The accompanying factory letter states the revolver was on August 5, 1936 and delivered to Powell & Clement Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio with a 5 inch barrel, blue finish, and checkered walnut grips. This was a two gun shipment and billed at $23.33 each. The right grip panel is renumbered to the gun. Matching serial numbers appear on the butt, cylinder, and ejector shroud. With a correct model S&W blue box. These types of boxes were used from 1935-1940. Provenance: The Dave Ballantyne Collection

Excellent, retaining 98% plus original blue finish with very faint freckling on the sideplate and a light cylinder drag line. 99% plus original case colors remain on the hammer and trigger. The grips are also excellent with minimal handling marks and overall crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent. Box is very good.