Using the same link above I added the bottom the box, and yes there was a number. The number is K260()75. missing number looks like a 1or is 5 numbers enough? Let me know your thoughts with this latest addition. Thanks again for all the info, Bill
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K260175 is a .357 Combat Magnum shipped in May 1956. There is no mention of a presentation case on the invoice, but that is not unusual as I had K260190 with a presentation numbered to the revolver and also shipped in May 1956. The invoice does not show a presentation case for this Combat Magnum either. With the addition of K260175, I have eleven .357 Combat Magnums verified as being shipped with a case as their serial number is written on the bottom of the case in white grease pencil. In addition, Olympic Wholesale, Los Angeles, CA purchased five .357 Combat Magnums with a presentation case on June 21, 1956 (serial numbers unknown) and five more with a presentation case on July 26, 1956 (serial numbers K262223, K262355, K263032, K262272, and K262617). Rex Firearms, NY, NY, purchased four presentation cases at $5.00 each on July 3, 1956.
K260190 is shown in its case in the photo below. Click on the photo for a better look.
A presentation case was never cataloged as an accessory to the .357 Combat Magnum although it was listed in S&W's parts sheet issued in the fall of 1956 at a cost of $5.00 (same price as the presentation case for the 44 Magnum). I believe S&W originally was going to offer this model with a case, but when orders flooded in the company realized it was unnecessary. The few cases they had were used for a few guns and the rest sold off.
Bill
K260190 is shown in its case in the photo below. Click on the photo for a better look.
A presentation case was never cataloged as an accessory to the .357 Combat Magnum although it was listed in S&W's parts sheet issued in the fall of 1956 at a cost of $5.00 (same price as the presentation case for the 44 Magnum). I believe S&W originally was going to offer this model with a case, but when orders flooded in the company realized it was unnecessary. The few cases they had were used for a few guns and the rest sold off.
Bill
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My guess is the case came from that Olympics group of revolvers since it was bought at a former uniform shop in Bakersfield, CA where all the local officers bought their uniforms and supplies. My uncles Colt papered to the same shop. Thanks Bill for the information! Bill
Bill...K260175 was shipped to a dealer in Tucson, AZ so it was not one of the guns shipped to Olympic Wholesale.
Bill
Bill
It would be curious if you could get a name off the invoice. My uncle was a Taft city PD then a CHP. When he came back from service in Korea as an AP he returned home. Can't explain how he came to get a revolver/box from Arizona.
Bill...The invoice only shows two S&Ws (a 44 Magnum, S160655, and a .357 Combat Magnum, K260175) ordered by Arizona Hardware in Phoenix and shipped to Arizona Hardware in Tucson on May 7, 1956. Both were product samples.
It is possible the serial number is not K260175.
Bill
It is possible the serial number is not K260175.
Bill
Bill...The invoice only shows two S&Ws (a 44 Magnum, S160655, and a .357 Combat Magnum, K260175) ordered by Arizona Hardware in Phoenix and shipped to Arizona Hardware in Tucson on May 7, 1956. Both were product samples.
It is possible the serial number is not K260175. The only Combat Magnum shipped to California with a similar serial number is K260075. It went to Polak & Winters in San Francisco on the same date.
Bill
It is possible the serial number is not K260175. The only Combat Magnum shipped to California with a similar serial number is K260075. It went to Polak & Winters in San Francisco on the same date.
Bill
I did that and only K260075 shipped to California. However, I had the date incorrect, it was May 8, 1957.
Bill
Bill
Just did some magnification and it could be a 7 or a 9.
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K260175 is a .357 Combat Magnum shipped in May 1956. There is no mention of a presentation case on the invoice, but that is not unusual as I had K260190 with a presentation numbered to the revolver and also shipped in May 1956. The invoice does not show a presentation case for this Combat Magnum either. With the addition of K260175, I have eleven .357 Combat Magnums verified as being shipped with a case as their serial number is written on the bottom of the case in white grease pencil. In addition, Olympic Wholesale, Los Angeles, CA purchased five .357 Combat Magnums with a presentation case on June 21, 1956 (serial numbers unknown) and five more with a presentation case on July 26, 1956 (serial numbers K262223, K262355, K263032, K262272, and K262617). Rex Firearms, NY, NY, purchased four presentation cases at $5.00 each on July 3, 1956.
K260190 is shown in its case in the photo below. Click on the photo for a better look.
A presentation case was never cataloged as an accessory to the .357 Combat Magnum although it was listed in S&W's parts sheet issued in the fall of 1956 at a cost of $5.00 (same price as the presentation case for the 44 Magnum). I believe S&W originally was going to offer this model with a case, but when orders flooded in the company realized it was unnecessary. The few cases they had were used for a few guns and the rest sold off.
Bill
Concur. I've seen shipping invoices for cases only.
I suspect they were ordered for when people were gifting a gun or the dealer wanted to pimp it up for a sale.
Best,
RM Vivas
