: 44 Russian cal; 6 shot fluted cylinder; 6 1/2" (166mm) barrel with full length integral rib; g. bore with sharp rifling, some fine pitting; thinning original blued finish to metalwork with 15% remaining to frame around cylinder, plum patina has developed to majority of external surfaces; case colours to hammer visible; top of rib marked with single line + SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS. U.S.A. address followed by several patents, stampings are crisp; sharp profiles & crisp knurling to catch, hammer spur; mechanically exc., cylinder indexing & sears are crisp, strong spring; crisp fletched arrow stamps to hinge areas of barrel, frame; butt marked with serial no. 3855 under small 1874, serial no marked to cylinder face, opening catch & barrel; hemi lanyard swivel to butt; distinctive spur to trigger guard; smooth walnut grips in vg. cond, some v. minor handling marks to both; overall in vg. wo & cond. #3855 Pre 1900 L/R Has seen very little use.