Originally Posted by FirebirdV8

I have an old American Rifleman that shows both pistols. You can't make any serial numbes out, but it does show the features you talk about. When I get home tonight I can attach some pictures of the guns in the article and see if it looks like the one you found in the book.

These are from an American Rifleman in 1954.

If the book shows the right side of the slide see if the safety body goes all the way through, or if it is like the pictures I have attached where the slide serrations are complete.