I found a nice one with a 4" barrel at a local gun store for $265. Serial Number D816815. I had bought one brand new 20+ years ago--The first S&W I ever owned--- but financial necessity several years later forced me to sell it to make ends meet. I've pined for that gun ever since, and now, I found one like it again! I'll post a pix of it as soon as I get my camera back from my teenage son.

What has me geeking out over this this pistol is it has a recessed cylinder for the cartridges. As this feature was phased out in later models, does that make my model 13 any more "special" than the ordinary Smith?