Time to put this one on the board.
RM Reg #1898 SN 50205 8 3/8 barrel (1 of 32) Call gold bead front sight, shipped with magnas but now has aftermarket targets (magnas are long gone). This is a historically significant gun as it letters as having been shipped to a US Navy officer aboard his ship.
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The following are links to my photobucket album of the gun, and a thread posted on here that has some more info on the history of the gun and owner.
Album
http://s381.photobucket.com/al.../29aholic/REGMAG357/
Thread
http://smith-wessonforum.com/e...?r=63410416#63410416
My camera and picture taking ablilties suck, but the gun is in 97% original shape. Bill Cross (Doc44), David Carroll (wordsmith), and Ray Cheely (vintagesmith) have all seen this gun and have agreed on the condition as I have assessed it.
I am asking $9000.00 or best offer, and have some room for partial trades.
Trades mainly considered would be early 44 magnums, pre-1968 29's, factory nickel pre-18. Others would be considered as well.