Slightly mis-stamped 58-1
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Is this a fixed sight revolver? Do you have any other pictures you can post?
Hair Trigger
US Veteran
I agree with Gil, we need more pictures. If it is an overstamp, that's fine, but the only fixed sight .357M N frame is the M520 and that's not what was the original stamp. There was a recent thread about overstamped M58 frames that became M520's made out of the original production run.
M58-1 is a second-production revolver. Original production stopped in 1977, and the dash-1 started in 2009 as part of the Classic Series. It has a CNC frame and the Hillary Hole. If you're looking for a M58 I would keep searching for a no-dash, which all the original production guns are.
M58-1 is a second-production revolver. Original production stopped in 1977, and the dash-1 started in 2009 as part of the Classic Series. It has a CNC frame and the Hillary Hole. If you're looking for a M58 I would keep searching for a no-dash, which all the original production guns are.
The revolver in the ad is a 581. The seller, like some on that site, as well as the S&W employee who mismarked the frame is clueless.
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The only number that is overstamped is the 5, and the size of the font is larger? I have a 57 that was over stamped on a 29 frame but the font size is the same size.
That’s interesting…. I wonder how close the two guns serial numbers are…
Hair Trigger
US Veteran
Had I seen more of the gun and could see it was a L frame, it would have made perfect sense, with the barrel stamp saying .357M. I let that part slip my mind.
M57's and M29's have identical frames and were produced concurrently for quite a few years, so an overstamp there simply means they needed a frame on the M57 line and grabbed one off the M29 line and changed it. Marking a N-frame model that is out of production on an L frame gun is not paying attention to what you're doing.
Birdhunter6
Member
My 581 (ADE4245) is also stamped 58-1.
An actual 58-1 would be a "Classic" with an internal lock.
An actual 58-1 would be a "Classic" with an internal lock.
Any model 58 would not have a barrel stamped .357 Magnum.
