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04-25-2017, 02:39 AM
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Barrel length question
Hello is the barrel length 5" less common than the 4"
I've read that the most used by M&P was the 4" incher
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04-25-2017, 03:15 AM
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04-25-2017, 03:20 AM
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04-25-2017, 03:25 AM
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04-25-2017, 04:25 AM
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Yes, the 4 inch M&P is/was the most common but I would guess that the 5 inch would give the 2 inch a run for second place, up until the late 1960's anyway. Before WWII, the 5 inch would easily be second most common.
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04-25-2017, 09:44 AM
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Your hammer really shouldn't stick halfway back. It should be either all the way down or all the way back. S&W didn't have a half cock position.
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04-25-2017, 10:59 AM
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So 4", 5" then the 2"?
Before WWII , they were more common in 5" and in the 60's the 2" was more popular?
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Looking at the photos it seems very clear that this is an S prefix .38 M&P from 1947 or early 1948. The serial number is likely somewhere between S873xxx and S990xxx. The knurled extractor rod doesn't show up until about S873xxx on guns shipping in the first couple months of 1947. It still has the long action, so it probably isn't higher than S990xxx, when the High Speed hammer shows up.
It definitely has the 5" barrel and the stocks appear to be original (or at the very least, period correct).
On the S prefix M&P revolvers, the most common barrel length is 4". The 5" barrel is the second most common by quite a large margin. So far, my research indicates that the 2" and 6" guns are in a statistical tie for third place, but they lag behind the 5" by a lot.
Mikeymike_88, if you would be so kind, please send me the full serial number for this revolver. I'd like to include it in my research. You can send it via PM if you like. In return, I can provide the likely ship month. These rolled out of the factory rather rapidly in the early postwar years, so, while there are fliers, they moved out pretty close to serial order during most of the mere two years they were being assembled.
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04-25-2017, 03:11 PM
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So does mine have the long action trigger pull?
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04-25-2017, 05:10 PM
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Yes, it does, and IINM, your Barry White quote is actually from "Eight Days a Week" - Beatles.
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