Welcome. Nice entrance to the Forum. There are two examples of 44 New Model 3s in the SWCA database shipping 6 years apart, so your revolver could have left the factory around these years. They did not ship in serial number order. The pearl medallion stocks are most likely original to the gun, since those stocks were introduced in 1893. Valuable gun to a collector, but invaluable as s family heirloom.

3045X shipped in 1899
3048X shipped in 1906

Forgot to add that you must get that factory letter. It will document the originality of the gun and be something that can be handed down for generations to come. Worth every bit of the $75 fee.

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Gary
SWCA 2515