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Old 05-13-2018, 12:48 PM
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Franco, Here is the response from Charles Pate:

(Start) "Thanks, Sal. I had not heard of this one before. I agree that it is clearly refinished, though still a nice gun. The June 20th George Schofield patent date, which was for the barrel catch design, was added at about serial number 4800. Smith & Wesson had neglected to include it earlier and when production of the 2nd Model started Schofield insisted they add it. They had already made a lot of the barrels so the 2-date marking didn’t start to predominate until about 5500. There were still a few barrels with 1-date markings used after serial number 6000, but if you see a gun with a 2-date barrel marking under 4800 there is a very good chance the barrel is not original to the frame." (end)

In other words, your serial number was not previously recorded by Col. Pate as one of the survivors and your barrel Schofield patents dates are correct for your serial number.

Find and purchase Charles Pate's book Smith & Wesson American online. This is it on Amazon:


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