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version the Model 51 was introduced. The Model 43 and 51 were discontinued in 1974. A stainless steel version the Model 63 Kit Gun was released in 1977. In 1983, the stainless steel Model 650 in .22 WMR was introduced. The 6-shot Model 63 was replaced by an 8-shot version in 1997.
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241:] SMITH & WESSON KIT GUN ** The Most Perfect Revolver Ever Designed ** by Tom Clapper
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