Smith and Wesson Serial Numbers - Page 2

ApoC_101 · 01-02-2012, 04:39 PM

Damn, so its pre 1900 I figure, that is older than mine I think! you should ask on the smith and wesson collector forums, lots of knowledge there. get a photo too!

volunteer paintball · 01-02-2012, 04:42 PM

i was planning on taking a pic and posting it when i started the thread but my camera is dead so its charging. I'll have to find a forum and post it up

Lohman446 · 01-02-2012, 09:30 PM

38 long colt?

volunteer paintball · 01-02-2012, 09:51 PM

no sir its a straight .38

Deus Machina · 01-02-2012, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Lohman446

38 long colt?

This one would be .38 S&W; 'Colt New Police' is a less common name for it. Not .38 Special, and trying to fire one in the other will a) not work and/or b) damage the gun and possibly the shooter. Just for reference.

I can't help you much on specific dates, but it looks to me to be a Model 4 or 5, the latter of which was last produced 1895 (according to some Google scrounging). That picture is not of a S&W-branded gun so I'm just shooting in the dark anyway, which is probably no worse than any of my other guesses.

If you're planning on shooting it, have a gunsmith look it over first.

LilShank · 01-03-2012, 01:10 AM

I'll check the blue book at work tomorrow and see if I can find anything for you

volunteer paintball · 01-03-2012, 01:20 AM

awesome, thanks Shank, i'll try to post up pics tomorrow

chopper duke · 01-03-2012, 02:20 AM

I'm good at taking pics. Just send it down here.

01-02-2012, 04:39 PM	#11 (permalink)
ApoC_101 Avratech Industries Inc. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Maple Ridge, BC Canada	Damn, so its pre 1900 I figure, that is older than mine I think! you should ask on the smith and wesson collector forums, lots of knowledge there. get a photo too! __________________ ☼ Josh Grasby, Machinist/Airsmith/Paintballer Extraordinaire ☼ If you play with skill, style, class, finesse, honour, integrity, pump or semi, you play paintball.

01-02-2012, 04:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
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01-02-2012, 09:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
volunteer paintball MCB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Between Kentucky and Alabama/Georgia	no sir its a straight .38 __________________ Lapco T8 barrel "May we never forget the ones that came before, the ones we have now, and the ones that will come after us." the 343 brothers i never met the reason we do this my feedback

01-03-2012, 01:20 AM	#17 (permalink)
volunteer paintball MCB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Between Kentucky and Alabama/Georgia	awesome, thanks Shank, i'll try to post up pics tomorrow __________________ Lapco T8 barrel "May we never forget the ones that came before, the ones we have now, and the ones that will come after us." the 343 brothers i never met the reason we do this my feedback