Recent content by thedoctors308

Thank you for the helpful and informative post. I will make sure to raise those questions.

Sadly no. I believe it is an officer's badge number engraved into the gun. Someone engraved their initials into the sideplate, and an enterprising individual tried to remove them with a dremel tool. Heartbreaking if you ask me. Thankfully, I rescued this weapon and 600 rounds of vintage ammo...

In my thread about my newly purchased but not yet arrived Model 28, I posted a picture of my only other Smith, an M&P. I was told to post it on the pre-war side of the board, so I have. From the stock style, the ejector rod, and the "Made In USA" I think this M&P was made between 1922 and...

In my thread about my newly purchased but not yet arrived Model 28, I posted a picture of my only other Smith, an M&P. I was told to post it on the pre-war side of the board, so I have. From the stock style, the ejector rod, and the "Made In USA" I think this M&P was made between 1922 and...