There are only eight documented Combat Magnums that shipped with a dark blue presentation case. The serial numbers and shipping dates vary, but at least two of them were early guns that were sent to General Hatcher of the NRA and Pete Kuhlhoff of Argosy Magazine.

I think S&W was planning on using a case for this model, but the response of the shooting public and law enforcement was so good, the company decided it was unnecessary to provide a presentation case (or, maybe it was just an experiment, I doubt if we will ever know).

Bill