Help with ID please - S&W Revolver

[RicInOR]

My dad's house gun,
he does not remember ever having shot it.









TIA

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[edzz]

looks like a model 10 to me.
Smith & Wesson Model 10 - Wikipedia

Swing the cylinder open and look at the markings on the crane (hinge).

 

[titsonritz]

looks like a model 10 to me.
Smith & Wesson Model 10 - Wikipedia

Swing the cylinder open and look at the markings on the crane (hinge).

Yep.

That is the "mid century and newer" location/method. FYI on older stuff here you go...
How to locate and verify the serial numbers on your S&W revolvers

 

[edzz]

Yep.

That is the "modern" location/method. FYI on older stuff here you go...
How to locate and verify the serial numbers on your S&W revolvers

Oh please, replace the word "modern" "with mid century and newer".

Modern Smith revolver.

 

[KKG]

A Very Nice example of a Smith and Wesson Model 10. The only other question is what is the Dash number. That should be located on the frame, under the crane.

A fine example of a mid-century revolver.

 

[CountryGent]

I do so like those classic Model 10s. My father-in-law still has his from the early 1960s when he worked as a patrolman.

 

[gmerkt]

It has no diamond in the grips (post circa 1967) but it has a pinned barrel (pre circa 1982) so likely made some time between those two approximate years.

 

[41mag]

"pencil barrel"
although it's hard for me to get the scale right & not think 'model 31'

 

[edzz]

"pencil barrel"
although it's hard for me to get the scale right & not think 'model 31'

Um. don.t think they made any model 31's in 38 spl. Of corse Smith could have mismarked the barrel.

 

[Rudedog]

It is .38 S&W not .38 Special. Round front sight blade. Car 54 what's your twenty ?

 

[WAYNO]

It is .38 S&W not .38 Special. Round front sight blade. Car 54 what's your twenty ?

It is a .38 Special!

The complete designation for .38 Special is .38 S&W Special, exactly whats engraved on the barrel.

 

[RicInOR]

I'll inherit at some point in the future. But of course, I am not used to Florida, so I might have an unfortunate alligator accident.


Thank you all for responding.

 

[titsonritz]

Oh please, replace the word "modern" "with mid century and newer".

Modern Smith revolver.

Words were escaping me (which happens often) hence the " " marks. And, of course, you are correct. Request granted.

 

[titsonritz]

It is .38 S&W not .38 Special.

What @WAYNO said.

 

[titsonritz]

I'll inherit at some point in the future. But of course, I am not used to Florida, so I might have an unfortunate alligator accident.


Thank you all for responding.

So what is stamped under the crane?

 

[JuglansRegia]

4" Model 10 with PC (plain clothes) grips

 

[WAYNO]

I think many newer shooters after the advent of disposable pistols have never experienced such works of art and science. These revolvers made bullet magnets out of any target. So easy to shoot, so controllable, and so foolproof. They have survived countless soldiers and cops for most of a century.

 

[Capn Jack]

Does anyone do a blue job like that anymore?

 

[RicInOR]

So what is stamped under the crane?

I didn't know to look there, so I don't have a photo. The gun is now 3k miles away in FLA.

 

[RicInOR]

ref: NWFA General

Advice Please - Get Pistol Home

https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/how-to-ship-firearms.html Interesting final paragraph in the section about non-[FFL] licensees shipping to themselves. I bring this up because I recall shipping a pistol to Ruger for repair and getting it back a few weeks later at the regional shipping hub...

www.northwestfirearms.com

Advice Please - Get Pistol Home

https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/how-to-ship-firearms.html Interesting final paragraph in the section about non-[FFL] licensees shipping to themselves. I bring this up because I recall shipping a pistol to Ruger for repair and getting it back a few weeks later at the regional shipping hub...

www.northwestfirearms.com