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<blockquote data-quote="flatwins" data-source="post: 1176082" data-attributes="member: 5655">As far as I know they were all considered &quot;Hand Ejector Model of 1903&quot; but had various changes throughout the run. They made the I frame even into the post war period before stretching it out to the J Frame.&nbsp; Yes, this revolver is the grand-daddy of the J frames everyone knows and loves.&nbsp; Internally it is very similar except for some springs.&nbsp; As a sidenote the only real reason they built the J frame was the extra length of the 38 Special cartridge.&nbsp; The I could only run the 22LR, 32 S&amp;W Short and Long, and 38 S&amp;W cartridges.More than you wanted to know?&nbsp; <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; As Shadowrider said, give us a serial number on it and we can help narrow it down pretty close as to when it was made.&nbsp; You can even make the last digit an X if you&#039;d like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="flatwins, post: 1176082, member: 5655"] As far as I know they were all considered "Hand Ejector Model of 1903" but had various changes throughout the run. They made the I frame even into the post war period before stretching it out to the J Frame. Yes, this revolver is the grand-daddy of the J frames everyone knows and loves. Internally it is very similar except for some springs. As a sidenote the only real reason they built the J frame was the extra length of the 38 Special cartridge. The I could only run the 22LR, 32 S&W Short and Long, and 38 S&W cartridges. More than you wanted to know? :) As Shadowrider said, give us a serial number on it and we can help narrow it down pretty close as to when it was made. You can even make the last digit an X if you'd like. [/QUOTE]

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