Gun Show, Blind Hog, Acorn and a Model 547

[bigchuck83]

I'd say you did good on the price. I just happen to have a speed loader for a 547 sitting in my box of parts. I bought it cheap and will eventually own the gun to go with it. I always keep my eye out for a S&W 9mm model 547 at any gun show or pawn shop I visit.


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[bananaman]

I decided to to to the Raleigh NC gun show today. It was better than usual and I saw some decent S&W revolvers, some even reasonably priced. Ran into Ladder 13 and OPaul and some other good friends.

I had just about decided to give up as all the nicer revolvers were duplicates of what I already had or just not up to my OCD standards, then I spied this.




Apologies for the quick Iphone photo. Don't have my light box set up. Will do better photos later.

I probably bought it early, but when will I find another one, with one small blemish and with the matching box?

At $1000 OTD, How much too early did I buy it??

GOOD JOB!!! A 547, is something that I have lusted over. Not not really sure why??? Regardless, they are not showing up for sale too often, so acting on it now was wise! Bob

 

[vigil617]

I have a pair of the round butt targets. Was this what it originally shipped with or did it ship with the magna grips? Based on the "Spec Ord" number the gun was shipped on January 23, 1984 so it was a later production gun.

Thanks.

Bill

According to the SCSW, the three-inch guns shipped with "round-butt target stocks with speed loader cutout." The four-inchers were square butts that shipped with walnut magnas.

 

[Old Corp]

Very nice!
And I knew it....... as soon as I move out of the area, you scoop up all the good stuff!

Congrats Bill!

 

[WCCPHD]

According to the SCSW, the three-inch guns shipped with "round-butt target stocks with speed loader cutout." The four-inchers were square butts that shipped with walnut magnas.

Thanks. I should have looked it up myself. When I cleaned it up and removed the grips it was obvious the magna grips had been on it for most of its life as there was an obvious "line" that "flitzed" out easily. I have a set of the "banana" grips that I will put on it as I like the look and feel of them. The last revolver that I was issued, a Model 13, had these grips and it was extremely comfortable to shoot. And, with the three inch barrel was probably the most comfortable carry gun we ever had. Save the abbreviated hammer the 547 looks exactly like it and that is one of the things that drew me to it. That and the fact that a 940 is my EDC.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

I have a pair of the round butt targets. Was this what it originally shipped with or did it ship with the magna grips? Based on the "Spec Ord" number the gun was shipped on January 23, 1984 so it was a later production gun.

Thanks.

Bill

The factory paperwork that shipped with the gun says, "... round butt checked walnut target with speed loader cutaway."

Cheers,

Bob

 

[jaymoore]

The designers thought there was a possibility the hammer would kick back, so they shortened the spur so it wouldn't bite the web of the hand if it did. It's because the nine millimeter is a tapered rimless cartridge.

There is also something called a "backing pin" that's part of the action that forces the case forward when the cartridge is fired.

I can verify that the hammer does indeed rebound enough to recock itself (The cylinder doesn't turn, though!) during the firing sequence. Mine has a glued on trigger stop which, at initial install, was just the right height to let the trigger back under recoil so that the hammer would re-engage the SA sear notch on the hammer.

 

[renroh]

Great find! I have seen exactly two around here in the last nine years that I have been looking for one. November 2015 I saw a 3" shooter, no box, $1,399. November 2016 saw a 4" in the box shooter grade at $1,500. Enjoy that bad boy.

 

[ralph7]

I can verify that the hammer does indeed rebound enough to recock itself (The cylinder doesn't turn, though!) during the firing sequence. Mine has a glued on trigger stop which, at initial install, was just the right height to let the trigger back under recoil so that the hammer would re-engage the SA sear notch on the hammer.

Interesting!
Anyone else have this happen to them on any of your 9mm revolvers?

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

Interesting!
Anyone else have this happen to them on any of your 9mm revolvers?

The back-thrust phenomena is not evident with guns that use moon clips.

 

[629shooter]

Congratulations on that find. I probably couldn't have resisted that one.

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[ladder13]

Very nice Bill, you did very well.

 

[les.b]

Since they only made something like 10,270 of them, and that was thirty years ago, I would say that the laws of supply and demand are going to ensure that most of us never even see one!!

I think you got a great deal.

Best Regards, Les

 

[WCCPHD]

Based on the link below I guess I got a pretty good deal. The condition of this gun and the one I bought seem comparable and I got a box. The one below had the correct grips (but I already had a set that I bought some time ago for $45).

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/615733768