Thanks to everybody for their knowledge and comments
I am looking through my "old" grips for something appropriate for the RM to wear...
does anybody recognize these grips?
oh, you guys are good...
I measured the barrel to the cylinder face and it is 7". Good eye, everyone who realized it was longer than 6".
so far, i just intend to put on grips i prefer over the thumb rest...
I will fire a few rounds out of it today and report back...
i really appreciate that...
I never did much research into these as I never thought I would be in a position to purchase one.
But I found one today in a gun shop, priced as a normal S&W....
It is serial # 51xxx and it has reg. 2003
about a 6" barrel
some bluing wear on the left side of muzzle and drag marks around...
Near Mint, absolutely gorgeous, fired very little, if at all before I did. I fired a cylinder of jacketed rounds and a cylinder of cast lead rounds to see if I could tell a difference in the accuracy between the rounds. I couldn't, but I have experienced the phenomenon in other revolvers. .45...