Many years ago I bought a S&W revolver CTG with a 4" barrel. original grips had been replaced with Uncle Mike's. Stamped on the top strap over the cylinder is "U S GOVERNMENT PROPERTY GHD". I bought it from a registered Massachusetts gun dealer so I assume at some point these guns were released for public sale. the serial number at the bottom of the frame is V 353717. It has a parkerized type finish and has the tightest cylinder crane joint that I have ever seen. It almost disappears when the cylinder is closed. One opinion of the origin of this gun is that it was a "lend lease" navy gun to England during the war. Any help out there to track down the origin of this gun would be greatly appreciated. I made a wise crack at the time of purchase that maybe it would turn out to be issued to John F. Kennedy in the Pacific; they hesitated for a moment before completing the sale!
