A "long throw" M&P...

[GF]

Found a 5 inch "pre Mod 10" at a sale today, serial # S 969xxx with numbered sharp shouldered stocks.
Not a rare gun but a nice example of a post war .38 spl in "shooter" condition.

I did a purge of the lowly M&P/Mod 10 from the GF collection this year and then I go out and buy this!

GF

 

[Reddog]

I'd have bought it!

 

[MP22]

Great score...congrats.

 

[DWFAN]

I'd have bought that in a heartbeat. Very nice.
DW

 

[JP@AK]

I did a purge of the lowly M&P/Mod 10 from the GF collection this year and then I go out and buy this!

You are not to blame! No one in his right mind could have passed on this one. Very nice. I collect mostly target K frames, but I could not have passed this one up.
Congratulations!

I do have a question for all of you, though. I know I'm showing a bias by even asking the question, but do you guys think it is proper to refer to an S serial number gun with the long throw hammer as a "Pre-Model 10?" Personally, I'm not fond of that nomenclature anyway, but the change of hammers is fairly significant and by 1957, the long throw hammer was but a distant memory. No Model 10 ever had one. Please don't "hammer" on me for this (pardon the pun) but I really would like to know what others think.

Thanks,
JP

 

[STCM(SW)]

I would have grab it to.....

 

[D R Greysun]

You are not to blame! No one in his right mind could have passed on this one. Very nice. I collect mostly target K frames, but I could not have passed this one up.
Congratulations!

I do have a question for all of you, though. I know I'm showing a bias by even asking the question, but do you guys think it is proper to refer to an S serial number gun with the long throw hammer as a "Pre-Model 10?" Personally, I'm not fond of that nomenclature anyway, but the change of hammers is fairly significant and by 1957, the long throw hammer was but a distant memory. No Model 10 ever had one. Please don't "hammer" on me for this (pardon the pun) but I really would like to know what others think.

Thanks,
JP

I like the Post War M&P rather than Pre Model 10! Pre-Model 10 would start with the C prefix in my way of thinking!

D R

Oh by the way that is a High condition shooter & one that would by hard to pass up, assuming the price was reasonable.

 

[ladder13]

Nice transitional M&P, GF. Here's it's kissin' cousin. S888xxx

 

[GF]

I've had a few other 5 inchers & sold them...

... then I found a NIB one from my birth year ('62)

... I'm gonna' keep that one as found, and shoot this "new" one.

GF