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Originally Posted by glowe
Common errors inputting data, loss of frame, trashed defective revolver found in final inspection, etc. might be reasons there are blanks in the logs?? I agree with the stocks needing to be fitted before the gun is blued or plated, since both wood and metal are shaped when fitting stocks. After 1983, when no more hand fitting was done, the issue went away.
Always liked the image that is on the front of Roy's Images of America Smith & Wesson. Clearly shows guns with stocks around the beginning of WWII.
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I questioned the top image in this photo when I first saw it.
Taking a closer look at that image on the cover of "Images of America, Smith & Wesson" I'm pretty sure those are post-war K-22's, not Victory models.
Magna grips, fishhook hammer, and 6 inch barrels. Look at the wood dowels the guns are positioned on - it appears that the dowels are staggered, one for 22, the next for 38, then 22, etc.
BTW, not to derail the thread - .38 Special M&P (not target model) #141709 shipped in December, 1909.