Pistol Identification

[DeerHunter82]

Can anybody help with the ID of this pistol make/model? Thank you.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Smith and Wesson 5 shot 38?

 

[joshb]

Could be an old 44-40 S&W Number 3. …..or 44 or …… looks like a number 3.

 

[chuckshooter]

1st of all, it's not a pistol. It's a revolver. 38 new police , flip open lever on top, referred to as a suicide handgun. I have several in my safe. in the morning I'll look at them and better identify it for you

 

[brokeasajoke]

Can anybody help with the ID of this pistol make/model? Thank you.

Looks like my s&w model 3 with a different trigger but we decided mine was a fronter model in 44-40.

Here is mine this site helped me with.

Help with antique S&W

A friend has offered this up for sale but I may pass as it is in such poor condition. His FIL passed and he is selling off his collection. I did get a Rossi Squire double 410 in excellent condition. Apart from that I am trying to find anything at all about this pistol. He told me it was 38 S&W...

forum.accurateshooter.com

 

[chuckshooter]

Iver Johnson arms and cycle works (top in the picture) and the lower is a Hopkins and Allen. look hard at the top strap of the barrel for any wording. the cylinder looks bigger than mine, maybe 44 of some sorts.

 

[Fuj]

38 S&W double action, top break......The trigger guard is the
give away for being a double action in the above OP's pic.

 

[DeerHunter82]

Good info from all. Thank you for the research and responses.

 

[M-61]

I’ll say it’s a S&W model 2
38 S&W ( not ‘38 Special’)
It was followed by a Model 2 Perfected which had what looks like a cylinder release but like yours it was a top break yet the added side release to allow the top break to function
If it is a model 2, as I suspect , it’s a great pistol to shoot and ammunition is still available. Bore size is .361 not .357
You might to take the right hand grip off as if original the serial number is actually stamped ( not scratched) on that grip. That would make it rarer. Serial number also on frame and the edge of the cylinder.
I just am not sure what you have as the shape of the pistol grip doesn’t look right to me. Could be the picture.
Enjoy it.

 

[Tedk]

There should be factory info on the rib. I had two and there was on both. 38 S&W

 

[Adam in WI]

So the nomenclature police must not be familiar with early advertisements for Colt's patent repeating pistols.

 

[M-61]

So the nomenclature police must not be familiar with early advertisements for Colt's patent repeating pistols.

Certainly are. Pistols= wheel lock, flintlock, revolver, semiautomatic etc.
Revolvers are a type of pistol.
There comes a point where even the nomenclature police just no longer care.
Load your bullets in your clip. Get a job as a newscaster.

 

[M-61]

S&W Model 2. Perfected

 

[ISS]

Congratulations!! I have its' cousin, a Schofield M 1877 in 45.

ISS

 

[Eudean]

Possibly European copy of Model 2 Smith and Wesson. Grip screw location is different from a Smith. Grips also different.
Appears to have engraving on barrel. Illegible?

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

instead of new thread, putting this terminology question out there. What is this part of the frame called where the 'rear' of the cylinder closes and swings out? Thks in advance

 

[xr650rRider]

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

looks like it is called recoil shield?

 

[FNSafari]

You want a "real" break action revolver, get a Webley or a Enfield

 

[372xp]

I had a webley or enfield in .38SW, that cartridge would not punch the skin of a 53 ford door.