The dash 1 change of deleting the pinned barrel was ordered in 1982.

When would the -1 stamped frames and/or unpinned barrels/frames be expected to show up? Anytime from after 1981 and on, but not regularly until the drilled barrels and/or frames only stamped Mod 63 (no dash) were used up and newer frames (if any) stamped Mod 63-1 began to be assembled.

Were any newer frames actually stamped 63-1 prior to the order for the Mod 63-2 frame stamping? We'll only know when and if we see a Mod 63-1 stamped frame.

A mystery? Not at all. Actually only a curiosity about an absolutely routine happenstance of S&W production. Just a SNAFU: "Situation Normal All........" Is that not a criticism of S&W? Not at all, just a statement of reality about minutia only us collectors care about!

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Jim
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