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Originally Posted by mikepriwer
Second, and I think much more important, is the unlucky hand that
fate dealt the square-butt model of 1905; it was discontinued many
years ago ! All that remains is the venerable round-butt Model of
1902. And that is why I think it is wrong to refer to them as Model of
1905 - regardless of how much confusion it creates !
Its been fun (!), Mike
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I thought they both (round and square) became Model 10's.
I can't find a 1902 listed beyond the '3 Pirates' catalog of 1913.
They don't seem to have a 1902 listed on the factory website.
In the 1917 Catalog D, they simply list the M&P with either a round or square butt. In parts catalogs, yes, they keep listing 1902's.
As I've said before, I'm not that bugged by this controversey, but I haven't taken my OCD pill today.
Mike, I see the technical correctness of what you say, but I think it really only applies for 10-12 years since the factory dropped the terms by Catalog D, at least in public presentations.
Frankly, I'm very content with the way Neal & Jinks did it. I prefer to class them by mechanical changes rather than butt shape. I think it makes it far simpler whether technically correct by the contemp factory jargon (which THEY abandoned).