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Originally Posted by Tommy Green
... Thanks again for all your input but I still don’t know much more than I did. From what I can tell the finish is original, the markings on the frame don’t appear to me to be degraded by a coating?? ...
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Well, at least you now know it isn't stainless steel (S&W didn't make SS revolvers till the 1960s). Very unlikely that the nickel finish is original but you can get the definitive answer by sending off $100 to get a factory letter.
That hole in the bottom of the butt frame is for a lanyard loop (or "butt swivel" as S&W called it). It isn't threaded, but held in place with a pin.
A Mountie may have owned it at some point, you never know. But dealers have been known to stretch the truth from time to time...
You're right calling the clips "moon clips". The six round version are generally called "full moon clips", the three round version "half moon clips".