This revolver has considerably more finish wear than the TL Target model presented earlier...That can be explained by the military acceptance marks indicating it spent the WWI years in service to the crown...Like my Target Model it is mechanically sound and tight, and shows no signs of modification to accept other calibers...Also like the other one, all metal numbers match, but the well fitting service stocks are unnumbered...
I have never had the opportunity to own a S&W Triple Lock, much less two...So when the opportunity arose recently during one of my seldom seen periods of financial solvency, to buy a Target version as well as a military example, I pounced on it like a fat man on a Hershey bar...The pics below are of the Target version which was the first to emerge from Dunkin Gunwash...Thanks to the efforts of the fine folks at the S&WHF I know it shipped 5/12/1916 to Rice Lewis & Son, a hardware store in Toronto, Canada...From there it made its way eventually to my home in Texas...
All the metal numbers match...The stocks are correct era and well fitted, but are unnumbered...A letter is forthcoming...
