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Originally Posted by jimmyj
IIRC: Wells-Fargo purchased the Schofields from Army surplus and had the barrels cut back to five inches.
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Surplus Schofields were sold to 3 major suppliers. All were then experlty reconditioned by the suppliers and sold off to many types of buyers. San Fransico PD (left those in full length barrels) and Wells Fargo as the most notable buyer, cut to 5", however, the many of the surplus guns were cut to 5", offered to the public market.
That it is a 5" does not automatically preclude it was a Wells Fargo gun. Naturally a WF gun would be so marked and numbered in more places than S&W originally numbered the parts.
Further, there are more Wells Fargo fakes (Fake WF stamping) then there are genuine Wells Fargos.