Recent content by Bedrock

Navy Victory Here is my Victory to add to your database. The serial number is V 87887. It is marked "38 S. & W. SPECIAL CTG" on the 4" barrel. All numbers match, including the grip. It is marked U.S. NAVY on the left side of the top strap. There are no other marks other than the matching...

Congratulations, on your purchase. I too believe that the K-22 is the world's finest .22 revolver. I have a 17-4 and love it. It was my first S&W purchase, and it brought on The Illness. There might never be a cure.

Thank you very much for the explanation, and photo. I guess I will have to take off the side plate and check to see if the slide is keyed. Until I get up the nerve to do that I will consider it a 1st Change. Thanks again.

I just picked up what I think is a Model 1905 2nd Change, but I am not sure. It is well worn, with maybe 15% of the original finish remaining. It has been in the family of a good friend for it's entire life, and I am pretty certain it is all original. The wear on all parts is the same. The...

Here is mine, sn 256xxx. Not perfect, but really fun to shoot. It's accurate and smooth as glass.

Here is mine, serial number 2653xx, made about 1917. She shoots like a dream. It's hard to beat the quality and worksmanship that went into these old revolvers.

I like the guys who walk around the shows with T-shirts that looks like the sleeves have been cut off with a weed eater. If they are morbidly obese, that adds to the effect.

Yes, the wide legs of the "W" are depressed their entire width on the 1917 M&P pictured at the beginning of the thread, as is the stylized center portion of the "S", and the diamonds at 3 and 9 o'clock.

Does your M&P have the 3-line patent dates on the right side of the barrel? I can't tell from the pic.

I think it's an improvement. Auctions don't function as they were intended, if they end according to a clock. They are supposed to end when the last person who wants to make a bid has done so. Just my opinion, of course...

That is eerie and thought provoking. A look into a Lost World.

Those old M&P's are easy to look at. Yours is a real beauty. Have you taken your temperature? I think you may have a touch of The Fever. It can be difficult, if not impossible to cure. I have it.....it's chronic.

I went to the "Big Show" in Reno last week. They have it 3 times a year. Been going to it for many years. I can't put my finger on it, but something was not the same about this last show. The prices were so outragious that all I bought was a brick of .22 ammo. There were dozens of old...

Does anyone have any knowledge about when the change was made and how long it lasted? Later M&P's, from the photos I have seen on here, had the borders restored to the trademark.

I have a M1905 M&P, 4th change, with serial number 265,3xx. It has the S&W trademark on the sideplate. The word "TRADE" on the top of the trademark, and the work "MARK" on the bottom do not have a borderline around them. Can anyone tell me the time period when this variation of the trademark...