The "J" prefix didn't start 'til 1969. The OP's serial number corresponds to a pre-'69 range made in 1955 (55050-75000).
edited to add: The Model 49 series appears to have been introduced in 1959, the non-J-prefix serial number range 163051-786544 of this gun were produced under the Chiefs...
These are all semi-auto - the author of that piece doesn't know what he's talking about. ASU campus police already bought 4 - the same Bushie I have :D (I'm pretty sure I have more hours in with mine than they are requiring for officer training, too).
I was theree - cruised the whole thing fairly quickly as I had a couple of specific items in mind. Still, I managed to get distracted by some oddities here and there.
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