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03-28-2024, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by StrawHat
Consider this, after WWI, the Army required S&W to buy back any unused parts that were accepted prior to the end of the war. This included barrels, hammers, frames etc. This could have been one of those frames. At some point, after 1930 (based on the barrel), S&W received an order for an N frame in 38 S&W Special, pulled this old frame and built a revolver.
Kevin
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AFAIK, the frames that S&W bought back from the government after WW I were not serial numbered. These frames have standard serial numbers in the prewar N frame series.
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