This is a Heavy Duty Transition shipped July 24, 1946 to Atchison, KS.

The gun came with the gold box pictured and the factory letter.
The stocks are numbered to the gun and unfortunately, both have damage at the tips of the horns.
From my limited knowledge, I do not think the box is original to the gun. However it has the serial number written on the bottom and while I realize anyone could have done that, I am curious if there's any possibility it's original.
I assume the gun would have shipped in a maroon box.

Everything I know about these guns I learned here and 1Aspenhill's website and I thank and blame all of you...

I don't have the free time to post/participate here very often, but try to make time to visit/read when I can.
Heck, I still haven't submitted my SWCA application that Bill was kind enough to send me as a sponsor probably the better part of two years ago now.

I purchased this gun a few years ago, coated it with Corrosion-X, placed it in a ziplock bag and locked it up.

I finally took/made the time to photograph the gun in detail and would be most appreciative of any feedback regarding the box and what appears to be forging (?) flaws in the back-strap.

There's 547 photos of the gun here:
1946 SW 38-44 HD Transitional Photos by tango-papa5 | Photobucket

And here's a few from the album above:





















Regards,
tp