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Originally Posted by dkrikac
What are your thoughts on paying the 35.00 or so to Smith and Wesson for the papers?
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A letter of authenticity is $50 these days. I'm not sure it's worth it for most postwar revolvers. What your money buys you is two or three paragraphs about the history of the model your gun represents, then a final paragraph that tells you the date the gun was shipped, the recipient (usually a hardware store or regional distributor, but sometimes an individual or military/LE agency), and the configuration of the weapon as reflected in the shipping orders. There are occasional surprises -- for example, a gun that is now nickeled may have had a blue finish when it left the factory.
I would never dissuade someone from ordering a letter if date and destination details are of interest. I just don't want you to expect more info than the records can provide.