There are no factory stamps indicating it been back to S&W.
There are no weak spots in the roll marks, all the parts that are not supposed to be blue are not. The screws are perfect. If you notice, the case colors are perfect. The action feels like the revolver has not been broken in. The original non-medallion grips are almost perfect. The few spots it does have on it looks like they are from sitting in someone's sock drawer for 50 years. I just have to wonder why someone would pay to have one of the most professional re-blues I have ever seen on a relatively inexpensive and common revolver. It may well be a refinish, but the experts here have disagreed.
Oh, and it does have a LOT of oil on it in the pic.
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Originally Posted by Oyeboteb
Are there any small Stamps on the Grip part of the Frame, indicating it had been sent back to S&W?
Kinda looks like a later 1930s or 1940s Blue which S&W would have done if one were sent in for a re-blue to them.
But definitely does not look like the Blue S&W was using in the early 1920s.
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