I thought you’d appreciate the gun, and the story, Dave. I think it’s just great that the gun went to a close friend.

Say, do you think my surmise that it is the last magnum built to prewar specs is correct? As I posted: On page 24 of the Jinks article, it says, “The last of the prewar Magnums were the 79 units finished in December, 1940. Three more magnums were built during World War II; two units in 1941 and one in 1942. No doubt these were for special high ranking officials.”



N_itis, speculates that it might have been built in ‘41, which is possible enough, I suppose.

Bud, AKA Lonewolf, said that his understanding is that the last prewar N frame was 62489. Cal informed us that the SN of his magnum is 62485. Not sure where Bud learned that, but the remaining four could well be be 38/44s or 3rd Model HEs, I think.

I’d like to think Cal’s gun “The Last Magnum!” In any event, what a super gun and history!