I just picked up a pre-Model 28 from 1954. Took it apart to clean and found that the hammer block is missing.

Before I buy one off of ebay, can one of the experts here tell me if they are all the same? I see some listed as "K/L/N Frame". Is there only one size? Do year and or dash number matter?


Why would somebody remove the hammer block? This gun has the smoothest action of all my old S&W revolvers, does the missing hammer block have anything to do with that? Not that I'm thinking about leaving it out, just wondering.


Thanks!