Help with the year identification of a Smith & Wesson

[profeser]

HI there
My father in law has an old revolver that he wants to pass on to me. I'm trying to find out the year it was made and any additional information about it. It's a Smith&Wesson model new century , serial number 38### cal.455 any help would be awesome.

Thanks

 

[Harry Callahan]

This triple lock HE 2nd model was probably part of the 14,500 revolvers of the Canadian contract. 38### would be date between late 1916 - early 1917.

 

[gnmontey]

Your hesitating over the year of manufacture?

M

 

[Harry Callahan]

Correction, they were shipped between late 1915 and early 1916.