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Some of the best groups I get from my Winchester 52's are surprisingly from CCI Standard Velocity...go figure

Every single BSR I've seen has at least a broad arrow, or some other acceptance mark from whatever country it ended up going to; this one is clean of all marks other than the ones I mentioned. I would not be surprised if this one could very well have taken a little detour somewhere along the way...

It's been a while, but standard plain walnut stocks, United States Property stamp, Inspector's mark ( I believe it was GHD, again, don't have it in front of me), flaming bomb.

Mine was US Property, complete with all stamps and US GOV acceptance marks...no import, no export

Mine was a 5", in .38 S&W, ser. V 381377, so it never made it back for the upgrade...

My "go to" is Precision Bluing in North Carolina; they have done more than a few, including a pre model 14 (single action variant), that someone left outside in a tote for a few years, so say it was rusted and pitted would be an understatement.

This is what it can look like after restoration... mine was rusty and pitted, so after draw filing and wet sanding, I decided on a rust blue finish...

Highly recommend Pecard Antique Leather Dressing...had a few holsters from the 1920's, and it did a great job on them.

Also, if you pull the stocks, you will probably see a 3 or 4 digit number, identifying the month and year, if reblued; these and other stampings are mentioned in the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson.

If you're looking for period repo walnut stocks for that, recommend NC Ordnance... check their website, they have them

Here you are...

Always be careful of what you say to your wife, because... you have to sleep sometime.

True, this is definitely not a parts swap moment, and that is not what I was implying. I would have already had other gunsmiths on the phone with this...at the minimum, I would be going through Kuhnhausen's shop manual and be mic'ing absolutely everything on this. But if this is to be saved...

If you feel like repairing her, I have some S&W .38 cylinders and yokes...maybe, just maybe, even a barrel...the cylinder and yokes still in the white, never mounted. if you want, you can shoot me an email at [email protected]