LARGE FRAME AND SMALL FRAME DOES NOT HAVE HAMMER THE HAMMER ACTION: These are the same as U.S. SECRET SERVICE SPECIAL HAMMER (manufactured for FRED BIFFAR Co.) -1912-? Regardless of which it is, value tops out at $125.įor the present the serial numbers on the "secret service special" only mean anythig if it is of iver johnson's arms & cycle works. The H&R has a hammer-mounted firing pin, while the Meriden has a frame-mounted firing pin. The H&R and the Meriden Firearms models did not. There were three American companies that marked a revolver known as "Secret Service Special." The Iver Johnson had a manual safety located on the frame. One thing is for sure no 1917 patents match S&W revolvers Get a picture made and post it on a web page,Īlso look under the grips for other markings. For that matter, I never put ammo in a gun that I’m not totally familiar with.īTW, many of these old "Saturday Nite Specials" were cheap copies of the Smith & Wesson Double Action revolver. I never put ammo in an old weapon or one that looks too well used, especially modern ammo. No Fear of me trying to shoot that thing. I have several of the Spanish copies, and one of them is even labled "Secret Servise Special" instead of "Secret Service Special". I would guess it is one of the American made copies - they are the only ones I know of that will have a patent date on them. They do, however, make interesting paperweights. These guns were called "Suicide Specials" because they were often as dangerous to the shooter as they were to the intended target (or victim). Your "Secret Service Special", certainly sounds like one of those.īTW, I don't recommend that you try to shoot it. by a variety of low end, low quality gun manufacturers and given colorful names such as "Tramp's Terror", "Defender", "Union Jack", "Police Safety", etc. Many were made in Belgium and Spain, but most were made here in the U.S. 38 S&W calibers) in the many thousands in the late 19th and early 20th Century. These cheap (usually top-break) revolvers were made (mostly in. What you have is known as a "Saturday Nite Special".also known as a "Suicide Special". It it were actually made by Smith & Wesson, it would certainly say so. Reply | Edit | Del Re: Secret Service Revolver I'm guessing it was built by Smith & Wesson. The grips are wrap around and at the top the grip where a company logo might be found the letters “SSS” in appear in script form.Īny info on this gun is appreciated. On the bottom of the trigger guard is the number “51”. The revolver is a top break, self-extracting, 5-shot. The top of the barrel is marked “For 38 Smith & Wesson Ctgs”. On the side of the 5” barrel it’s marked “Secret Service Special”. I have a revolver of unknown manufacture that I’m hoping someone can give me more information on. Mine was made in 1929 or so, has the same flourishing marks (dingbats?) bracketing the Iver Johnson name and address marking on the barrel top.Reply | Edit | Del All Secret Service Revolver 38 production had "D" prefix s/n excepting less than a thousand with "N" made at the end of the run in the mid 1930's. I could be confusing the IJ guns with H&R guns. If I recall correctly (a Big if!), special order guns has their own serial number sequence, without letter prefix. The wooden monogrip would be special order beyond just a different barrel length. The anchor pin for the hard rubber grips is missing (hole is still there). Yours has the special target grips that require a tapped hole on the bottom of the grip frame to take the attaching screw for that one piece wooden target grip. Even with a 6" barrel it has a regular production serial number. It is marked with a "D" prefix serial number stamped on left side of the grip frame hidden by left grip panel, the same s/n without the prefix is stamped on bottom of the trigger guard. 32 Long like yours, but with the smaller hard rubber grips.
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