REDUCED...1 of 1st 100, Smith & Wesson 24-3 Lew Horton Special Combat in 44 Special

[outdoorsdad]

Ad Type

1. For Sale

Price

$1299

Manufacturer

Smith & Wesson

Caliber

44 Special

City

Tumwater

State

Washington

Zip Code

98512

Here's one you don't see everyday. As noted on the right side of the receiver, this is one of the first 100 of these revolvers produced by special order for Lew Horton. There was supposed to be a total of 5,000 produced. This one is serial number AEL1002, so does that mean it was the second one produced???? A letter might verify that to the new owner.

This one shows just the very slightest signs of use as evidenced by the attached pictures. There is no bluing loss and no nicks or dings in the stocks. You won't find a better one without it being unfired. Unfortunately I do not have the original box and accessories....and it's priced appropriately.

Contact me with any questions or for additional pictures.

REDUCED to $1299 $1350 FTF in the Olympia area. $1325 shipped to your FFL as long as he accepts from a non-dealer with state issued ID included. Otherwise add $35 for additional dealer fees. I will be going to Corvallis and Bend in the next week or so and can meet at a dealer along the way. Payable with USPS postal money orders.

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[TorchRedTulsan]

For what it's worth, from another forum:

"We received your letter of recent date in reference to the special three inch Model 24 or Model 624. These revolvers were built for a distributor in Mass. on special order. Smith & Wesson agreed to produce 5,000 of these units, however, no special arrangements were made to provide a special serial number range. At the end of production these models were also made available to other distributors than Lew Horton Dist. Co. of Westboro, MA.
As the revolvers were produced, they were serial numbered within the standard serial number series of whatever serial numbers were available. Therefore, the serial numbers were assigned as the frames were completed. This means that these 5,000 revolvers have serial numbers in several of the various serial ranges. Some of these ranges have the letter prefixes of AEJ, AEL, AEM, and ALA. Each of these serial number prefixes constitute 9,999 revolvers of several various models other than the Model 24 or Model 624 with three inch barrel.
We would like to reassure you the Smith & Wesson only produced 5,000 total units of each of these models and that it will be an interesting collector item.

Sincerely, Roy G. Jinks"

For those not familiar, Roy Jinks is the S&W factory historian. So it doesn't sound like the number sequencing is an indicator of production number