Jim,
Sorry about that, it is a 6 shot and the serial number was on the underside of the grip on the steel part. The prefix was a C so the serial was C 873**.
Just so you don't have to look back on the other page it was a 38 special ctg.
It looks like
http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/de...n-revolver.htm except for a few differences.
1- the screw on the grips has a diamond in the wood around them
2- the & looks wierd
I called Smith & Wesson with the full serial and they said 1947-1960, I just think that's a wide area to cover with a serial.