Just got my Jinks letter on my M&P 1905 4th change!

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I just got my Jinks letter on this M&P Model of 1905 4th change. It came in less than a month! This old-timer was born in June, 1934, and was shipped to an outfit in Cleveland, Ohio.
It's not rare, I guess, but it's a nice relic of the 1930s - I rather like its "well used" appearance. It's all original, grips numbered to the gun, with perfect bore and it locks up tight. It's previous owner(s) took good care of it.

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I just got my Jinks letter on this M&P Model of 1905 4th change. It came in less than a month! This old-timer was born in June, 1934, and was shipped to an outfit in Cleveland, Ohio.
It's not rare, I guess, but it's a nice relic of the 1930s - I rather like its "well used" appearance. It's all original, grips numbered to the gun, with perfect bore and it locks up tight. It's previous owner(s) took good care of it.

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Its a decent gun - fair amount of blue loss towards the end of the barrel, but otherwise
an OK gun. The case coloring on the hammer and trigger survived very nicely.

Its interesting to note the cut under the barrel for the end of the extractor rod. A few
years later, that disappears.

Later, Mike Priwer
 
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Nice gun! Whats the serial number range?
 
paul s,

I am at the office and don't have the number handy. Originally I figured from interpolating known numbers in the SCSW that the DOB was probably 1933; I wasn't too far off. It's pretty close to Mussolini's gun in number range, though, and some others that were shipped in 1934, these are listed in the SCSW for the Model of 1905, 4th change.
 
Jebus,

Again, I'm at the office and don't have that information at my fingertips - I'll have to check it out this evening for you (I'll write myself a note to do that). Sorry.
 
Its a decent gun - fair amount of blue loss towards the end of the barrel, but otherwise
an OK gun.
I'll bet he didn't know that!
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I tried- I really tried. I just couldn't resist.
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OK! Here's the detailed info on the gun. It's serial # 6460xx, and was shipped June 14, 1934 to the George W. Worthington company in Cleveland Ohio.

Here's the info I found on this company:

The GEORGE WORTHINGTON CO., one of the nation's leading hardware wholesalers and industrial distributors, began in 1829 when 16-year-old GEORGE WORTHINGTON† came to Cleveland from New York. Noting the lack of proper tools being used in building the OHIO AND ERIE CANAL, Worthington returned to New York, purchased picks, shovels, and other implements, and shipped them to Cleveland. When the supply sold quickly, Worthington doubled his money and opened his first hardware store at Superior and W. 10th streets. In 1835 he acquired a competitor, McCurdy & Conklin, and relocated the store to Superior and Water (W. 9th) streets. The advent of the railroad and the Civil War stimulated the company's growth, and by 1868 Worthington built a new store and warehouse at 802 W. St. Clair Ave. By 1870 the firm began issuing yearly catalogs as sales reached $1.5 million. After the store burned in 1874, a larger store was erected on the same site, and the company expanded its headquarters there to a complex of 13 structures. Under president JAMES BARNETT† the George Worthington Co. incorporated in 1887. With a sales territory extending through 10 northeastern and midwestern states by 1920, Worthington discontinued its retail business and devoted the firm's resources to the wholesale trade.

After World War II, the introduction of discount department stores adversely affected the small hardware stores that Worthington serviced, and in 1960 the company became a charter member of the Sentry Hardware Corp., a national affiliation of hardware wholesalers. In 1979 Worthington under Sentry had annual sales of $60 million, with 450 employees and 35,000 items in its catalog. After the firm's 1984 move from its downtown Cleveland headquarters to a more modern plant in Mentor, the employee-owned company was supplying 1,500 Sentry hardware retailers. From 1986-88 the company reorganized under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy law, and on 1 Feb. 1991 the company ceased to exist, after 162 years in business.
 
The nice thing about that little revolver...

It saw the days when hardware stores were the major suppliers of firearms, sporting goods, and law enforcement equipment in the United States. In reality, that was the beauty of the time- if the sheriff of a small or medium sized city needed some new hardware for himself or deputies- he'd head to the hardware store and pick it up- or perhaps pick up a Stoeger catalog.

This is a time that I dare fear that we shall never see again. I do have to shed a tear that the majority of young people in this country know Wal-Mart better than their local hardware store. Fortunately, I still live near a couple of hardware store that sell hunting and fishing equipment. Over the mountain, I think the Wester Auto still carries a few firearms and ammunition.

That reminds me, I need to order a wheel from Radio Flyer to repair an old wooden wagon I bought at a yard sale last week!
 
I remember as a kid going into our neighborhood Western Auto store to buy Mohawk .22 shorts (they were cheaper than LR then) to shoot in my Model 69A Winchester rifle. This was in the early 1950s. Kids could buy ammo with no problems then. I still have a partial box of that Mohawk .22 short ammo that I've kept from those halycon days...
 
Paladin,
I have a couple of BRICKS of Mohawk .22 ammo that my dad (now 92) had stored in his basement shop. I don't know whether to keep it, shoot it or sell it.

OPPS. checked and it is Monarch, not Mohawk..
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Sorry
Terry
 
Terry,

That's a beautiful old Colt! Just happens to be my birth year, also. If you ever want to part with it, drop me an e-mail!
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Paladin, Very nice old M&P! I also want to thank you for the research you've done which adds the historical texture to these old Smiths we lovingly collect. Regards, Jerry
 
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