This revolver may have been refinished twice, once at the factory and once somewhere else. The star after the serial number indicates some sort of work done on a return to the factory that could have been a refinish. A refinish outside the factory is indicated by the poor fit of the sideplate to the frame. On a new gun or a factory refinish, the seam between the sideplate and the frame is practically invisible because the gun was polished with the sideplate in place. Many refinishers polished the sideplate with it off the gun, and with too soft a polishing wheel which leads to rounded edges and dished screw holes on the sideplate.

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