.38RF. 3.75" ribbed octagonal barrel. NSN. Full nickel finish, smooth mother of pear grips. Single action solid frame spur trigger revolver with saw handle, square-butt grip, fluted five-chambered cylinder, ejector rod, frame groove rear sight and blade front sight. Top of barrel rib marked in a single line: E. REMINGTON & SONS ILION, N.Y. PAT. W.S. SMOOT OCT. 21, 1873. It is estimated that some 25,000 No. 3 Smoot revolvers were produced circa 1878-1888, the majority with a bird's head grip frame. It is believed that only about 6,000 of the "saw handle" grip frame guns were produced, and they are considered to be the last production variation of these guns. {ANTIQUE}