Mcgivern Outdoorsman confirmation!

[AZ Rebel]

The factory letter came with the HD when I bought it. I did submit for the McGivern OD. How does one go about getting a corrected letter? Am I paying another $100 each?

 

[SS336]

No one was implying that it increased the value of a gun. Just stating the fact that S&W sold and shipped guns to many hardware stores back in the day. I'm old enough to remember a time when many, if not most small town hardware stores sold guns.

I was raised in the 50's till I joined the Navy on a cattle ranch in South Park Colorado. We went into the town of Fairplay for "shopping". The drug store in Fairplay sold guns just to the left of the soda fountain. don't know how or where he got them for sale.
Just a side note to say back in the day all small towns had a gun store some in unusual places.

 

[DARE]

AZ Rebel, I have had several letters with wrong information. I contacted Don Mundell, the Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation Historian. Don graciously sent corrected letters at no charge.

 

[Truckman]

Just a side note to say back in the day all small towns had a gun store some in unusual places.

True...Up until a few years ago we had a shoe repair shop here in Conroe with an FFL...Not much inventory, but it sure smelled good in there......Ben

 

[zywina]

Serial number on the right stock?

No, didn't find the original grips, bought from a friend's estate!

 

[wheelgun610]

True...Up until a few years ago we had a shoe repair shop here in Conroe with an FFL...Not much inventory, but it sure smelled good in there......Ben

And once upon a time, you could have a Class 1 FFL, and could legally sell guns from your home, as long as you had a room with an exterior entrance and the room was inaccessible from inside your living quarters. Most small towns had one or two of those.

 

[Truckman]

And once upon a time, you could have a Class 1 FFL, and could legally sell guns from your home

I had one of those too until I had so many guns I decided to build my own gun store...Then I sold it and retired (again) so now I'm back to guns trying to overtake my living space...What's a poor guy to do?......Ben