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.357 Magnum dates from 1934.
I know this.
I've known this for years.
But every time I see an article on George S Patton's S&W Registered Model I'm all like, "they didn't have .357 Magnum in WW2!" George bought his in the first year of production.
But they did.
I think it's because S&W essentially still makes the same gun (or at least one that looks a lot like it at a glance).
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If memory serves, there should be an interlocked GSP engraved on the other side of those grips.
ReplyDeleteSure I saw that on either the .357 or his .45 there in '83, but I thought it was on both.
GSP is on both.
DeleteI'm sure as soon as you hit publish you did a search to see if you remembered correctly.
I did too. ;)
Yup:
ReplyDeletehttps://practicallyshooting.com/community/topic/448-trivia-pattons-registered-magnum/
So what museum idiot decided to display it with the engraved side down?
Some people's kids, I swear...
In '87 they were in a clear case and you could see both sides of the S&W and the Colt. No idea where that picture above was taken.
DeleteOf course, when I last saw that museum, there were tanks all over the place. Those tanks are now in Georgia.