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Originally Posted by welldoya
Now I'm really confused. I've got a nickel .38 that looks like a Model 10 with serial in the S 980000 range. I've always referred to it as a pre-model 10.
So what is the correct model?
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Based on the serial number it should still have the pre-war style long-throw hammer. If so, you have a .38 Military & Police.
Shortly after yours was produced . . . at around s/n S990XXX . . . the action was changed to the short-throw "speed" hammer already in use on the K target series. At that point you would have still have a .38 Military & Police but it could also be called a pre-Model 10 because it had the exact same features as a 1958 vintage M&P that received the added MOD 10 identity.
Does that help any?
Russ