38 smith and wesson pre mod. 10? - The Firearms Forum

Shorty123 · 10-05-2010, 09:43 AM

have old model S&W nickel plated,5 screw,pin in barrel,half moon front sight,38 S.&W.special ctg on right side of barrel, smith & wesson on left side
smith and wesson springfield,mass.usa
patented feb.8,08,sept 14,08 dec.29,14 on top of barrel ser.#236612 seems to be tight ,timing good. Any info appreciated, ie.age,ok to shoot modern ammo, ect. Thanks,Shorty123

oscarmayer · 10-05-2010, 10:00 AM

yes it's safe to use modern ammo but i'd stay away from the +P stuff

Jim K · 10-05-2010, 10:58 AM

The gun is the .38 Hand Ejector, Military & Police Model of 1905, Third Change; serial numbers 146900-241703 were made 1909-1915. Your gun was made in the latter year.

FWIW, that gun does not have a hammer block safety, so a hard enough blow on the hammer can fire the round under the hammer. Note that contrary to some reports, it takes a lot of force to do that, unlike some revolvers with the hammer down on a primer or the sear in the safety notch. In those S&W's the blow has to be hard enough to either crush the rebound slide or shear the hammer pin.

Jim

Shorty123 · 10-05-2010, 12:36 PM

Thanks a bunch to Jim and Oscar I looked on to net for a week and didn't find that much info!! Shorty

10-05-2010, 09:43 AM	#1
Shorty123 Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Texas Contributor Posts: 2	38 smith and wesson pre mod. 10? have old model S&W nickel plated,5 screw,pin in barrel,half moon front sight,38 S.&W.special ctg on right side of barrel, smith & wesson on left side smith and wesson springfield,mass.usa patented feb.8,08,sept 14,08 dec.29,14 on top of barrel ser.#236612 seems to be tight ,timing good. Any info appreciated, ie.age,ok to shoot modern ammo, ect. Thanks,Shorty123 -->

10-05-2010, 10:58 AM	#3
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: 38 smith and wesson pre mod. 10? The gun is the .38 Hand Ejector, Military & Police Model of 1905, Third Change; serial numbers 146900-241703 were made 1909-1915. Your gun was made in the latter year. FWIW, that gun does not have a hammer block safety, so a hard enough blow on the hammer can fire the round under the hammer. Note that contrary to some reports, it takes a lot of force to do that, unlike some revolvers with the hammer down on a primer or the sear in the safety notch. In those S&W's the blow has to be hard enough to either crush the rebound slide or shear the hammer pin. Jim

10-05-2010, 12:36 PM	#4
Shorty123 Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Texas Contributor Posts: 2	Re: 38 smith and wesson pre mod. 10? Thanks a bunch to Jim and Oscar I looked on to net for a week and didn't find that much info!! Shorty

10-05-2010, 10:00 AM	#2
oscarmayer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Contributor Posts: 2,387	Re: 38 smith and wesson pre mod. 10? yes it's safe to use modern ammo but i'd stay away from the +P stuff