Recoil Rob sent me the below photo of his BLE Hellis and it appears to share similarities to the action of my “unbadged” gun on page 10 of this thread that I’ve felt was made by S&W (action maybe) with a four digit serial number beginning with 4, the same as his Hellis and my BLNE Hellis both of which were made by S&W (IMO with a high degree of certainty). One apparent structural difference is the treatment behind the breech balls. Despite the similarities of the serial number on the trigger guard extension and tang with other S&W made guns, I'm less certain about its maker due to the barrel style and breech ball treatment. Gil
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