I have a very nice S&W Model 15-6 in .38 Special that certainly appears to be stainless, not blued. It came with a somewhat tattered S&W box, serial numbered to the gun. The box says blue finish and then notes a specials code of 2118, whatever that means. However, if the gun isn't stainless, it's one heck of a chrome or matt finish job. And there's light engraving (a sort of art deco pattern, mostly just intertwined lines but with a small area of bolder, deeper intertwining on each side of the action). Also came with a nice set of stag grips.

If this were marked as a 66, I'd understand what it was. I can't find anything on the internet that answers the question.

So, was the Model 15-6 ever offered in stainless?