Model 100 handcuff find today.

cgn71 · #1 01-23-2021, 02:11 AM

Found a nice set of M-100 handcuffs today at one of the the pawn shops I like while out making a ammo check today.

BloodyThumb · #2 01-23-2021, 07:29 AM

You do realize that the M100 is still in production and has been for many many years. I don't know any numbers but I would bet there are more M100's in the wild than any other handcuff ever produced... at least in the U.S.

You can buy them at many places for $20-$25. Heck, even Amazon has them.

Is there something unique about the set you found?

cgn71 · #3 01-23-2021, 12:24 PM

Nothing unique at all, carried a set a couple years for work myself, my uncle carried a set for most of his 23 years in law enforcement. Just thought for 14 bucks they'd look good with my highway patrolman or my model 14 and LAPD police badge from Adam-12 since you asked.....

BloodyThumb · #4 01-23-2021, 01:20 PM

Excellent. I didn't mean anything by my question.... just curious if I was missing something. Thanks!

dltvette · #5 01-26-2021, 04:20 PM

cgn71
Your Model 100’s were manufactured between 1979-2010.

From 1952 through 2010, 58 years of manufacturing handcuffs under the Smith & Wesson name and logo, their method of manufacturing came to an end.
Up until 2011, brazing, a process used to fuse the handcuffs together with heat was the method of manufacturing all their handcuffs, except for the models 103 stainless and the 104 high-security which were riveted together.
Beginning in 2011, all S&W handcuffs are riveted together and all the new models are designated by using -1 after the model such as Model 1-1, 100-1, 103-1, 104-1, 110-1, 300-1, 1800-1, 1900-1.

Attached shows both Models 100 & 100-1

Dave

bigggbbruce · #6 01-26-2021, 06:43 PM

I bought a retired LEO's mod19.. he threw in his service belt S&W 100 handcuffs, holster, speed loaders the whole 9 yards..

minconrevo · #7 01-26-2021, 08:42 PM

Another use for those cuffs is an emergency means of securing an unloaded revolver to a solid object. One attachment point is the trigger guard or the frame (cylinder swung open) with other point a steel pipe or other solid point. Don't forget to double lock both cuffs. Better means to secure exist but are not always available.