Further study gives rise to the considered opinion the initial purchaser of this weapon was at least a bit of a flake----apologies to your father/grandfather if you happen to be offspring or offspring's offspring.

Here we have the purchaser of what was at least presented as a custom made to order handgun who neglects to specify a few minor details, such as "sights, barrel length, stocks and hammer". I suspect, had S&W not been so hard up for the cash, they might have seriously considered declining the order for cause----something along the lines of the customer being too damn dumb to be trusted with a weapon of this sort.

Ralph Tremaine