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Some folks have made up their minds that the older a S&W is the better it is.
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I know you are just stretching the point! I don't own any pre-war Smiths and maybe I never will. But the production after WWII until somewhere around 1983 is always going to be the most desirable to me. It isn't some unfounded prejudice in my mind. I just got a 19-3 made in 1973. It is the first gun I've gotten through my dealer in a long time that he just kept complimenting. "That sure is a nice gun. They sure don't blue guns like that anymore. They must have polished that gun to a very high finish before they blued it. Lot of handwork to get that just right." Etc. The finish almost looks wet even when totally dry. Everything fits together "just so." I'm glad there are people who like the current production guns because that means more older beauties for me.
Gregg