Show off your M & P revolvers (pre-10's)

[smith17]

Somewhat early S prefix.

 

[Gatorbaiter]

Gator, I just had a multiple seizure experience looking at your photos. Too nice!

Can you say more about the .32-20 with the supplementary cylinder in .32 Long?

David,
It was shipped from the factory 11/19/1928 to Shapleigh & Co, St Louis, MO. According to the star & numbers stamped on the grip frame and Jink's letter it was returned to factory in Sept 1942 to have the extra 32 Long cylinder fitted. The 32 L cylinder is numbered to the gun on the inside of the crane in the usual place and manner.

I paid $340 for it at a local flea market in 1989!

Here are some more pics:

 

[David LaPell]

Another pic of my late 40's M & P with the correct era grips.

 

[Hunt200]

Here is one I recently acquired, 1955 vintage.

 

[Retired W4]

And one of the other brand

Most of my pics are group shots, but also, I just thought they looked good together. The Victory model is 38 special. Both guns are marked as U.S. Military use.

 

[Retired W4]

Another Pre-10

This one just happens to be the one with the jig hole on the butt, as discussed recently. Should have been shipped around 1954 or '55.

 

[Fredo Batali]

A Nice 5 Inch M&P

Here's one I just picked up yesterday, $320 OTD. Lock up is tight and all numbers match, including the grips. It has some minor pitting on the back strap and a few spots on the cylinder and frame. I actually found dried blood on one of the cylinder flutes and the pitting on that part of the cylinder is consistent with the backstrap when the flute with the blood is indexed as the last shot fired. Having been an LEO and SF Medic, I know what dried blood on a firearm looks like. I don't know the history of the revolver and don't care to know. I received it from a reputable dealer and friend. A good cleaning and we're good to go. Here are a couple of photos.

De Oppresso Liber

 

[Speedo2]

K38 M&P's

Here's a couple of pre-war editions:

sn 4850xx (~1928)

sn 4693xx (~1923)

And a family photo:

(geezers to the left)

 

[doc540]

Didn't know what it was until after I bought it yesterday.

Chopped up, blinged up, @1917 square butt

 

[S-WLover]

Show em off.....

Here are my 3 pinned 36-1's
One mod 60 which is my CCW. which I puut a set of pearls on last week.
Found them for $35 shipped, could not resist.
Blue is 32 cal.
Love them.
I may have placed this in the wrong area, but I just had to do it!

 

[Bent-Twig]

Pre-War Guessing about 1921-1922

Picked this one up at the local gunshow last week. It looks as good as the day it rolled out of the factory. All #'s matching. Looks to have been fired very little if at all. Could'nt believe how clean it was. Would you shoot it , or should it go to a collector?? I sure feel the urge to shoot it. Am I close on the date?

Twig.

 

[Bent-Twig]

Full picture

 

[DCWilson]

Picked this one up at the local gunshow last week. It looks as good as the day it rolled out of the factory. All #'s matching. Looks to have been fired very little if at all. Could'nt believe how clean it was. Would you shoot it , or should it go to a collector?? I sure feel the urge to shoot it. Am I close on the date?

Twig.

That's how I'd date it. Very nice revolver.

I think I would probably shoot it in the expectation that I would be keeping such a nice specimen. But if you think you might turn it to a collector as "possiby unfired" for a little more than you paid, why not do it? Then you could buy one almost as nice for recreational shooting.

 

[Speedo2]

I seldom find much to disagree with in David's posts, but on this one I will make an exception. I would not shoot it. There are a lot of nice (~98-99%) M&P's out there, but darned few that are in the condition of that one. If it was mine, I'd find an appropriate box, wax it up, stick it in my safe and only bring it out on special occasions. I think that I would also maybe stick a pair of cotton gloves in (or around) that box in anticipation of the day that some cretin would want to get his paws on it. Just my opinion. -S2

 

[DCWilson]

Another 1905 Oldie

1905/First Change, No. 102653. Haven't dated it yet, but I'm guessing 1907.

Love the 6.5 inch barrel; that extra half inch just makes the gun twice as elegant. The last patent date is 1901, and the cartridge stamp recognizes both the .38 S&W Special and U.S. Service (AKA .38 Long Colt) cartridges.

The photos make it look a little better than it is; there are microscratches and freckles, and blue is missing from the backstrap and top of the barrel where the address and patent dates are. Maybe 90% blue remaining? No rust, though, and bore/chambers look new. Action is excellent. Stocks are seemingly unnumbered, but look to be original (proper design and excellent fit).

 

[marcus396]

1954- 56 5 screw 4" nickel

Just imagine if these fine pre model 10's could talk, wouldnt that be a heck of a campfire story listening about the history of these revolvers?

 

[Bullmoose]

Another oldie

Here's a 1905 4th change....shipped April 1917.......now wearing old medallion grips, thanks to member Alk8944

 

[stantheman86]

East Cleveland PD marked M&P, made in 1955-56, just one year prior to the 10 designation, so it's a very late M&P. 5" with a round butt makes this a great handling gun. East Cleveland was(is) apparently a very tough town and this is one of those "if this gun could talk" stories, but we'll never know what this gun has seen on the streets of what was once one of the worst cities in the US.

 

[PALADIN85020]

This Model 1902 is in rough condition, but that's the way it was handed down to me. It's my grandfather's gun, together with the shoulder holster he carried it in. It was well used in the early 20th Century.

John

 

[bgrafsr]

Pre Model 10 from March 1948. Numbers match on all marked components. I believe it is unfired.