M&P Square Butt verses Round Butt

[GRI]

The excellent posting today by Mike Priwer on another thread of pages from a 1919 Smith and Wesson catalog helped me understand why I see so many nickeled period M&Ps. The price was the same for blued or nickel. This said, I am at a loss to figure out why the square butt M&P is rarer than the round butt. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

[murphydog]

If you are referencing a passage from the SCSW 3rd edition, it was a typo. After 1905 and until the SB frame stopped production, they were produced in much larger numbers than the RB, except for 2" guns in which the relative percentage of RBs was higher.

[GRI]

Originally Posted by murphydog

If you are referencing a passage from the SCSW 3rd edition, it was a typo. After 1905 and until the SB frame stopped production, they were produced in much larger numbers than the RB, except for 2" guns in which the relative percentage of RBs was higher.

Thanks! That is exactly the reasonson I asked.

[DWalt]

I think that was more like an unclear reference than a typo. But in any event the latest edition has corrected it.

[ParadiseRoad]

...there's been a rather run of the mill Victory Model up for auction for quite some time...the seller is asking $1200 because it is the "very rare" square butt version...