Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Preferred Period of Manufacture (-X) for S&W M57?

Thanks. Both bought from a cop in Jax.

Another thing is the bluing was much better on the no dash versions.

Its hard to appreciate the hand fitting and finishing that went into pre-Model Number Smiths. I was given a pair of Model 10's made in 1949 both new in the gold box that had been locked in a factory office in a filing cabinet for over 40 years. The wood to metal fit was literally perfect. The factory blue was not a high polish, but perfectly uniform over the entire gun. Metal to metal seams were virtually invisible. I traded them off to a collector before I could be tempted to open the cylinders. Not see guns like that made again except for the truly big bucks.