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Old 05-13-2017, 06:42 AM
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I would guess the latter of your two explanations. S & W had several models that made it to the test gun/model number stage but not full scale production, like the nearby C frame model 73 (6 shot .38 Special). Some here probably has a photo or recollection of the first model 69.
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