Last night I disassembled the revolver further than I ever have before. I enlisted the help and magnification equipment of a friend that's a dentist. We (actually the dentist) found some very odd markings etched into the gun. The same two numbers were etched into every part of the gun. It is not a stamp and appears to be hand engraved, The two digits are so small in some places, (on the shaft of the grip set screw, inside each catch on the outside of the cylinder, and on some other tiny pins and parts) that they can only be seen with magnification. The etching is deeper than any finish (including armolly) in most places and would have been subject to corrosion. We found none.


I believe that this could indicate a batch plating and using the id's to put all the body parts back to the same gun.

What think you?

bdGreen