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the numbers on the butt are 6984-4
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The problem is that's not a valid SN. It appears from the pic that part or all of the original SN was polished off and some digits were restamped.
It is an older gun as the hammer and single line address (made in usa) ended right after WWII.
There might (if not also polished off) be serial numbers also stamped on the underside of the barrel near the frame and on the backside of the cylinder.
Serial numbers ran from C1 in 1948 to C223998 in 1951.
Jim