S&W M-1926, 5" .44 SPL, Wolf & Klar Model, w/ Letter

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…You are laboring under two misconceptions here:

First, W&K was a pawn shop, but they were far more than the average pawn shop. They were a very large retail jewelry store, and a distributor of several brands of firearms, and they sold a lot of sporting goods. They had pearl and ivory grips manufactured. They had stores in other towns and states. They owned other pawn shops…

Thank you, I was aware they were jewelers and distributors. Did they have engravers or did they farm that out?

… Second, Model 1926s were shipped to W&K in large batches, like 50-100 guns. They were often split between blue and nickel guns at roughly 50-50.
Yes, they engraved some.
Yes, they supplied many with pearl or ivory.
BUT- if you wanted a blue gun with Factory grips, I can assure you they had em! …

Fascinating and news to me! Thank you.

… Back to the original topic, I'm pretty sure all the PPD guns are reblued. All I have ever seen were. I once had three PPD guns with consecutive serial numbers. …

Now, you are just showing off.

Thank you for the interesting tidbits.

Kevin

 

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Colby Bruce, the answer is yes, it is the pawn shop gun that you alerted me to all those years ago. If I remember right that nickel gun went for about $350. I picked up the second nickel 5" about 9 months later at double that price. Both lettered as W&K guns. One has the gold wash hammer, trigger, thumb latch, and ejector rod. I suspect the rubby eyed steer grips graced another gun.