I got my 10 year old boy a S&W Mod. 15 this summer when he got out of school . It's an early 1950's and it look's like it had never been fired . It has three small spots where the bluing is gone . I gave it to him in an after market Navy air crew shoulder holster with the 13 round canvas cartridge holder . I know that my boy's Smith is not military issue but he got and still does get good history lesson's about the air crews that carried then in Vietnam . He just loves that 15 .