005 11:38:04 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
looks like a S&W model 3 or a copy of one .

any markings?  is it SA or DA?


Theres no hammer spur, it would have to be a DA.
8/13/2005 11:38:39 PM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
S & W .38 Safety Hammerless.  Im not S&W smart enough to know if its the 2nd or 3rd model.


i think we got a winner

i didnt notice the lack of hammer.


looks like a new depature  to me.  
8/13/2005 11:42:24 PM EDT
[#10]
8/13/2005 11:45:42 PM EDT
[#11]
I don't think it's a S&W. Notice that it doesn't have the front site blade?
8/13/2005 11:45:52 PM EDT
[#12]
2nd model pinned? what say ye???
8/13/2005 11:47:53 PM EDT
[#13]
Quoted:
I don't think it's a S&W. Notice that it doesn't have the front site blade?


i noticed that, i assumed it had fallen out. (meaning it was  pinned at one  time).
a hand gun is pretty worthless without a front site
8/13/2005 11:48:34 PM EDT
[#14]
Im sticking with S&W .38 Safety Hammerless 3rd model now.
8/13/2005 11:48:46 PM EDT
[#15]
Hmm, I dont see a pinhole for the site, and the hammer looks different.
8/13/2005 11:49:16 PM EDT
[#16]
Quoted:
Im sticking with S&W .38 Safety Hammerless 3rd model now.


You have a pic of one?
8/13/2005 11:49:54 PM EDT
[#17]
Quoted:
www.armchairgunshow.com/images/32-Safety-Hless-Mods.jpg



The .32 looks A LOT different than the .38.
8/13/2005 11:50:31 PM EDT
[#18]
Actually, now that I look at it, it does have the front sight. It just blends in really well with the backdrop.
8/13/2005 11:52:16 PM EDT
[#19]
Quoted:
Quoted:
www.armchairgunshow.com/images/32-Safety-Hless-Mods.jpg



The .32 looks A LOT different than the .38.

www.armchairgunshow.com/images/38-Safety-Hless-Mods.jpg


I think you're right with the 2nd or 3rd model.
8/13/2005 11:52:37 PM EDT
[#20]
nevermind - found a 2nd model pic
8/13/2005 11:53:34 PM EDT
[#21]
And after seeing Lumpys pic I'd like to retract my previous ignorance.....
8/13/2005 11:53:48 PM EDT
[#22]
Quoted:
Hmm, I dont see a pinhole for the site, and the hammer looks different.


might me a reflection but what  are those two shiny dots near the first inch of the muzzle?
8/13/2005 11:54:58 PM EDT
[#23]
Quoted:
Actually, now that I look at it, it does have the front sight. It just blends in really well with the backdrop.



yup i see it too now
8/13/2005 11:57:59 PM EDT
[#24]
im kinda leaning twards a 3rd model pinned, at this moment

8/13/2005 11:59:44 PM EDT
[#25]
Quoted:
im kinda leaning twards a 3rd model pinned, at this moment



Yup.  Correct frame latch.
8/14/2005 12:01:30 AM EDT
[#26]
Quoted:
Quoted:
im kinda leaning twards a 3rd model pinned, at this moment



Yup.  Correct frame latch.


yippee my self esteeme has just gone up a knotch
8/14/2005 12:03:46 AM EDT
[#27]
ok now that we have "pinned" it down  how the hell would you rate a gun  that has the correct finish but non original grips?
Its supposed to have checkered hard rubber grips.

mabey 60%?
8/14/2005 12:05:07 AM EDT
[#28]
Im not that old gun smart, but I remember if from an article about thed direct lineage of the S&W Centenial revolvers.
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