For what it's worth dept.,Several years ago I bought a pair of consecutive serial #'s 1st gen. at an estate sale.Perfect but still with the hard rubber grip. I wanted to send them back to Hartford for ivory stocks. The word was "remove the cylinder before shipping,therefore it ceases to be a functional firearm.etc."Ship reg mail.They look sweet BTW in their glass case. I gave the pair to my son when he came back alive from the sandbox.
