Dale, it was so long ago I don't know.Hal-was that a S&W 617-something that you had?
I ordered it brand new - IIRC - in 1997, so, what ever was current at that time is what it was.
The gun was cursed from the get go.
I'd always wanted a .22 version of my beloved M19, nut, by the time I could afford one, S&W had dropped them. I looked for a used M17 or 18 for years and they were always so over priced when I found one I had to pass.
I'd bought a used Walther PP/k, and, found out after shooting it that it was a lot better in the movies than it was sitting in my safe . That thing was miserable to shoot. It ate the back of my hand alive. I didn't want to have that much money tied up in something I didn't shoot so I sold it. Got every cent I'd paind for it too!
I used that to buy the M617.
Alas, the M617 didn't pan out either. I'd have sent it back to S&W to have it fixed, but, I didn't like it's - 10 shot capacity instead of 6 - round butt- full underlug - icky rubber grips, so I traded it away on a High Power.
Ended up a couple years later falling into a sweet deal on a pair of pristine M17's for $700 for the pair.