Mike, weren't all contract Aircrewman revolvers shipped from S&W as 38 Special M&P Airweights? To my knowledge, Smith & Wesson didn't apply the USAF roll marks, property marks or proof marks - the Air Force did.

The other Historical letters I have seen for M13's describe the revolvers as M&P Airweights. Have you seen them described in other ways from Roy?

Also, in the Standard Catalog of S&W, the authors state that in the dozens (going off memory because the book isn't in front of me) post '57 aircrewman revolvers they have seen only 1 has had a steel cylinder - even though the commercial guns switched to steel in/after '57.

Because of these reasons, I disagree with you, Mike, and believe that Roy wasn't saying that my revolver should have a steel cylinder. I obviously have a vested interest here, but Feel free to show me where I'm wrong.

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