NIB Model 41 from 2001

[dghuppert]

This one came home with me over the weekend. No evidence of being fired since leaving the factory. The finish on this vintage seems so much nicer than the current production.

 

[Hair Trigger]

The color of those stocks is especially nice. Have you fired it yet ? We'd love to hear the initial range report. From what I read in posts about the M41, they seem to work better the older they are. From my own experience with the 1985 model I have, they don't like to run dirty, especially around the extractor. Also, some seem to be sensitive of the ammo used. I stay with ammo around 1240 fps, usually Federal or Remington works best in mine. Here's mine, along with my MkIII Hunter.

 

[wproct]

Certainly does look nice!!

 

[Yendor357]

Aren't those stocks some sort of laminate?

 

[wproct]

I'm not saying they are laminate or aren't, but I owned a 2007 model 41 that had the original laminate stocks on it. I went out and bought another set of older original solid wood stocks for mine, but after I got them I decided I preferred the laminate grips and that's what it wore while I had it.

 

[dghuppert]

They are laminate. I've got a couple thousand rounds of CCI SV that should work well in it.

 

[AveragEd]

CCI SV is what S&W recommends for the Model 41 so anything in that velocity range should work well. Mine functions perfectly with Lapua Center-X.

Ed