Keep in mind that by that date all BSR's were produced for Lend-lease, which for practical purposes meant that as far as the factory was concerned, any revolver they were producing (except for DSC guns) was for the US Government, in either version. Uncle Sam paid the tab. And S&W delivered the BSR's not to the UK, but to Army Ordnance at Hartford; very nitpicky, I know , but I'm just mentioning it to illustrate my point that the decision what was produced likely did not depend in any way on the factory's preferences or priorities.

They delivered what they could produce, based on what the government contracts called for. And that was that .