Small collection of Smith & Wesson First
Model .44 Hand Ejector Triple-Lock revolvers. (Please
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Smith &
Wesson |
First
Model .44 Hand Ejector |
.455
Eley |
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6 1/2"
pinned barrel with shrouded ejector rod. Round blade fixed front
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sight.
5-Screw frame. Checkered diamond walnut grips with deep-set |
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medallions. "N" frame with square butt and lanyard loop. Distinctive third
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lock at
the yoke---giving the revolver its name. Bearing British broad arrow
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government ownership mark, His Majesty's crown, Enfield inspector's mark
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and
crossed-pennant military proofmark. Also, later "Sold out of service"
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opposing broad arrow marks appear on frame. Built ca 1911. Excellent bore.
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Smith &
Wesson |
Custom
Engraved |
.44
S&W Special |
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First
Model .44 Hand
Ejector Triple Lock |
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7 1/2"
pinned barrel with fixed sights. Five screw. Square butt with smooth
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white
grips. Custom fine scroll engraved by Jerome C. Glimm and with |
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extensive gold-inlaid borderline work. Appears new and unfired since
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engraving. Casecolored trigger & hammer. Originally manufactured in 1908.
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Engraved in 1989. New condition, as engraved. Excellent mechanical
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condition. Excellent bore. With copy of FEGA Hallmark Certificate and
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invoice
from Harrison Carroll dated 1992. |
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Smith &
Wesson |
First
Model .44 Hand Ejector |
.44 S&W
Special |
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6 1/2"
pinned, tapered round barrel with pinned blade front sight and |
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adjustable notch rear sight. Checkered casehardened hammer. Smooth
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casehardened trigger. Checkered cylinder release. Checkered diamond square- |
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butt
walnut grips with inset gold S&W medallions. 5-screw frame with |
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smooth
gripstraps and lanyard loop. Matching numbers. Mfd 1914. |
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Exceptional condition both cosmetically and mechanically, retaining 99%
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original blue and with excellent bore. Provenance: From the William H D
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Smith &
Wesson |
First
Model .44 Hand Ejector |
.44 S&W
Special |
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6 1/2"
pinned, tapered round barrel with Marbles/Sheard pinned bead front
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sight
and adjustable notch rear sight. Checkered casehardened hammer. |
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Smooth
casehardened trigger. Checkered cylinder release. Checkered |
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diamond
square-butt walnut grips with inset gold S&W medallions. 5-screw |
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frame
with smooth gripstraps. Matching numbers. Mfd 1910. |
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Exceptional condition both cosmetically and mechanically, retaining
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99%
original blue and with excellent bore. |
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Smith &
Wesson |
First
Model .44 Hand Ejector |
.44 S&W
Special |
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6 1/2"
round barrel. Fixed sights and with integral front sight blade. |
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Checkered diamond walnut grips with deep-set medallions. Square butt. 5- |
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screw
frame. Checkered hammer, checkered cylinder latch and smooth |
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trigger.
Smooth gripstraps. Casehardened hammer and trigger. All matching
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numbers.
99%+blue and appears unfired. |
Manufactured from 1907 to 1915 within serial number range 1 to 15,375, the
Smith & Wesson .44 Hand
Ejector First Model Triple-Lock revolvers. Also known as New Century; Model of
1908. For Smith & Wesson, this model
was
more an expression of the ultimate in precision machine work than as a mere
necessity for strength and function.
Pushing
the cylinder-release-latch forward pushes a rod within the cylinder pin forward
(A), which pushes a pin at the front of the barrel lug recess forward (B), which
draws another rod connected to it within the barrel lug forward (C), which
disengages from its casehardened receptacle in the front face of the crane (D)---the third
lock.
The Triple-Lock was Smith & Wesson's first N-Frame revolver and their first
revolver with a swing-out cylinder. It has been such
a durable design, it is used in this frame size to this day even for the maker's most
powerful .44 Magnum handguns.
Three original S&W triple lock variants are
recognized: commercial fixed sight, military service (WWI British Commonwealth
service), and the very rare Target model. All are represented in this small
collection, and all are in remarkable condition; after a century, the commercial
fixed sight model remains unfired. The collection includes two target models
both in 99%+ condition.
In my opinion the S&W triple lock was the finest
revolver ever commercially produced in the U.S. It was designed and built
precisely at the intersection of the two curves of advancing technology and
declining hand-craftsmanship; at the very acme of the combination of modern
metallurgy, revolver design and affordable hand finishing. Of the 15,375
produced, few have survived in anything like original condition; the military
contract sale revolvers having seen particularly hard service.
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