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That sounds plausible. I've just never seen this combination before, especially with the (to me) unusual address. I know the Russian contract guns have Cyrillic barrel markings. But I don't know about the Russians that were sold in the US market. The story is basically a guess as it was not...

Pic of the cylinder face/extractor is attached

It's not currently with me so more measurements are unfortunately not possible at the moment. For numbers, the cyl and the butt match. The latch I unfortunately did not look, and I don't have a photo showing it. Under the grip there is no stamp on the metal of the frame. There's no...

This is why I am concerned that it's a real action but not a genuine barrel. The barrel address is what has me suspecting it. I can't distinguish a period after the "A" in U.S.A. and there is no patent info, this would have been made in 1872-1874 which was at a high point during the revolver...

The shape of the barrel, the butt and the frame are as that of an American Second Model to my eyes.. Here’s some other pics. I have never seen this barrel address before on any other No 3, it's not just single line, but is also without any patent information.

I found an interesting S&W No 3 revolver. Need help determining if it’s original or not. The revolver in question appears to be a S&W No 3 American, second model. The most common barrel length was about 7-8 inches long. The one I found has a barrel length just under 5in and it appears to be the...