I have been coming across some interesting guns lately. This one was in a little shop in the middle of Utah. This gun wasn't for sale. The sotry goes that the store owner bought this for his wife. He was happy to purchase it through an auction sale that stated it had a connection to Elvis Presley. He told me that his wife wanted this gun instead of a Cadillac so it saved him a bit of money. I told him I would see if I could find out more about it and who possible did the engraving and grips.

You'll notice that those are real diamonds in the grips which are made of ivory. The gun has a serial number of J673,xxx. So it dates to around the period in the late 70's when the factory had done some engraving for Elvis. I showed these pics to the head of the S&W engraving department at the recent SHOT show in Vegas and who couldn't say either way if it was factory.

I wanted to share the phone pics and see if anyone had some insight into this particular model 36. Although it has a high bling factor, it was nicely done and didn't look like a gun that had been blued, scractched up, and then plated in gold. I wondered if it had been engraved in the white then plated as the work is very clean. Enjoy the pics.