17-1 birth year ship
The problem with being born in 1962 is that most S&W's shipped that year are -1's. That makes them cost more. I have seen several over the years that I couldn't bring myself to pay the extra '-1' premium.
This one surfaced just before Christmas and I had to have it. It shipped 39 days before I was born. It's as close to mint condition as any S&W I own.
I figure I'll have to sit on it for quite a while to recoup the cost but as they say, "you only live once"! I now understand where all of the "Can you believe what this Model XX just sold at auction for?" threads come from.
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