I just got on the forum on my phone and realized there are a lot of pictures in the OP that for some reason never appeared on my computer. I think it's interesting that my gun (BDX5269) has a bobbed hammer when BDX5268 and BDX5270 have a spurred hammer.

Glad it went to a good home! I’m at fault for costing you a bit extra on this one, but I had just picked up a different 4566TSW before this one was posted so I was timid with my bidding.

I was born and raised in WV so these are naturally some of my favorites!

I am also WV born and raised! Morgantown to be exact. Recently I moved back to WV, Army has me stationed in Huntington!

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Good evening gents. Great day today as the historical foundation has returned my email about my 4566TSW. Please see below!

"You’ve got an interesting pistol there. While I’m not sure I’m going to be able to give you a good answer on the hammer, here’s what I can tell you.

The gun first shows up in the books on January 4, 2007. While it’s noted as an “acquisition,” this is generally when the gun was serialized. Even if the gun isn’t finished final assembly yet, the ATF still requires that it be logged in the books as a firearm (and since it’s an “acquisition and disposition” book, it has to get logged as an “acquisition”).

It then went on January 8, 2007 to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. I don’t know what show was happening there at the time, but this was one of the pistols displayed at Smith & Wesson’s booth there.

It then went to Deputy Charles A**** at the Honolulu International Airport. I don’t know what agency he was with, but the gun was clearly being used in some capacity as a duty weapon.

I then show the gun coming back to S&W on September 19, 2011. There’s nothing in the notes about why it came back, unfortunately.

I then show the gun coming back to S&W *again* on March 5, 2012. It was shipped back by a Dan K**** from Alcoa, TN. Again, no notes about why, but I do see S&W logging in the gun as a “used gun” on May 3, 2012. I can’t imagine it having been returned under warranty, as it was a five year old gun at this point.

Lastly, I show the gun as having gone to Lew Horton Distribution in Westborough, MA on June 1, 2012.

There’s a near certainty that the gun was worked on by Smith & Wesson during this time—and perhaps multiple times. My guess is that the hammer work was done on one of these trips back to the factory.

Sorry that I can’t give you a better answer than this, but hopefully this information provides some color about this interesting pistol."

skjos,

I'm am coming out of the woodwork here to give you a huge shout out for all of the information you have been able to acquire and provide in your post regarding these unique pistols.

I was fortunate to be able to acquire two copies that were part of the WVPSC order. While I would have loved one of the WVSP marked copies, I do treasure them and the extensive information goes a long way to help explain them to others. Now if I could come up with one of the Fresno County versions :-)

Thanks again!