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It was bought as part of a trade deal. Rolex's for guns. Me and collector I got it from both figured it as a common, well not so common mdl 15 nickel plated and agreed on a value. I had other stainless revolers and nickel plated and thus seemed not a nice in some way. Mostly the unseen finish on...

Well that didn't take long. Here is the reply from S&W historical foundation.

Ok paperwork filled out images sharpened and printed, check made out, and envelope stamped and ready to go out. Thank you all for helping me with this. Ill post any updates as they come.

As of now I have no intention of selling. Will be writing S&W to have a "Factory Letter" done just in case life happens and is forgotten about in my collection. Worse case, it will help my wife know what is of value. So far the only thing I would trade it for is if I could convince the farmer...

I own it and I myself wanna know where its been since '63.

Guess its OK to let the cat out of the bag. Serial ends in 25, so HH Harris. Would this have been shipped to them to supply one of their clients or presentation piece? As for selling or keeping. Im not sure yet. I dont consider myself a gun collector, but with a dozen or so around I might be...

Just did a magnet test. Just as magnetic as my Model 63, my childhood revolver. First gun I ever fired.

Yeap, there is a screw at that location.

Even then how does one determine value on something that never makes it to market. No public sales to base anything off of. What similar firearms have traded publicly that I can base a number off of. Im having the same issue placing value on a 1882 $50 National Bank Note that has never before...

Image of the extractor.

Thats one of my fears about talking about this thing. The person I know at Heritage Auctions had no idea and kind of dismissed me as having a common Model 15-1. He didnt understand what I was showing him.

What book is this info published in?

K39782x Mod-15 11 SS X Markings

Added image of serial. I'm actually kind of scared of be being the real deal. Never dealt with anything like this.

After quite a bit of combing the web here I am. Ive read a number of post here in reference to this Model only having 20 "experimental" pieces made. Another post stating only several have been accounted for. Well here is my question. What would one of these unicorns be worth? Box and full kit.