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Old 01-11-2017, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by SixgunStrumpet View Post
Don't drive yourself too nuts trying to fit them to S&Ws. Keep in mind that everyone and their brother made a copy of the fine old top breaks, and they usually looked close in a lot of ways, but not quite. To make matters worse dimensions in some of the fakes are even different from gun to gun (especially with the Spanish ones).

I suggested that he take them to a gun show with a lot of pre WWII Smith collectors in attendance. Maybe someone would have a RB Lady Smith he could compare them to . Years ago I had a friend in Franklin Tennessee (Charlie Haffner) who had one of each of the different Lady Smiths in a display cabinet in his gun shop. Seems like he had one with a round butt and they appeared to be somewhat smaller than an I frame grip. I'm just curious about them .

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