Can You Help Me With This Pawn Shop Score

[larryofcc]

Might have been mine, I ride a flashy, big Belgian draft cross mule. We ride there quite a bit.

Bet that's more fun than my 4 wheeler Hondo. Lots of room here to ride a Mule, or a horse. Neighbors have horses, but no Mules. Thanks for the clarification. Big Larry

 

[dlay]

Might have been mine, I ride a flashy, big Belgian draft cross mule. We ride there quite a bit.

Might have been, we were riding 4 wheelers on the Oneida and Western Railroad bed when we met a man and woman, both riding mules, and talked to them for a while. I used to ride the rr bed a lot. Probably somewhere near White creek.

 

[Igiveup]

I think I would go back to pawn shop and grab that Model 15 mentioned by the OP in post #13. Really nice shooting revolvers.

 

[Jackcpat]

S serial #

Learned something new today, after reading the above post I pulled my 5 screw M&P out of the safe and it has an S prefix Serial

 

[tenntex32]

I love the "post war" M&P examples, and the OP has a very nice one.

I have had both S and C prefix post war M&P examples in the past. I feel many times they can be found way undervalued for their quality...….and many times still in excellent condition.

I am now on the hunt for a 4" SV prefixed post war M&P to go with my Victory collection.

Dale

 

[OLDSTER]

M&P

Nice pawn shop score This factory nickel M&P S 872388 is from March/April 1947.

 

[delcrossv]

Mmmmm.Nickel. Thanks for posting!

 

[handejector]

One of the reasons for S&W standardizing serial numbers and models is this exactly (well almost). The early post war fixed sight K-frames had an "S" prefix. Well so did the N frames. So, in theory you could have two different model guns with the same serial number.

While true that you CAN have multiple S&Ws with the same serial number, you won't find a K frame and an N frame with the same S number.

The K frame S numbers are all ABOVE S700000, and the N frame S numbers are all BELOW S400000.

Ain't nothing like a good mule.

Is that the mule on the left?
(no offense intended to Betty Boop )

 

[handejector]

K frames with S prefix 1946-48. N frames starting in 1950 and ending in 1968 with the Gun Control Act of 1968 mandating no duplicate serials so S&W went to the N prefix.

S numbers on N frames appeared with the first post-war N frames in 1946.

 

[S&W-Keeper]

Good looking revolver.Good price.

 

[Muley Gil]

"Is that the mule on the left?"

Kinda like looking in a mirror, ain't it, Lee?

 

[handejector]

No. No way. I HATE licorice.

 

[alwslate]

I didn't know mules could smile