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Old 04-20-2017, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Texas Star View Post
WWI ended on Nov.11, 1918. Was S&W shipping commercial M&P's during the war?

During WWI, the US Govt. took over the factory and ran it, dissatisfied at the rate that S&W shipped M-1917 .45's. Would they have allowed commercial production of other models?
There are records of occasional commercial revolvers shipping in 1918, M&P as well as Regulation Police. We've had lettered guns shown here. I think the assumption usually is that they shipped from pre-war inventory.
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