I memorize gun facts. Then some fade away... over time. Because I am a slow head and don't work in a gun shop day after day.
For instance... Smith and Wesson Model numbers. Three digit number starts with a six? Gonna be stainless. Start with a 5... something else. I think lighter.
And the frame letters! Ok! J frame is easy. Snubbies. X frames is those ginormous .50 calibers. N, M, L, K... Uh oh. One of those is not used anymore, and I think it is the K, and a bit obsolete. N is a beefier frame and my 686 might be that. No wait! Is it L? L is... less beefy than the N maybe? N is the .44, I am pretty sure. Large frame. Not as large as the X. And does the M even exist?
Stuff I should already know without having to resort to Google.
Without Google, smallest to largest and still widely produced by S&W you get: J L N X. Hey, I was right! But it was a mental struggle
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5## equals all carbon steel. 4## originally equaled carbon steel and aluminum. The X-Frame Model 460 is an exception there.
IIRC, the numbering system for the X frame guns is X+caliber as the original X gun was called the S&W 500. The semi auto numbering system has seen 2 revisions in my lifetime for older guns and M&P pistols have names instead of numbers.
M-frame is the original Ladysmith. :)
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