antique smith and wesson 38 revolver serial number lookup

These “Wells Fargo Schofields” will bring close to the value of an original unaltered US Schofield. Wells Fargo - The famous Wells Fargo Express Company purchased a number of these shortened 5” barrel surplus Schofields and marked them on the ejector housing “W F & CO (or CO’S) EXP” along with the gun’s serial number. These modified guns will bring less than guns in original configuration, perhaps 50% of what an original unaltered Schofield will bring. Guns with Cyrillic barrel markings may bring up to 25% premium.ĭistributor modifications - After military use, many Schofields were sold as surplus and modified by distributers, who sometimes refinished the guns and shortened the barrel to 5”. Some have the Cyrillic markings ground off and English restamped. Some of these are marked in English some, Cyrillic. There were also 500 revolvers that were rejected from the Russian contract series and sold on the commercial market. Some are found with 6' and 7' barrels, as well as standard 8'. Barrels are stamped in English and include the words 'Russian Model'. Commercial run of this model numbered approximately 4,655. These are rarely encountered, as most were shipped to Russia. All contract guns have 8' barrels and lanyard swivels on the butt.

Russian double-headed eagle stamped on rear portion of barrel, with inspector's marks underneath it. They are marked in Russian Cyrillic letters. Approximately 20,000 Russian-Contract revolvers. 44 S&W Russian, is different from the 2nd Model Russian. S&W made several internal changes to this model to satisfy the Russian government. Configuration is about identical to American 2nd Model.

Antique smith and wesson 38 revolver serial number lookup