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Originally Posted by Walter Rego
... Production figures show that the most common 3.5", 4", 5", 6", 6.5" and 8.5" or later 8 3/8" guns met the needs of the majority of buyers.
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I too have often wondered why people chose certain barrel lengths. As to the long ones (which have always been some of my favorites) I think you probably mean
8 3/4" not
8.5", as the records I've seen show only an estimated 10 shipping with 8.5" barrels.
And in the Registered gun era, there were only an estimated 38 shipped with 8 3/8" barrels. The most common long ones were 8 3/4" (estimated at 735 of them). Since Terry posted those beautiful 4.5"s, for reference, Mr. Jinks estimates that there were 108 shipped with 4.5" barrels.
What a great thread and wonderful posts...