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07-12-2020, 10:20 PM
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Question on Nickel M&P 1905 (4th change)
Good evening,
I'm a new member but longtime lurker. I have a few vintage revolvers and recently have gotten interested in the 1905 M&Ps. I stumbled across a nickel one this weekend (4th change) that is extremely clean but has no markings on the frame at all -- no trademark, no "Made in U.S.A." The S&W Catalog states that the absence of markings has been observed for target models, but makes no mention of the same for standard models.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
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07-12-2020, 10:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stamper
... but has no markings on the frame at all -- no trademark, no "Made in U.S.A." ..
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Welcome to the forum.
It depends on the serial. An M&P from between mid-1917 and early 1920 would not have either the side logo (suspended as a war economy savings) or the MADE IN USA (not adopted until 1922) on the frame. Are the barrel markings standard?
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07-12-2020, 11:06 PM
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Thanks for the welcome. I'm glad to be aboard.
Barrel markings are .38 S&W SPECIAL CTG on the right and SMITH & WESSON on the left. Serial # is in the low 300,000s so that timing probably checks out.
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07-12-2020, 11:17 PM
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Low 300K SN would probably place it at 1919, and it would have no S&W monogram or Made in U.S.A. stampings.
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07-13-2020, 01:00 AM
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Post a picture when you get it. You don't see too many nickel M&P's from that era.
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07-13-2020, 01:18 AM
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Post a picture when you get it. You don't see too many nickel M&P's from that era.
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It's early days and I'm still poking around, but if I end up moving on something I definitely will post it.
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07-13-2020, 02:31 AM
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Here is mine from 1919 with serial # 308905 It does not have trademark or Made in USA.
38 M&P Nickel (1).jpg
38 M&P Nickel (2).jpg
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