" It's offical i are now a 72 owner". New taylor, 72 , but it's marked "1871" on the barrel. It is a army model in .38 spl. The barrel is longer than a long summer day,( too long for me). Question,,, do i shoot it first or start polish'n & smooth'n the action, which grinds & jerks as ya attempt to pull the 12lb. hammer back . The army grip fits my hand fine , like the feel, of course i want to shoot heck out of it ,but not if there is a prepration i need to do first, "All in put excepted",start me right and i'll stay right( as right as i can). Back to the question,is it normal for the 1872 to be stamped " 1871" .
Hootnix.