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On page 24 of the Jinks article, it says, “The last of the prewar Magnums were the 79 units finished in December, 1940. Three more magnums were built during World War II; two units in 1941 and one in 1942. No doubt these were for special high ranking officials.”
Lee, so Cal's gun, Phil's gun, which Phil won for shooting in 1942, and was a gift/prize from S&W, shipped later, right? So is Cal/Phil's gun the 1942 gun referred to in the Jinks article? If so, then is it the last, um, pre-postwar RM? Arlo
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Arlo,
Good questions. That article was published in 88, nearly 20 yrs ago, now. We must assume there was much time spent well BEFORE publication. So, we can also assume much more data has been discovered since. I don't see 79 guns in the available data that shipped in Dec, 40. Roy has stated these Wichita guns were the last ORDER shipped. Then, Phil's gun. Then, one was shipped in 43. We will know more later.