1905 4th change survivor ....

[Truckman]

Picked this one off a walk in at a gun show last winter.
Nickel 6 inch dates to 1931 IIRC.

Thanks for rubbing it in again, Howie...I really should have bought that when he showed it to me before he got to your table...To quote Maxwell Smart: "Missed it by that much!"......Ben

 

[SSGRock]

My M&P Model 1905 Change 4, 368747-400076 makes it 1922. Got several M&P Revolvers. To me the M&P Revolver is the iconic revolver of the 20th Century.

 

[kscharlie]

Nice, Charlie. And yes, the question applies to both the .38 and the .32-20.

Apparently, there is a published statement somewhere that the gold medallion stocks were used only up until WWI. But I'm certain I've seen units that shipped in the 1918-1920 period with those stocks. Your .32-20 and the OP's .38 are now among those I've seen. I think the case is closed.

BTW - is the number on those stocks 96061 or 96066? I can't quite make it out, but I'd like to add that unit to my database.

Thanks.

Jack, have been gone the past few days, thus the delay in my answer. The serial # on my .32-20 is 79796. Whoever wrote it in pencil had a tendency to round over every number, making it difficult to make out.

 

[JP@AK]

Jack, have been gone the past few days, thus the delay in my answer. The serial # on my .32-20 is 79796. Whoever wrote it in pencil had a tendency to round over every number, making it difficult to make out.

Thank you very much. Entered now in the database.

 

[John in Yuma]

This is my 388248. All numbers match. I've thought it is from 1920. Seems I was off a year or so.

 

[mikeruns]

Another very nice surviving example, the 5” guns are getting a lot of play here…kind of a sweet spot for bbl length back then I guess….I do have a 5” model 10 from a’68-‘70 and I really love to shoot it along with a few model 15s’…. I have a strong liking for the .38 spec these days although have many .357s’ which in a word is my favorite caliber, yet I still shoot more .38 out of those than magnums…like most folks do….cheers and thanks so much for sharing/adding to this thread!