I've never seen "cokes" numbered, not that I can remember anyway. These are numbered, both panels, to the 44 Magnum on which they reside. I don't have possession of it so can't answer questions. Anyone seen "cokes" numbered before?
"cokes" Numbered to the Gun?
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Pretty sure I have heard Doc44 say that they were sometimes numbered to the gun.
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Maybe he'll stop by and enlighten us, I'm pretty sure I've never seen numbered ones before, and never both panels. This gun is another 4 inch 5 screw so possibly one of the first year 4 inch guns.
^^^ What David said. The different fonts are funky.
I don't find it all that unusual a pair of coke bottle stocks is numbered to the revolver. S&W may have numbered the stocks or maybe an owner of the firearm did. S&W usually did not stamp the S when numbering stocks and only the right stock panel was numbered. I have an engraved 44 Magnum, S170040, shipped in September 1957 with the right stock panel numbered to the revolver (number only, no S). Another possibility is the 44 Magnum was returned for service, and the panels were numbered to make sure they were kept with the correct revolver.
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