S&W 1905 Canadian Marked And 38/200 And 38 S&W Are They The Same As A Model 10?

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S&W 1905 Canadian Marked And 38/200 And 38 S&W Are They The Same As A Model 10?

I recently traded for a S&W revolver marked 38/200 and clearly marked with the Canadian stamp.

It could be a pre Victory Model as its a 1905 Model 4th type.

Was that model the same as the Model 10?

Its probably just a shooter now.

Can it be reamed out to 38 Special?

Nice gun but someone in their wisdom had it reblued, in the process wiped out most of the S&W logo.
 
Where is it marked "38/200" and how?
Victory models had a "V" in their serial # Smith and Wesson made Military Police Models in the same calibre.
Victory and M & P were the predecessor to the Model 10.
Wonderful to shoot
NO IT CAN NOT BE REAMED OUT TO .38 Special. .38 Smith and Wesson has a larger case diameter
Too bad about the re-blueing, these revolvers are accurate, with the right diameter bullet, and a lot of fun to shoot. Mild recoil makes them easy to teach with. DO NOT TRY TO SOUP IT UP! It's not a magnum
 
Actually it can be reamed to .38 Special but you will end up with "slightly" bottle necked cases. No harm if you are using target loads. A diet of standard loads or plusP will beat it apart. Did a couple years ago, in fact I have a cylinder lying around th shop that was reamed. Since it has the old positioning of the star alignment pin it would need the correct extractor . Let me know if you want it.

dr. jim
 
I dont consider 38 S&W to 38 Special to be a satisfactory conversion.

The 38 S&W has a slightly larger diameter case and bullet than a 38 Special.
Cases will bulge, case life will be much shorter, and the worst part is loss of accuracy by using 357 bullets in a bore designed for 360 bullets.

There are literally millions of .38 Special M&P revolvers out there, I think you would be miles ahead obtaining one of those and selling your current one
to a collector or shooter who wants one of those in shooter grade.
 
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.38S&W brass works for these and is not that hard to find. And it's only difficult but not impossible to find .360 size bullets. Or perhaps if you want to shoot this gun on a regular basis get into casting.

A buddy locally is shooting his reloads through an Enfield chambered in 38/200 using brass he got from Rusty Wood and bullets made by Missouri Bullets out of the US that he got from a local supplier.

Due to the already mentioned bore size difference I would not recommend a conversion either. If you want to shoot the gun get yourself set up to reload and get a source for a good size bullet.

One option would be to cast up .358 bullets intended for .38Spl. But then powder coat them to build up the size so they can be used in this British .38/200 gun. Lots of folks doing this but with post coating sizing to squeeze the coating and bullet back down. In your case just don't squeeze it back down.
 
38 S&W brass is not hard to find and GCN'r jethunter can supply you with appropriate cast bullets at a very reasonable price.

M
 
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albayo said:
I recently traded for a S&W revolver marked 38/200 and clearly marked with the Canadian stamp.

It could be a pre Victory Model as its a 1905 Model 4th type.

Was that model the same as the Model 10?

Its probably just a shooter now.

Can it be reamed out to 38 Special?

Nice gun but someone in their wisdom had it reblued, in the process wiped out most of the S&W logo.
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While I wouldn't suggest getting one reamed out, I had one (38 S&W to 38 Special conversion) that had the chambers reamed and sleeved. I had a mold that threw fat bullets, .360 IIRC, and it shot like a dream.
 
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