Manufactured from 1872 to 1874. It has the one-line address/patent dates marking on the barrel rib, matching serial numbers on the butt and right grip panel and matching assembly numbers on the grip frame, cylinder, barrel and barrel latch. The accompanying factory letter lists this revolver an 8 inch barrel in .44 S&W American caliber, blue finish and smooth walnut grips when it was sold on April 15, 1873, and delivered to M.W. Robinson Co., New York City as part of a 100 gun shipment. In the letter S&W historian Roy Jinks concludes that the six pointed star stamped on frame under the cylinder "is probably a factory rework mark placed on the revolver before it was sold."

Very good. The revolver retains 20% of the original blue finish which is mostly visible in the protected areas of frame and barrel, otherwise a smooth brown-gray patina. There is some minor pitting. The slightly undersize grips are good with a number of minor-moderate dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent.