The problem with pictures, are in fact that they are pictures.
We are analyzing your gun based on pictures so there is always a chance we are wrong in our assumptions, a trick of light, the angle of the shot, a little under exposure, it does not take much to make a perfectly good gun suspect here on the other end of the internet.
We are bombarded with non original guns.
I think I see softening of the proofs on the right side of the gun, and on the SN below the barrel on the frame. This would indicate a refinished gun, maybe a very very long time ago.
Remember near perfect guns make us nervous
Just telling you what I see
Please notice how the outer numbers are worn but the center is not on the 656, this would not happen naturally during the stamping process, it could happen if a professional restorer, took care not to remove original proofs during the restoration process.
Vern
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