Another M&P 5"

[OIF2]

I've sold a few of my 5" M&Ps; this one is staying (for now). I love shooting this with 158 grain standard velocity factory ball or 148 grain wadcutters. With RNL ball it shoots to POA at 20 yards. This is a very nice example of a minty prewar. I wouldn't feel sorry for myself going in harm's way back in the 30's if this was on my hip. I love 5" M&Ps; the post-wars as well as prewar guns like this.
Bob



This one is a superb shooter with 158 grain lead ball




Perfect stocks, with a Mershon grip adapter. Very comfortable


Back to the factory...rebuild star w/serial number


Just a tiny bit of rub-wear by the muzzle, along with a faint turn line is the only bluing wear




With another favorite...a 10-5 5"

 

[05CarbonDRZ]

What is the Star for? Reblue,New Barrel?

 

[OIF2]

What is the Star for? Reblue,New Barrel?

A star signifies the gun has been back to the factory. As far as what was done, I can't say.
Bob

 

[bedbugbilly]

Nice! What a great looking wheel gun!

I have a 1952 M & P with a 5 barrel and I love it. I have 38s of various barrel lengths from 2" to 6" - the 5" just "feels right" in my hands. It shoots lead WC, SWC and RN cast equally well and mine get's a lot of rounds through it. A great all purpose handgun!

 

[tjpopkin]

I started collecting S&W's with a 5" gun, NIB, to go with my dad's Police Colt. I thought it would be really neat to have both from the same era. I realized, even though the Colt had a superb action job (Walter Wolff, of Wolff Spring fame, was a master gunsmith and one of my dad's best friends), the S&W, out of the box, had a remarkable (but different) action.



Subsequently, Most of my shooters are 5", esp. my favorite, a first year RM.

 

[Art Doc]

I like the 5" barrel. I have 2 M&Ps, a Model 10-7, and a couple N frames in this length. Wanted a 38/44 with a 5" tube but wound up with a post-war 4" version.

That's a beautiful example.

 

[jw mathews]

My thanx to Bob & Terry for posting the fine pix of some very nice pieces. I like the "symmetry" of a 5" barrel: not too short, not too long, but "just right." Imo a 4" barrel looks a tad stubby--even though it is the most common & perhaps the most practical "one gun" for both concealed & duty carry. And a longer barrel is best-suited for target work & more difficult to carry in a vehicle.

My own collection of five-inch M&Ps includes a "beater" Model 1905 1st change ca 1907 (bought in 2001 for $50) and two postwar (1947-48) models (purchased in 1973 & 2006). These two both have S-prefix numbers & wear magna stocks with Mershon grip adapters. Last year I posted photos on this forum in a thread titled "A Pair of M&Ps." I really like these long-action postwar M&Ps as the smoothest K-frames S&W ever made.

I also have a 5' Model 1950 .44 Target that was originally bright-blued and well-worn with some repair work needed. I bought some parts and had an S&W warranty station gunsmith do the work I could not perform (install new firing pin bushing, cut barrel & re-install front sight ramp with interchangeable blades), then had another firm parkerize the whole thing. Makes a nice field gun in my favorite caliber!

 

[tftech1]

REG 634: One of a Consecutive Pair?

I started collecting S&W's with a 5" gun, NIB, to go with my dad's Police Colt. I thought it would be really neat to have both from the same era. I realized, even though the Colt had a superb action job (Walter Wolff, of Wolff Spring fame, was a master gunsmith and one of my dad's best friends), the S&W, out of the box, had a remarkable (but different) action. Subsequently, Most of my shooters are 5", esp. my favorite, a first year RM.

I have a RM that is one REG number away from REG 634. If one or both of us want to have a consecutive pair, we should communicate.

 

[jw mathews]

Tftech1--
I respectfully suggest that you send a private message to Terry asking if he's interested in selling his .357 or buying yours to create a consecutive pair. No offense intended, but I don't see a need to make a post that repeats photos previously posted to the same thread. Imo this just adds "clutter" to the forum.

 

[Doug M.]

I would shoot standard velocity SWCs at 158 grains just because that's the sort I am (hate ball ammo in any firearm), and I bet it would shoot just as well as the ball. If that revolver did not get a re-blue, it was very well maintained and not used much. Looks very pretty.

 

[383 magnum]

Nice! I just got a 1949-vintage M&P with five-inch barrel. I haven't had a chance to shoot mine much, but I agree on the five-inch barrel.

 

[JP@AK]

I have to agree completely on the joy of owning and shooting 5" K frame revolvers. Here are three of mine - one prewar, one immediate postwar and one from the early 1950s. The middle one has become my favorite fixed sight shooter.

 

[lowhog]

That pre war M&P is in beautiful shape. Thanks for showing those wonderful pictures.

 

[dabney]

OIF2 (Bob); I just raided a local pawnshop and fell in with a pre-10 5-inch Military & Police in blue steel. This M&P has the ramped sight that had been introduced in the C-series M&P Models. The serial number of
my recent purchase (C39009X) was just 'spitting' distance from another 5-incher I have. My previous pre-10 Model has the half-moon front sight and the 'curled up' hammer of those early 50's M&P guns. Great gun you got with a great heritage sir!
David