547 9mm
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SW_shooter
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DustyJacket
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Your gun is unhappy.
I'll take it out for a walk or two.
I have narrowed my want down to that exact model.......
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buckeyefist
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Those round butt's are kinda purty.
Harry_Callahan
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My friend Bizio just found a 3" 547
I asked him to find two, one for him and one for me
but only found one
the 4" is nice too with the square butt
I asked him to find two, one for him and one for me
but only found one
the 4" is nice too with the square butt
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Bizio
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Will do for sure Harry_Callahan 
I had posted my new Model 547 3" here
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1980-present/234774-s-w-547-price.html#post136728772
I had posted my new Model 547 3" here
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1980-present/234774-s-w-547-price.html#post136728772
Harry_Callahan
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Donald Paul
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I've got a Model 547 that looks exactly like the OP's with the same exact configuration. SN is in the 9D370XX range.
Another poster mentioned he had a similar gun with SN 9D36XX that shipped July 1982.
The OPs SN is 9D376XX.
someone else posted this production list:
1979 , 1 Test gun made
1980 , 100 four inch guns , 40 of the 3" RB's made"Pilot run".
1981 , 11 made.
1982 , 0 made.
1983 , 6486 of the 3" round butts were made "First full production run", ,
1984 , 3460 the majority were the 4" version.
1985 , 178 made.
1986, 3 made
I believe there must be other 4" 547s that fill in the SNs between the guns listed, so there has to be at least 700 or so with this configuration. The only large batch of 4"ers was 1984, but 9D36XX was shipped 1982.
Something doesn't jibe here. COuld the list be a shipping list, not a prodcuction list? Guns were made for the French government, the contract fell through and they were eventually sold to the public?
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buckeyefist
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Got my letter from jinks....
My 547 serial number 9D376XX was shipped from S&W factory on April 1st, 1982, and delivered to Wischo-KG-Wilsker & Co, Erlangen, West Germany. The revolver was shipped with a 4 inch barrel, blue finish and checkered walnut square butt grips.
Cool stuff.
My 547 serial number 9D376XX was shipped from S&W factory on April 1st, 1982, and delivered to Wischo-KG-Wilsker & Co, Erlangen, West Germany. The revolver was shipped with a 4 inch barrel, blue finish and checkered walnut square butt grips.
Cool stuff.
M2MikeGolf
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That makes sense as the proof mark (the emblem in the middle, which has a checkered appearance) indicates it was proofed in the Munich proofhouse, you should have a similar proof mark under your barrel and on your cylinder as well. The other marks indicate it's been proofed with smokeless powder (the German eagle with "N" for nitro) and the proofer which proofed your 547. You really should keep that 547, there's few like them, and for a German proofed, pinned barrel, even fewer. I can't quite tell from the photo, but it appears the Munich proof house stamped the "P" after 9mm on the barrel. They do that in Germany because there are several cartridges of the 9mm caliber, 9x17, 9x18, 9x19, 9x21, just to name a few, and the 9x19 is referred to as "9MM Parabellum" (not "Luger" as in the US). I hope they stamped your barrel better than mine:
When proofing, the Germans will fire a 20% overcharged round, and to be accepted it must do this; they also inspect chamber sizes and dimensions very carefully. Literal proof that the 547 is a sturdy revolver, plenty good for +P stuff, though mine just gets regular.
It makes me a bit sad hearing the awesome prices some have gotten theirs for, I paid premium for one, and near premium for my German proofed one and consider myself lucky. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't hesitate. Not sure it really cost S&W that much more to make them, but the 547 is my favorite, and that is saying a lot. I could go on and on about why I think 9x19 is so great in a revolver, but suffice to say S&W is just not going to make any more, and if they do, you can bet it won't be with this extraction system. I don't just think they are collectors, but serious shooters, especially considering the enormous amount of 9x19 ammunition selection which seems to have no problem standing the test of time.
beemerphile
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buckeyefist
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M2mike,
yes, mine has the "p" after the 9mm. Thanks for your input on the German proofmarks and such, great info and certainly an interesting gun. I will be hanging on to this for awhile untill i get an itch to sell or trade. It is resting peacefully for now.
yes, mine has the "p" after the 9mm. Thanks for your input on the German proofmarks and such, great info and certainly an interesting gun. I will be hanging on to this for awhile untill i get an itch to sell or trade. It is resting peacefully for now.
M2MikeGolf
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Good deal Buckeye. I'll warn you though, if you take it out and shoot it, you may find yourself bitten by the 547 bug. Note how sad Headknocker is about having to sell his.
I'll give you another picture to illustrate a point I've made from time to time; tekarra has seen this a few times. I won't even comment and just let the old addage of "a picture is worth a thousand words" do the work for me.
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