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This is my First Model M&P and it is most likely first year (1899) by serial number, 6678. It is in 90 percent original nickel condition. All markings are crisp and clear and it is in .38 Special but lacks any caliber markings. So there is no confusion, it is NOT a refinished gun and is 100...

Rack markings.

Another side view.

This is my rare WWII Smith and Wesson M&P. It is a pre-Victory model sold to South Africa. The Union of South Africa ordered 21,347 pistols from Smith and Wesson on 19 February, 1940 and production began in March. Serial numbers ran from 685xxx to 719xxx. The pistols were in commercial bright...

The barrel has been sleeved.

Side View of .22 Hornet Triple Lock also.

Side View of .22 Hornet Triple Lock.

Several years ago I picked up this WWI British Smith and Wesson Triple Lock. I thought it would be nice to have and it is in nice condition, but it was converted to another cartridge from .455. Unlike normal people, who converted to .45 acp, for some reason they decided to convert it to .22...

Captain Frederick Libby Founder of Western Airlines

Recruiting Poster

43 Squadron Pilots

43 Squadron Planes

Pistol Markings

This S&W .455 Mark II Hand Ejector 2nd Model went to 43 Squadron Royal Flying Corps in August of 1916. The squadron went to France for combat service in January 1917. In March 1917, Frederick Libby, the first American Ace of WW I joined the squadron as a pilot. The gun was assigned to "L" flight...

Thanks! That is exactly the reasonson I asked.

The excellent posting today by Mike Priwer on another thread of pages from a 1919 Smith and Wesson catalog helped me understand why I see so many nickeled period M&Ps. The price was the same for blued or nickel. This said, I am at a loss to figure out why the square butt M&P is rarer than the...

Thanks Mike for the excellent catalog pictures. It would be poor of me to denigrate your input after asking for it and I hope it was not taken that way. Colts tend to have precise information on these issues, whereas Smiths appear to be more of a wag. Greg