Originally Posted by Club Gun Fan

Quoted directly from factory letter.
"Factory records state this handgun was shipped on February 2, 1944 and delivered to Holman Spence, East Longmeadow, MA., approved by David Murray, Sales Department Smith & Wesson. Mr. Jinks states "Based on the fact that the revolver has a refinish mark from March 1941, it would be my opinion that it was built from parts that had been in the factory and reworked prior to the assembly of the handgun in 1944. Mr. Spence was a toolmaker at Smith & Wesson and wrote an article for me about the company that was published in two parts in the July 1972 and December 1972 Smith & Wesson Collectors Association Newsletter." It has a humpback hammer that is not mentioned in Jinks' letter.

I bought this from a dealer near Spence's home. It was rare for Smith & Wesson to produce anything other then Victory Models during WWII.