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From just before the turn of the last century (1900), the medium size frame (K frame) revolvers had four screws in the side and one in the trigger guard. These were known as five screw revolvers. Around 1954 or so, one of the screws was eliminated giving birth to the four screw revolver. This only happened for a few years so some consider the 4 screw more rare.

In the late 50's, one more screw was eliminated, reducing cost and manufacture time. Today's Smith and Wesson revolvers have the standard three screws.

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