Not a S&W story, but from the same town. Back in the late 1960's while stationed at Picatinny Arsenal, I worked with an NCO who had previously been assigned at Springfield Armory,doing accurizing on guns for the Army's marksmanship units. In those days the Army didn't account for weapons in the wholesale system by serial number, He said that the trick was to smuggle out a receiver or frame, then bring it back and sign it in as personally owned. Once it was back in, it could be totally rebuilt with new parts, then taken out again with no questions asked.

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