Recoil Rob & 2-Piper: my M/W&Co. Wesern Field is definately a Nitro Special as the serial number is over 200,000 and the Western Long Range guns numbers did not run concurrently with the N.S. Removal of the floor plate quickly revealed a forged, steel frame and the attendant milling cuts for action parts. Also, the NS had a different trigger guard and top lever than the Western Long Range gun. Chopper