Just about the only really nice OM unmolested reasonably attractive specimen I own . It's a 1947 M10 , it missed getting the V by about 1000# .
As far as I know no part has been disassembled . Other than the grips being checked for a build/SN which I knew was unnecessary but I looked anyway .
It was purchased new in 1955 by a Kern county California Constable . The short version is that it was part of an LE consignment from S&W that went from the plant to a distributor of LE then to another in California where it was held until an officer placed a request . I had originally thought that it went through a local dealer in Ridgecrest but it was more likely recieved from the Highway Patrol Armory in Bakersfield CA .
The Constable was also an Inyokern VFF . Wm Wright Allison Mitchell . I took possession of it in 1997 . It's fair to say that the vast majority of honest wear came on my hip and my oldest son's . It's not impossible that in 2 weeks of deer camp and a few scouting trips that my son carried it more than my Grandfather did .
It's likely had fewer than 750 rounds through it in it's whole life .
It is cartridge marked for "38 S&W Special Cartridge" . It has not been refinished and the trigger and hammer colors are still vibrant . No hammer block or safety key , hammer mounted firing pin .
By chance I also had the untouched 74' SS Sec 6 out to add the new used Pachmar Gripper . Hopefully the design will relieve the knuckle bite shooting full snort 357 . The weight of the 2 is about is about even DA , the SA break is decidedly different in the S&W I think it moves a little before the break . It is smoother .