Hey David, for the purpose of adding to our historical knowledge, how "retro" did they go? Specifically, does your new treasure have the post-war hammer block safety seen on the early release post-war non-target models, or did they go all the way back to the pre-war innards? Inquiring minds want to know!

I wonder whether S&W could ever be persuaded to take their current J-frame platform, recut the grip frame to take the flat spring action, and build a modern version of this as an ultimate woods walking gun? I'm sure they could get a lot of folks interested, but probably sales wouldn't satisfy the bean counters. More's the pity!!

Regards,
your 'phriend the 'phibian