Long action vs. short action intermingling.

by brionic , Thursday, May 28, 2015, 12:18 (3471 days ago) @ Hoot

You'll know if you have a long action gun by lack of modern internals and the feel of the trigger, generally. The slide hammer and S serial number generally mark the beginning of the short action postwar guns, about 1946 if I recall.

However S&W used up parts as the went, and so there are short action guns with long action hammers, varying extractor knob diameters and various barrels and markings.

Mine is S75 something and is the latest transition type I've heard of, but had been bumper chromed at some point. It rides in a Barranti "Raider" holster and the boys consider it, appropriately, the Indy rig.