Japanese Navy Contract Smith & Wesson New. Mod.3 - .44 Russian

[lawrence_n]

Good day Jim! I trust you and yours are well. I actually won this in a US auction but it was described and priced as a run-of-the-mill New Mod.#3. It was my research that found out the Japanese Navy provenance and then the guys on the S&W forum were, as always, stellar in helping me garner all the information I have as well as setting me on the path to other sources of information. The clincher was finding the naval acceptance stamp. Another gentleman gave me the shipping info. I am still trying to find a fair market value for this. Being one of 600 pistols seems to be something of a rarity and makes it difficult to find exemplars.