I had a Smith & Wesson model 18-3 S/N 1K 70XXX that I bought NIB way back in 1971. I'm here to vouch for these weapons, as being the finest.22 caliber revolver ever assembled! I enjoyed mine, sending thousands of.22 LR's downrange over about a 10 year span. Got a wild hair up my nose one day, and sold the 18. Jul 11, 2017  I have a Smith and Wesson model 41 22 lr. The serial number starts with A and ends with a A. AxxxxxxA I cannot find this number on any lists.

Yesterday (August 4th) I attended an auction here in SW Montana and of all things I won the bidding on a 'reportedly' unfired and minty S&W Model 18-4 (Combat Masterpiece?) in 22 L.R. The previous owner approached me after I bought the pistol and relayed to me that he had purchased the pistol new about 35 years ago and never fired it. I asked him about the possibility of the original box laying around somewhere in his house and he said he had not seen it in a long time. I did not think to ask him about the grips that were on the pistol. I just assumed they were the original factory S&W grips. The grips are the large, what I call 'target grips' style. Anyway today I took the pistol to a friends home and he has the exact same pistol (Model 18-4) and yet his pistol has the smallish S&W grips on it - my friend said that was what came on his pistol that he also bought new back in the 1980's!

My Blue Book of Gun Values does not give any info on which grips the Model 18 22 L.R. Combat Masterpiece came with but it does give information on the option of target trigger and target hammer for this pistol.

Anyone know if the Model 18-4's came with the large frame covering S&W grips or the smaller just frame sized grips? I have tried a computer search but no luck so far. Thanks for any information. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy 300 BP. Dorabotka raci alan 100 plus 5.

Buy a set of finger groove square-butt Rosewood Eagles and sell the S&W stocks. Your S&W 18 will be 100% more user friendly with the FG Eagles, maybe more than 100%, and your friends will ask you for Eagle's contact information after they handle your sweet 18. Rosewood stocks go for $70 (smooth) or $90 (checkered). PS - The first set of Eagles that I bought were to go on a S&W 18, thirty years ago this month, and they have been so good that they have been a purchase I've never second guessed. - 08/06/13 Re: Smith & Wesson Model 18-4 Question [] Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 4,431 Campfire Guide Campfire Guide Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 4,431.

257heaven: I just came up from my gun vault and the grips have a 'similar' number to the serial number of the pistol itself! The grips are marked 888 but the pistols serial number ends in 818??? Any guesses - human error there or just random numbers on those grips? Once I got the grips off there were numbers all over the now exposed frame none of which coincided with the 'yoke' of the frames serial number??? Thanks for the suggestion. Kshanam movie review.