Got this first one right before Christmas from fellow forum member Dan M...the serial number S679xx puts it in the 1946 range (I don't often get to post about pre-model number guns). A nice 5" gun with custom grips.
pbslinger & I shot it Friday and it was a wonderful shooter! Now to find the correct grips...nothing fancy, just appropriate for the gun.
Thanks Dan!
The other I picked up yesterday at a local collector's gun show. It's 1954-55 model gun and has a 4" barrel. I have on good authority that this gun may have been to S&W for two factory re-finish jobs...the stampings are a bit washed which makes sense if it's had two trips to Massachusetts. It's serial number S1096xx.
These two make three HDs in my accumulation...they are hard to walk past!
Bob