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S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 All 5-Screw & Vintage 4-Screw SWING-OUT Cylinder REVOLVERS, and the 35 Autos and 32 Autos


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Hello all, question ser# matches cylinder . Number inside yoke also matches frame. But their is a RX on a he inside of yoke.what does RX stand for? Checked ser# gun was made October of 1918.
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That's where you put your prescriptions. :-) Seriously, it's likely just an inspector stamp.

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Or the RX was a identifying code that had meaning only during the manufacture of the revolver, and that meaning is now lost in the mist of time.
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