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suburbanplankton · May 5, 2013, 12:02 AM

My wife inherited a number of guns from her father. Among them a S&W .38 Special that had belonged to her great uncle who had been a Sheriff's deputy; it 's our understanding that it was his service revolver. We had thought it dated from the 30's or 40's, but the serial number (from the bottom of the stock, and on the back of the cylinder) is 263077. From my extensive research (at least an hour on this and a few other forums), it looks like that s/n dates the piece somewhere between 1915 and 1917. Is that correct?

May 5, 2013, 12:02 AM	#1
suburbanplankton Junior Member Join Date: May 4, 2013 Posts: 1	Help dating S&W .38 Special M&P My wife inherited a number of guns from her father. Among them a S&W .38 Special that had belonged to her great uncle who had been a Sheriff's deputy; it 's our understanding that it was his service revolver. We had thought it dated from the 30's or 40's, but the serial number (from the bottom of the stock, and on the back of the cylinder) is 263077. From my extensive research (at least an hour on this and a few other forums), it looks like that s/n dates the piece somewhere between 1915 and 1917. Is that correct?