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M13 Baby Aircrewman Smith&Wesson .38 (M41 round)

2in Barrel - With Real Look Firing Cartridges and Real Wood Grips

Air Force Number :  A.F 1897

Above : Aircrewman Colt .38 & Smith&Wesson .38

Brand new recent release produced in very limited numbers.  Now sold out by Tanaka Works.

Smith&Wesson 'Baby Aircrewman' .38 (M41 round) revolver with real wood grips and real look firing cartridges

Full S&W markings like the original (no visible makers name)

U.S Air Force Number : A.F. 1897

Original made in the 1950's in very limited number for the U.S. Air Force Crew

Brand new.  Includes original box, instructions, 5x Tanaka .38 (M41 round) Firing Cartridges (take 1x 7mm PFC Primer Cap / not included)

We ship Internationally,  please ask for shipping quote.  Any questions :  sales@mg-props.co.uk

PFC Primer caps:  

£9.50 per box  (1 box = 100 PFC caps)  These are needed to make the bang and smoke!

Firing Cartridges (5):    £32.95 per pack of 5  Real Look Firing Cartridges take 1x 7mm PFC primer caps per cartridge for loud bang and flash! 

Double CAP Firing Cartridges (6):    £42.95 per pack of 6  Real Look Firing Cartridges take 2x 7mm PFC primer caps per cartridge for loud bang and flash!     

  Nylon Ankle holster for small pistols / revolvers like PPK/S, and .38 Specials, Derringer

Lockable Aluminium Storage / Carry Case:    £22.95

    Great for storing or safe transport. Foam lined and lockable.

For the S&W Aircrewman revolvers. A special low pressure cartridge was developed (Cartridge, Ball, Caliber .38 Special, M41)
Smith & Wesson four screw J frame revolver produced on government contract for the U.S. Air Force known by collectors as the coveted Baby Aircrewman. The revolvers were intended for use by flight crews as survival weapons in the event of an emergency. Smith & Wesson reportedly manufactured 605 Aircrewmans based on the J frame, and, like this example, they fall into the A.F.NO. 1795 to A.F.NO. 2399 serial number range. (Smith & Wesson also manufactured a version based on the five screw K frame, which fall into the serial number range A.F. NO. 1190 to A.F.NO.1794. Again, 605 were manufactured.) The model was rejected in 1960 because of problems with the alloy cylinder and most were destroyed by the government with very few examples remaining. Smith & Wesson experts and authors Jim Supica and Richard Nahas estimated that 10 to 15 revolvers survived

Distinguishing characteristics of the S&W Aircrewman revolvers are:

A.F. No. 1795—2399 (Qty. 605) – “Baby Aircrewman,"
4 screw, 5 shot J frame with steel bolster bushing.
USAF medallion in stocks, right stock serial numbered.
PROPERTY OF U.S. AIR FORCE on back strap.
A.F. No. xxx on butt reads toe to heel.
AIRCREWMAN / .38 SPECIAL CTG. on right side of barrel.
SMITH & WESSON on left side of barrel.
No markings on top strap.
P factory proof mark above the front of the trigger guard on the left side

The Aircrewman revolver was also used by investigative agents in the Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI), the Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) and by the Corps of Military Police.

By 1959 a number of Aircrewman had become unserviceable due to ruptured cylinders or cracks at the front of the frame where the barrel screws in. It was determined that the M13 revolvers were unsuitable for sustained fire as in target practice and unsafe for use with commercial ammunition loaded with lead bullets. For these reasons, the commander of Air Materiel Command directed that any M13s surplus to Air Force needs be destroyed and sold for scrap, since other potential government users could not obtain the low-pressure M41 Special Ball ammunition.

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