So I recently bought what appears to be an Outdoorsman, but it's a little bit weird. The obvious one to me was the hammer not being the typical humpback, and the more I dig into this thing the more I realize I really don't know what this gun is. I've talked with another member here a bit about this gun, and he believes it's a 1917 frame used to build the gun. The gun apparently has had a short action job done to it, but he was unable to say much else about it at the time. The "RJ" is very crudely engraved and I believe that might actually be gold inlay in the engraving. Any help or input would be appreciated.

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