Early S&W British Service Revolver

[Absalom]

Somewhere above I saw a statement that the BSRs sold surplus after WW2 were proofed by the military before sale. Not so, ....

The clearest evidence for this, and that sending the BSR's to the (most often) Birmingham and (less commonly) London proofhouses for the commercial proofing was the responsibilty of the surplus dealer/wholesaler, are the British post-war conversions to other calibers, like the Parker-Hale variants in .22 and .38 Special, which show that proofing in the new caliber.