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Originally Posted by CptCurl
Conclusion:
In the end, and speaking only for myself, I am skeptical that this is a factory refinish at all. I'm skeptical the factory would polish the rebound spring retaining pin flat, even in 1952...
Curl
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Actually, I think it was quite common for the Factory to polish the rebound pin flat for guns refinished in the 1950s. I own a handful of factory refinished pre-war guns and all of them have the rebound pin polished flush. After the war, that was how S&W polished the guns. I think it would be rare to find a factory refinished pre-war gun that still had a rounded rebound pin. Since the hammer stud is "below grade" it stayed mostly round in the refinish.
My observations and $0.06 (still not enough to buy a cup of lemonade...
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