Model 547 in 9mm - Tell me what you know about them??

[garbler]

I'd say your observations are dead on. I can only guess that S&W never pushed this gun into the market place for a couple of possible reasons. (1) the cost of manufacturing the extractor system would have pushed the price beyond returns and (2) I don't recall the 9mm as being the dominant cartridge back in the mid to early 80's. It was the NATO or foreign cartridge but here law enforement was still using revolvers. Things changed pretty quick though but investing heavily on a design specific to one cartridge only would be a risky .

Rick

 

[MJK-MOD-547]

Not to be left out of the mix, the S&W 940 9MM Centennial.
It's all stainless, about 23 oz. Very accurate too.

 

[6518John]

Not to be left out of the mix, the S&W 940 9MM Centennial.
It's all stainless, about 23 oz. Very accurate too.

I assume this 940 as well as the 547 will shoot .380 too?

It hit me after I posted above you could probably shoot .40 S&W and 10mm out of the same gun and a thread today talks about that very thing:

S&W 610 trigger job new grips

I suspect the same is true for 9mm/.380.

 

[MJK-MOD-547]

I assume this 940 as well as the 547 will shoot .380 too?

It hit me after I posted above you could probably shoot .40 S&W and 10mm out of the same gun and a thread today talks about that very thing:

S&W 610 trigger job new grips

I suspect the same is true for 9mm/.380.

Maybe, maybe not, I just shoot what it says on the side of the barrel.

 

[Andy Taylor]

I'd say your observations are dead on. I can only guess that S&W never pushed this gun into the market place for a couple of possible reasons. (1) the cost of manufacturing the extractor system would have pushed the price beyond returns and (2) I don't recall the 9mm as being the dominant cartridge back in the mid to early 80's. It was the NATO or foreign cartridge but here law enforement was still using revolvers. Things changed pretty quick though but investing heavily on a design specific to one cartridge only would be a risky .

Rick

Exactly. I think it was too early. If it had come along later, say right around 1989 or 1990, it would have had a better chance. A lot of LEAs had switched to 9mm autos, but still allowed revolvers. Equipping officers who preferred the wheel gun, with one in the same caliber might have gained it some traction. Also civilian shooters had started buying 9mm autos as well. Having a companion revolver, especially one without needing moon clips, might just have been a seller.

 

[jaymoore]

I assume this 940 as well as the 547 will shoot .380 too?

It hit me after I posted above you could probably shoot .40 S&W and 10mm out of the same gun and a thread today talks about that very thing:

S&W 610 trigger job new grips

I suspect the same is true for 9mm/.380.

.380 has a smaller base diameter than the tapered 9x19 case, so it's a very loose fit in 940 moon clips. It does work in a pinch, though. I did a thread on the subject a few years back. As for the 547, no data! It seems that it might do, but the extra slop may cause a high speed horizontal shock to the extractor finger when the .380 case expands. Given that .380 usually costs more than 9x19, why bother in the 547? It weighs enough more than a 940 to make recoil quite manageable. But if someone wants to try, please report the results.