My pre-Model 10 # C186xxx was shipped in April 1952. Yours is probably a few months older. The short barrels seem to command a bit more than the longer barrels, around these parts a 70% snub nosed Pre-10 runs around $300-400 while the 4, 5, and 6 inch models run 250-300.

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Guy-Harold Smith II