Hi Richard,


Ahhhh, you may well be right.

Now that I think about it some more, there'd be no point in the Patent info appearing on what is otherwise merey a factory accessory 'Shim', when the Patent was about the out-hanging 'adaptor' element support.

I thought I remembered seeing 'shims' or Stock-Spacers dating to the earier 1900s, and, possily these were aftermarket items afterall...unless S & W did happen to offer them.