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Old 05-21-2020, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by murphydog View Post
.... it appears to have an S stamp on the bottom of the grip frame and sideplate. If so it was converted to the new-style hammer block well before it was standard.
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On a side note, the serial doesn’t matter regarding the added S. The Navy refurbishment contract from May 1945, when the hammer block was added, included 40,000 revolvers apparently from all across the serial range, 900-pre-V through the V-range.
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