A Little Late to the Game...
I have been crazy busy lately and just found a few minutes to post my thoughts about this RM. First thought - What a fun gun!
Some general thoughts - There are estimated to be less than 80 REG 357 Magnums that were made with a 7.5" barrel length. I magnified the photos and did NOT see the concentric grooves that are seen on factory pre-war 357 hammers (that does not mean that they are not there, just that I cannot see them in the photos). In addition to modifying the S&W hammers to make them "cockeyed" or "double cockeyed", King and Micro also made their own hammers, some of which did not have the concentric grooves on the sides of the hammer. Does the hammer on your gun have any stamping "King" or "Micro" anywhere on it? Here is one of my RM's that was shipped from the factory to King where they modified/installed the cockeyed hammer (although it does have the grooves on the hammer, they are not very clear in the photo posted).
Your beauty has Patridge front sight, magna stocks and as someone noted a post war grip adapter (which I too would remove rather quickly but VERY carefully).
The certificate should look something like this:
And I would expect that the box would be large blue "picture box" that measures close to 15.25" x 5.25". It may also have come with a 357 Magnum Brochure (which are kind of hard to find and therefore worth something to us collectors). The front of the brochure looks like this:
Once again - Congrats on that great piece of history. Please document as much of its story as possible, as it will round out an already impressive package with the backdrop of the human touch that brings any gun to life.
We all continue to be interested in learning more about its history - please keep us posted as you learn more.
Thanks for sharing and a bit belated "Welcome to the Forum".
I have been crazy busy lately and just found a few minutes to post my thoughts about this RM. First thought - What a fun gun!
Some general thoughts - There are estimated to be less than 80 REG 357 Magnums that were made with a 7.5" barrel length. I magnified the photos and did NOT see the concentric grooves that are seen on factory pre-war 357 hammers (that does not mean that they are not there, just that I cannot see them in the photos). In addition to modifying the S&W hammers to make them "cockeyed" or "double cockeyed", King and Micro also made their own hammers, some of which did not have the concentric grooves on the sides of the hammer. Does the hammer on your gun have any stamping "King" or "Micro" anywhere on it? Here is one of my RM's that was shipped from the factory to King where they modified/installed the cockeyed hammer (although it does have the grooves on the hammer, they are not very clear in the photo posted).
Your beauty has Patridge front sight, magna stocks and as someone noted a post war grip adapter (which I too would remove rather quickly but VERY carefully).
The certificate should look something like this:
And I would expect that the box would be large blue "picture box" that measures close to 15.25" x 5.25". It may also have come with a 357 Magnum Brochure (which are kind of hard to find and therefore worth something to us collectors). The front of the brochure looks like this:
Once again - Congrats on that great piece of history. Please document as much of its story as possible, as it will round out an already impressive package with the backdrop of the human touch that brings any gun to life.
We all continue to be interested in learning more about its history - please keep us posted as you learn more.
Thanks for sharing and a bit belated "Welcome to the Forum".
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