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Great guns on the thread. There's got to more out there just itchin' to have their photo posted
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Colt .25 ACP "Vest Pocket" factory nickel
Not a Smith, but........Colt magazine, but not the original, I think.
Numbers match, the pearls are very nice, but again, not from Colt...
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04-14-2017, 11:00 AM
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44 Magnum with a factory nickel finish, rare 5-inch barrel and shipped in September 1958. Click on the photo for a better look.
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This is my only nickel one, 1960 model 10 no dash 5 inch.
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04-14-2017, 12:42 PM
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I've got an old M&P similar to the OP's that I bought at a yard sale about 15 years ago. I think it was made around '46 or '47.
I also have a nickel model 15 but it was made in the 70s, too late for this thread.
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I've got an old M&P similar to the OP's . . . I think it was made around '46 or '47.
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It should have an S prefix serial number higher than about S877xxx. If you post the full serial number, I can give you a pretty close estimate of its ship date. I'd also like to enter it in my research notes on the S prefix M&P revolvers.
This one is not wearing an original nickel finish (note the plating on the hammer and trigger). Once I have the serial number, I can tell you the likelihood of it being blued or nickel when it left the factory.
If you don't want to post the serial number openly, please send it to me via PM.
Thanks.
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04-14-2017, 01:38 PM
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Jack, I MIGHT have already given you the serial number but I can't remember for sure. I will send it to you in a PM.
Yes, I figured it was probably refinished but it shoots well and I paid a yard sale price for it.
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I will send it to you in a PM.
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Thanks. I got it and replied.
What I failed to tell you in my PM is that I don't show any in that serial range that shipped with the nickel finish. That doesn't mean none did, just that they have not shown up in my research. There are a few groupings of nickel guns in the S prefix range, so it appears they were produced mostly in batches (which makes sense). With less than 1,000 examples identified in my research so far, out of a possible 180,000, it is a little bit hard to come to any conclusions on some matters, including the number that got the nickel finish. However, I believe those are relatively scarce.
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Might as well throw my 1905 in there.
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A pre model 40 centennial I used to own.
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Late but great. Really nice batch of old nickles you have there
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Colt New Service 4 1/2 inch barrel 45 Colt caliber shipped to British Purchasing Commission in 1940
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The only nickel S&W I own that's 'older'. 32 Regulation Police from the late '20's according to the experts.
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Here's my 1938 .32 HE:
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.32 S&W long nickel Improved "I" frame
all matching #'s, shot very little, non-factory hammer..
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Have an old 3 1/2" .357 and an older M&P.
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1930 revolver not a smith
My only nickel gun.
Around 1930 VGC and it works like it should.
Young American 22 rim fire 7 shot.
I use 22 short low velocity. But not shot often.
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Nickle
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My only nickel gun.
Around 1930 VGC and it works like it should.
Young American 22 rim fire 7 shot.
I use 22 short low velocity. But not shot often.
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Really neat, unique, and high "cool factor"
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1930s 38/44
This ugly 38/44 letters as a nickel gun. Not many of them were produced in the 1930s causing them to be scarce if not rare. Truth is, I bought it for the grips and did not know what a jewel it really is. It shipped to: J. M. Nieto Co., Anasco, Puerto Rico on June 8, 1934. There is a power company by that name still on the island. The grips were not shipped with the gun.
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My only nickel in the safe but I like it.
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Did I mention that I love nickel guns? I can`t say that I only have one like a lot of posters on here, but I did have a nightmare like that once...
1. 1895 4" 1st model DA in .44 Russian
2. (another) 1910 Triple lock 5" .44 spl
3. 1922 4" Colt Army Special .38 spl
4. @1950 M&P 2" .38 spl Detroit Police
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1947 M&P
This is a revised photo of my 1947 M&P that is shown in my opening post to this thread. It now wears period correct stocks that I purchased from forum member "weatherby"
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