[on2wheels52]

"The next big change for S&W came in 1982 and that was the eliminate of the barrel pin and recessing the heads of the cartridges in the cylinder."
I had the idea that the elimination started in the late '70's, perhaps '82 was the last year ANY of their revolvers had this feature? I was thinking the 686 came out in '80 but that none were ever p&r'd.
I think I may need some education on the 'dashes' also. I had it that they applied independently to the individual model series (19, 29, 36, etc.) rather than to the S&W line as a whole. ie, I have a model 66 with no dashes, and it certainly wasn't made before 1960. Tabs, why don't you just send me that Third Catalog of S&W for a month and I'll be up to speed?
Jim