Gary

That's a good move on your part -ordering the book! Hopefully we'll learn something. Thanks for doing this.

In starting this thread, I was going to mention the 38 Long Colt chambering of the 1899 Army contract, but then the box specifically says 38 Special, and does not mention ,38 Long Colt. The 1899 standard chambering is 38 Special, which will chamber the 38 Long Colt. I concluded that the box is talking about a new S&W military model that chambers 38 Special, and the newest S & W one, at the time, was the model of 1899.

Regards, Mike