You're a good son. I'm sure your Father was happy to receive the revolver and proud of you, at the same time. I have the same gun.
On my back from NH with my father, we stopped at Patriot Arms in Ipswich to check things out. Well, in the case was this beauty that my dad spotted and he couldn't pull his license out fast enough. It was the exact same model revolver that he was first issued with the Sheriff's Dept back in the 70's, The way he looked at it and held it was like reuniting old friends (The SD switched to 9mm autos in 1993). He handed it back with a sort of somber look on his face and we left. I went back the next day to take it home as a present to my dad.