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.38 S&W SPL

wscp
I would like to list a .38 S&W but I have no clue what it's worth.
It has a steel barel w/ a wood grip, is approximately 30 years old, yet never shot, as far as I know...looks to be in perfect condition.
I've searched high and low for a model # but there is nothing on it I can find. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Marilyn.
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  • Laredo Lefty
    Marilyn, If you could post some good quality pictures of the gun it would help a lot. 38 S&W Spl is a caliber and not necessarily the maker of the gun. Does it say Smith & Wesson on the gun?

    If its 30 yrs old it should have a model number. The model number can be found on the inside of the crane. Open the cylinder and look in the hinge area just in front of the cylinder.

    Does it hold 5 or 6 shots? How long is the barrel? (measure from the point where the barrel meets the front of the cylinder to the front end of the barrel)

    The serial number may be on the butt of the gun and may be covered by the grips.
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  • beantownshootah
    quote:Originally posted by wscp
    I would like to list a .38 S&W but I have no clue what it's worth.
    It has a steel barel w/ a wood grip, is approximately 30 years old, yet never shot, as far as I know...looks to be in perfect condition.
    I've searched high and low for a model # but there is nothing on it I can find. Any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks, Marilyn.


    Marylin.

    Laredo Lefty has this covered.

    Pretty much EVERY revolver will have wood grips and a steel barrel. We'll need a lot more information than that to help you out.

    At the very least, please describe ALL the markings on the outside of the gun. What manufacturer made it? Smith and Wesson? Colt? Someone else?

    Is it blued (will look black) steel? Stainless steel? Does it have a super-shiny metal finish (that could be nickel-plating)?

    The best thing to do is to post a picture (or better yet a number of pictures from different angles) of the gun using the instructions that can be found in the "sticky" post at the top of the "Ask the Experts" page.

    *If* what you have is a Smith and Wesson revolver (and you might), One thing to do is is open up the gun cylinder using the latch behind the cylinder on the left side of the frame.

    The cylinder will be attached to the gun by a sort of lever called a "crane". Once the cylinder is open, on the frame of the gun under the rear part of the barrel, but above the crane you may see a model number and/or serial number.

    Without knowing anything at all, I'm going to take a W.A.G, and just say that you probably have a Smith and Wesson "military and police" or "model 10" gun, as those are the most popular .38 revolvers in the world. But . . .I'm probably wrong!

    By the way, you don't HAVE to know what its worth to list the gun. Once listed the MARKET will TELL you what its worth, as interested parties put actual bids on it.

    But you'll get more money out of an auction if you can correctly describe the gun to attract the maximum number of bidders.

    If you are interested in auctioning the gun, you'll have to take pictures of it anyway, so you might as well do that and post them here first.
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