Lemon Squeezer

Doc Hoy · March 12, 2014, 08:29 PM

I bought a Smith and Wesson Lemon Squeezer in .38S&W at the Auction just south of Dade City FL.

Six inch barrel nickel plated but the finish is quite compromised. Pistol functions like new.

S&W emblem on the right side.

Serial number is 238xxx.

Cripes, this started out as a high quality revolver!

Jim Watson · March 12, 2014, 09:22 PM

Fifth model; 1907 - 1940.
Six inch are not real common but not serious rarity like two inch.

Doc Hoy · March 13, 2014, 09:19 AM

I like the quallityof this pistol. As luck would have it, I just happen to have dies for .38 S&W. Looks like I had betterstart hoarding brass.

McShooty · March 13, 2014, 12:54 PM

Gotta find it before you can hoard it. Remington has been marketing some round nose ammo in .38 S&W that they say is "target ammo". Says so right on the box

. I have seen it in a number of stores and bought two boxes myself. It is, or course, low pressure stuff but it works OK. Probably aimed at the cowboy market. That has given me 100 cases which is enough for my needs right now. Interestingly, this ammo seems to be at the low end of 38 S&W dimensions and it chambers nicely in an S&W Model 14 (.38 Special). Shoots quite well.

Doc Hoy · March 13, 2014, 03:13 PM

My experience is about the same as yours. I bought a box of fifty at the LGS. As I think back it was either PPU or some Mexican stuff I have the empty box at the house. But I am off on travel right now.

Tnx,

Doc Hoy · March 14, 2014, 05:49 PM

Just did a little reading on an S&W forum. If the SNs started at 220000 in 1907...and 241390 shipped in 1914, mine is 1912 or so, I guess.

March 12, 2014, 08:29 PM	#1
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Lemon Squeezer I bought a Smith and Wesson Lemon Squeezer in .38S&W at the Auction just south of Dade City FL. Six inch barrel nickel plated but the finish is quite compromised. Pistol functions like new. S&W emblem on the right side. Serial number is 238xxx. Cripes, this started out as a high quality revolver! __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

March 13, 2014, 09:19 AM	#3
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Thanks, JW I like the quallityof this pistol. As luck would have it, I just happen to have dies for .38 S&W. Looks like I had betterstart hoarding brass. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

March 13, 2014, 12:54 PM	#4
McShooty Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2012 Location: Northern Missouri Posts: 480	Gotta find it before you can hoard it. Remington has been marketing some round nose ammo in .38 S&W that they say is "target ammo". Says so right on the box. I have seen it in a number of stores and bought two boxes myself. It is, or course, low pressure stuff but it works OK. Probably aimed at the cowboy market. That has given me 100 cases which is enough for my needs right now. Interestingly, this ammo seems to be at the low end of 38 S&W dimensions and it chambers nicely in an S&W Model 14 (.38 Special). Shoots quite well.

March 13, 2014, 03:13 PM	#5
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	McShooty My experience is about the same as yours. I bought a box of fifty at the LGS. As I think back it was either PPU or some Mexican stuff I have the empty box at the house. But I am off on travel right now. Tnx, __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath. Last edited by Doc Hoy; March 13, 2014 at 03:19 PM.

March 14, 2014, 05:49 PM	#6
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Jim W Just did a little reading on an S&W forum. If the SNs started at 220000 in 1907...and 241390 shipped in 1914, mine is 1912 or so, I guess. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath. Last edited by Doc Hoy; March 14, 2014 at 06:04 PM.

March 12, 2014, 09:22 PM	#2
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	Fifth model; 1907 - 1940. Six inch are not real common but not serious rarity like two inch.