As far as age of your Smith, Italian firearms manufacturers use a date code stamped on your barrel. Look for a small square box with a 2 digit alpha code. Do a google search for Italin Firearms Date Codes and you'll get a dandy chart that you should save for future use.
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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