The two Model 57s showns below, S253644 with a four-inch barrel and S253645 with a six-inch barrel were special ordered as a consecutive pair by Morley-Murphy Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin. The guns were ordered with smooth stocks made of rosewood. The pair was completed on August 15, 1965 and shipped on August 18, 1965. True consecutive pairs are quite rare and S&W did not like to make them as it required a special coordinator to walk the pair through manufacturing. S&W charged an extra ten percent per revolver for this service ($15/revolver in 1965).
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