My parents decided to surprise me for Christmas and sent away for the factory letter. I am impressed to say that the feedback I received from members was completely accurate.
It was interesting to note that the gun was originally sent to St. Louis and some how made the trek out to Utah within the first few years of its life.
One last note, it confirms what many thought was the case that the pearl grips are after market. Since I received the gun with these grips I plan on keeping them but I would like to also purchase the correct black rubber grips that the factory letter specifies it came with.
That said I have been looking for them on line and have a few questions. First is this revolver considered a K frame?
I found these for sale on gun broker and was wondering if these would be what the letter is referring to as the correct grips?
S&W Mod. 1905 38 Spl & 32-20 Hard Rubber Grips : Grips at GunBroker.com
Any feed back on which grips this gun would have originally came with would be great.
Thanks,
Matt Hardy