I found an early 20th Century M&P (5 screw, serial dates it to 1906-1909 range) with a 5" barrel. The odd thing about this gun is that the ejector rod is a straight style as seen on late model 10. The barrel isn't relieved for the old mushroom ejector rod either. Did S&W use straight ejector rods that early?

A previous owner parkerized or guncoated (bit rough feeling for Guncoat), but the bore and chambers look great, almost too good and it has a very smooth action. It would make a nice shooter.

Chris

You'd do us all a big favor if you include the serial number, and
post a picture. Also, you should verify that the serial number is
present on the butt, the rear face of the cylinder, and the underside
of the barrel.

It sounds like it has a replaced modern barrel with a newer
extractor rod, but without any solid information, it could be something
else.

Mike Priwer

And just to exclude a remote possibility, does the serial number on the butt have a C prefix? The letter might be separated from the numerals by some open space.

The reason I ask is that an M&P with a serial number around 200000 would be a century old gun, but a C200000 gun would be early 1950s production, and the knobless ejector rod would be proper.

Pictures would help, if you can post them.

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David Wilson

It was a later model gun. I missed a digit on the serial. It's a later gun than I thought and not in particularly good shape (was refinished and the hammer/trigger were chromed).

Chris