1935 2" M&P 38

[GaryinOKC]

Shipped 9-5-1935 to Von Legerke and Antoine in Chicago. A store of some repute for doing business with Capones outfit. 2 of the Thompsons used in the St Valentines day Massacre were traced back to Von Legerke and Antoine.

The white spacers under the grip appear to be decorative. They are part of a calendar with one side showing Harry Manaster &... Research shows that Harry Manaster & Bro was a meat packing business in Chicago from 1920-1980. I put them back as they add to the character of the gun.

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[SSGRock]

1935 M&P

That looks like a nice revolver. Thanks for posting.

 

[Tijeras_Slim]

A real beauty with a nice touch with the calendar paper.

When I buy an old shotgun, I pull the butt plate, sometimes shooters stored hunting licenses or cash in the stock bolt hole.

 

[bobsguns]

That's a super nice looking gun to be that old, IMO.

Great find!

 

[mh51]

Very nice, Gary. That's on my list of "one of these days" guns.

 

[quinn]

That one just oozes mob connection! Meat packing was one of the mob controlled business if I remember correctly, so the calendar would be very appropriate. What fun!

 

[boykinlp]

Shipped 9-5-1935 to Von Legerke and Antoine in Chicago. A store of some repute for doing business with Capones outfit. 2 of the Thompsons used in the St Valentines day Massacre were traced back to Von Legerke and Antoine.

The white spacers under the grip appear to be decorative. They are part of a calendar with one side showing Harry Manaster &... Research shows that Harry Manaster & Bro was a meat packing business in Chicago from 1920-1980. I put them back as they add to the character of the gun.

Very Awesome gun with a nice shipping destination, and I think the white spacers are cool too. Not that this makes any difference in the grand scheme of things, but while this gun was shipped in 1935, it was at least 1937 before the spacers were cut out and used, assuming the owners didn’t use a very old advertisement. I also like quinn’s thoughts concerning the mob connection. All it’s missing is a small streak of human blood on the white spacers! YIKES!
Larry

 

[robertrwalsh]

Very, very cool.

 

[Retired W4]

Wow. That one really got to me. Any mobster would be proud to own it. I'm thinking gut shot from the hip, like what went down in Dallas in '63. Not Jack Ruby's Colt but the same vibe.

 

[RKmesa]

Very nice!!!

Thanks for sharing,

 

[raljr1]

Neat old Roscoe.....

 

[GaryinOKC]

M&p

Yes that is what I calculated, 1937. First I have seen with the homemade spacer. It doesn’t do much so it appears it was purely aesthetics.

Very Awesome gun with a nice shipping destination, and I think the white spacers are cool too. Not that this makes any difference in the grand scheme of things, but while this gun was shipped in 1935, it was at least 1937 before the spacers were cut out and used, assuming the owners didn’t use a very old advertisement. I also like quinn’s thoughts concerning the mob connection. All it’s missing is a small streak of human blood on the white spacers! YIKES!
Larry

 

[Frailer]

That's a beauty, Gary...and a new entry in my (very slowly) growing little database.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Dirtman]

That's a super nice looking gun to be that old, IMO.

Great find!

That dang thang is three years older than me!

 

[H Richard]

WOW, that's 6 years older than me, but in better shape!

 

[Goblin]

1926, 1937 and 1943 would be three years that would match that calendar with 4/4 being a Sunday, so the calendar itself supports 1937.

 

[DKM]

Maybe it was to stop some slight movement in the gips.

 

[DWalt]

I did something similar with grips on an FN Model 1900 Browning that I could not tighten down snugly. I made similar spacer shims out of thin transparent sheet plastic.

 

[GaryinOKC]

M&P

No difference with or without the spacer. No movement or change.

Maybe it was to stop some slight movement in the gips.

 

[Wingmaster]

I like the looks of the spacers.

Then again, I like the looks of the white line grip caps, forend tip, and butt pads that were popular on rifles in the 60's.