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Originally Posted by hsguy
Hannibal, I believe this gun left the factory as a .357 Mag rather than being converted later, I should send for a letter to confirm this. As near as I have have been able determine the gun was originally built for a Brazil order but was either left over or not shipped and the cylinder reamed to allow 357 Mag to be used as it would make it more marketable in the US. I suspect the gun was already built and it was easier to leave the roll markings intact rather than to change the barrel to one with proper markings. I have been told that these guns shipped to RSR Distributors in 2000 with product code 148926.
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I would like to know what really happened to this revolver. I didnīt know until recently that some model 19s were made for the Brazilian Police in .38 Special. I always have knew that some models 586 and 686 were made for the Brazilian Police in .38 Special too, but in the 686 and 586 case they were chamber for the .38 Special only and they donīt allowed use .357 magnum in them.