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- Sale 1351
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Closing from:Oct 27 | 12:00 AM EDT
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Sale 1351
Estimate$300 – $500
.38 S&W. 5" barrel length. SN: 837958. Blued metal finish with casehardened trigger and hammer, smooth walnut grips, and lanyard ring to butt. Double action six-shot hand ejector revolver featuring a five-screw frame and pinned barrel. Markings include SMITH & WESSON maker mark on left barrel, .38 S&W CTG to the right barrel, the Smith & Wesson trademark stamp on the sideplate and MADE IN U.S.A. struck into the forward right frame. Serial numbers match on the butt, barrel, cylinder, star extractor, and on the interior right grip panel. Sights consist of the semicircular front blade with topstrap notch typical of service model revolvers. Smith & Wesson manufactured 568,204 revolvers in this caliber for service with the British and Commonwealth forces between 1940 and 1945. The balance of these feature the V prefix, but the early revolvers built in the serial range 700,000-1,000,000 had no such prefix.
Good. Bore is frosty with traces of pinpoint patina throughout along with some dust. The overall metal finish has faded with a brown patina dominating. Blued finish remains strongest on the frame flanks, to the breech end of the barrel, and to the inner surfaces of the crane. The casehardening remains visible on both the hammer and trigger with a gray patina on the handling surfaces of both. Caliber marking on the right barrel is shallow and overlapped by three scratches to the metal. The grip panels display light handling wear with some dents on the butt, and some scattered light dents and mars overall. Action exhibits good timing.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria
Ms. Emma Fulmer
ATF Manager, Senior Coordinator, Arms, Armor & Militaria
