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  2. Gun serial number - Wikipedia

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    The legal requirement for affixing a serial number to firearms is a relatively recent requirement, and usually applies to firearms manufactured domestically or which are imported. [4] Gun serial numbers are used in gun registration and are usually linked to an owner who is usually required to hold a firearms license. [5]

  3. Smith & Wesson .38/44 - Wikipedia

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    The .38/44 revolvers were available with either a blued or nickel-plated finish. Production was interrupted by the World War II . Postwar production serial numbers are prefixed with the letter S. [ 1 ] After the war, these N-frame revolvers were popular with veterans experimenting with .38 Special handloads at pressures up to 50% higher than ...

  4. Smith & Wesson Model 19 - Wikipedia

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    A rare S&W M19-3 was built for the French GIGN. In 1972, they ordered 500 of these revolvers that have serial numbers in the M&P range from D639300 to 639800. With only 500 guns produced, this is the rarest M19 version. [citation needed] This specific model 19-3 has a fixed sight and is pinned & recessed. It has a three-inch barrel.

  5. Smith & Wesson Model 10 - Wikipedia

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    Serial numbers for the Military & Police ranged from number 1 in the series to 20,975. Most of the early M&P revolvers chambered in .38 Special appear to have been sold to the civilian market. [5] By 1904, S&W was offering the .38 M&P with a rounded or square butt, and 4-, 5-, and 6.5-inch barrels.

  6. Smith & Wesson Model 2 - Wikipedia

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    The Model 2 in .32 S&W was made in 5 iterations. The initial version was a batch of 30 revolvers that were the first of such made by Smith & Wesson with a trigger guard in 1880. These models were deemed to be sub-par and did not leave the factory until 1888.

  7. Smith & Wesson Model 29 - Wikipedia

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    S&W's production of a large N-frame revolver in .44 Magnum began in 1955; the Model 29 designation was applied in 1957. [2] At the time of its introduction, the Model 29 was the most powerful production handgun. There were a number of custom calibers that were more powerful, as in the old Howdah pistols of the 19th century.

  8. Smith & Wesson Model 28 - Wikipedia

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    S&W Model 28, 4 in barrel Showing stamped nomenclature on barrel unique to model 28. The Smith & Wesson (S&W) Model 28, also known as the Highway Patrolman, is an N-frame revolver chambered for the .357 Magnum cartridge, in production from 1954 to 1986. It is a high quality matte-finished bead blasted version of the S&W Model 27.

  9. Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army - Wikipedia

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    Specimens of the model 2 under serial number 35,731 (produced by May 1. 1865) have a high probability of being used in the Civil War. The model 1.5 came into production after the war ended, in 1865. George Armstrong Custer is known to have owned a pair of cased and engraved S & W Army Model 2 revolvers.