Kevin, Steven, David, Thanks for all the kind words.

Niedner did not sell retail firearms so I suspect that this was his S&W. He did a lot of pistol work such as replacing barrels and the like and his stamp will be found on those. I can't see where any work was done to this pistol.

David, There is no reason anyone should know my name ;-), My area of study is very narrow and rarely involves handguns.