Hi all....newest arrival..just in time for hunt season...M57 -6" BBL - shipped in 1965 - serial # S238xxx - DEEP flawless 110% S&W Bright CARBONA Blue..knock out ur eyes diamond coke bottle grips..but I have it wearing a new set of Herrett Jordan Exhibition Grade Bastogne Walnut grips cut to my right hand...action is silky, silky SMOOTH as greased ball bearings on oiled teflon rails....timing, allignment & lock-up tight and at minimum specs...bbl-cyl. gap is .004"...ok..ok...and does it ever shoot...!!!!!! It sure likes this load:

Starline brass...WWLP primer..16gr. AAC #9...Bullet is Hensley & Gibbs #258(Elmer Keith ORIGINAL DESIGN SPECS)... 221 gr. in Lyman #2 Alloy Sized to .410"

NOTHING....NOTHING BEATS THESE S&W'S BUILT FROM 1946 TO 1970..!!!!
THE HEIGHT OF YANKEE CRAFTSMANSHIP...!!!!!!!!!