I wish I could have bought the gun so I could post a pic.
A week ago, at my local gun show I saw a blued 4-inch S&W Model 25 (in .45 Colt), with unfluted cylinder. It was not new production but was in very good shape. Very good. He wanted $800 IIRC.
I could not buy it because only minutes before I bought a born-in-1980 4-inch Highway Patrolman
But if I had not just used up my money I would have been working a deal on that .45.
Bart Noir
Who wonders how to tell if that unfluted cylinder was actually from S&W.