Today I went to see a friend of mine to buy some powder. He mentioned that he had recently come into ownership of his great-grandpa's old snubby revolver. Apparently the old gentleman was a county sheriff somewhere back east, and toted an old snubby most of the time. I said that I'd like to see it, so my buddy brought it forth.
It's a very snub-nosed K-frame square butt. No model designation (I'm assuming it's a pre-M10 M&P of some sort), and the serial numbers are kind of odd. On the bottom of the butt, and the rear of the cylinder, there's a number in the 943xxx range. On the frame where you'd expect to find a model number on a modern Smith, it says "S N 17xxx". It's got a narrow but grooved trigger, and the action is slick as you'd expect from such an old S&W.
Even more interesting to me was the holster. At first I thought it was a pocket holster, but it appears to be a spring-loaded front-break belt scabbard of the type I saw poo-pooed in "No Second Place Winner". There are no maker's marks on the holster that I could find.
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. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
Originally Posted by 1slow
Yesterday I snagged a Colt Police Positive Special as a consolation prize.
