Sunday Useless

pjsjr said:
Pack Rat,

Airweight is not a model number it is a pistol or revolver in the S and W line that is made with lightweight materials. CGT is for cartridge... there is a S&W 38 and a 38 special cartridge, two different rounds. A good place is here http://www.smith-wessonforum.com/ Preston
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Thanks Preston, Book marked that site. Was just curious since it doesnt have a model number on it anywhere, that I have found.. I wonder why they stamp that CTG on it. Seems a bit redundant when it says 38spl. Oh well... Guess I should get back to knives.
 
Pack Rat said:
doesnt have a model number on it anywhere, that I have found...
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FWIW, older Smiths did not have the model number on them. Preston
 
pjsjr said:
FWIW, older Smiths did not have the model number on them. Preston
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Shows what I don't know about old revolvers. No idea how old this one is. However it could nearly pass as new. Wife's stepdad was a US Marshall and it is his carry gun. I inherited it when they had to move into an assisted living place. He is 83. Small airweight with a hammer, and hair trigger when cocked.
And very smooth pull in da.... Will try and track down its age one of these days. He has been out of service on disability since 73 and it has just been laying around, wrapped in a sock in a shaving kit along with some misc cartridge holders, saps, gerber shorty and a WWI german trench knife. Thanks!

Just remembered I had a photo of it. You can click on it a couple of times and it gets pretty large.
 
chickentrax said:
A S&W Model 14 I had also had pitting on each side of the cylinder, and along the sides of the barrel...but was tighter than Goose on a Saturday night...

Wish I still had it... :(
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That could have been due to some really long term storage in the holster, which I am not familiar with as I indicated. Also, most cops I knew ended up going through quite a few guns over the years. I started out with the standard issue S&W model 10, aka pea shooter, then saved up and bought a S&W model 19, swapped it for a S&W model 28 (I think), then got fed up with S&W and bought a Colt Trooper, which is what I had when I quit. Alas, not enough time for real wear, unless you count scuff marks from fights on concrete. :o
 
Pack Rat said:
Shows what I don't know about old revolvers. No idea how old this one is. However it could nearly pass as new. Wife's stepdad was a US Marshall and it is his carry gun. I inherited it when they had to move into an assisted living place. He is 83. Small airweight with a hammer, and hair trigger when cocked.
And very smooth pull in da.... Will try and track down its age one of these days. He has been out of service on disability since 73 and it has just been laying around, wrapped in a sock in a shaving kit along with some misc cartridge holders, saps, gerber shorty and a WWI german trench knife. Thanks!
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Larry,
Is that a five or six round revolver? I had a similar revolver I bought off another cop for off duty use that was a five shot revolver. It was much slimmer and thus easier to conceal under a jacket or t-shirt.
 
Mike Kerins said:
Larry,
Is that a five or six round revolver? I had a similar revolver I bought off another cop for off duty use that was a five shot revolver. It was much slimmer and thus easier to conceal under a jacket or t-shirt.
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Five.... I had to look...
 
Pack Rat, don't hold me to it but I would say that what you have is a pre-37 38 Chief Special Airweight. I say pre because they started that model in 1952 before they had model numbers put on the gun inside the the cylinder on the "yoke or crane". Neat gun:D, to to the S&W site and ask about it...lots of experts there. Preston
 
pjsjr said:
Pack Rat, don't hold me to it but I would say that what you have is a pre-37 38 Chief Special Airweight. I say pre because they started that model in 1952 before they had model numbers put on the gun inside the the cylinder on the "yoke or crane". Neat gun:D, to to the S&W site and ask about it...lots of experts there. Preston
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Found it down inside the frame when I opened the cyl.... Mod 37
 
Hm, the Chief's Special is the same as an Airweight...?

I thought that the difference between a Chief's Special and an Airweight was that the Chief's Special had an aluminum frame and a steel cylinder and the Airweight had an aluminum frame along with an aluminum cylinder...? My memory might be foggy, however. ;)

GeoThorn
 
Mike Kerins said:
That could have been due to some really long term storage in the holster...
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This was a DOD Police carry gun, which my local Air Base Supply people kept circulating around...My Reserve unit had our issue revolvers in deep storage at Supply, NIB never used (we trained/qualified with Combat Arms weapons)...but the DOD gateguards used the same weapons, and when our Manning Document changed [downward], instead of turning the excess weapons in, Supply would pass them on to DOD or Combat Arms [USAF weapons training unit], so that on paper we had the exact number our allotment called for, but in reality, there were a dozen or so extra...all new...

Needless to say, it didn't take long for the DOD boys to complain of a problem with their old scuffed, worn revolvers, and get traded a brand new one...I got the worn carry gun because I was the Arms Custodian for my unit...To clean them for inspection [twice yearly], I had to be armed to the degree of lethality of the weapons being worked on...to "guard" them, so to speak...

The gateguards would also change the new grips for their old ones...It was not uncommon to be cleaning a brand new revolver with grips that were sweat stained and had the cross hatch on the wood worn smooth...

I'm sure that it must have been a breach of regulations somewhere along the line... :rolleyes:

Finally in 96 or 97 or so, we switched over to the M9's...all of us, USAFR, DOD, Combat Arms...so we all started off with new 9mm automatics... :jerkit:

Boring, huh... :D
 
geothorn said:
Hm, the Chief's Special is the same as an Airweight...?

I thought that the difference between a Chief's Special and an Airweight was that the Chief's Special had an aluminum frame and a steel cylinder and the Airweight had an aluminum frame along with an aluminum cylinder...? My memory might be foggy, however. ;)

GeoThorn
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I just put a magnet to this airweight. steel cyl, alu frame
 
Pack Rat said:
I just put a magnet to this airweight. steel cyl, alu frame
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Cool. I think that it's a sweet weapon, whichever model it is. Those .38 Special snubbies can pack quite a wallop, despite their small size. I would warn against too much/any use with .38 Special +P ammunition, however.

That might be an in-demand S&W model, either for collectors, or users.

GeoThorn
 
chickentrax said:
Finally in 96 or 97 or so, we switched over to the M9's...all of us, USAFR, DOD, Combat Arms...so we all started off with new 9mm automatics... :jerkit:

Boring, huh... :D
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All I remember is the price for a standard issue military Colt .45 through the Navy stock system......$58.00 :eek:
 
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