I've had this old M&P for a couple of years and it was wearing a pair of Franzite round to square stocks. Thanks to a fellow fourm member I got this nice set of stocks. It has breathed a new life into it. Tell me what you think?
OLD M&P GETS A NEW SET OF SHOES
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johnspider1993
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Gotta love a nice
Round butt!
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Round butt!
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The cats meow. Just love it.
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The new shoes really help make the outfit
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What did it look like before?
What is the serial number range for this gun ? Less than ~300000 ? Without doubt,
the gun looks infinitely better with those grips.
As a point of interest, somewhere between 1913 and 1919 the factory changed the
naming convention on the two K-frame models, dropping the "1902" and "1905"
designation. Instead, they referred to them simply as "Round Butt" and "Square Butt", with two different pages in the catalog. Here are the pages from the 1919 Catalog D.
With a bit of magnification, you can see that both models have medallion grips, which
would have been gold medallions at that time.
Regards, Mike Priwer
the gun looks infinitely better with those grips.
As a point of interest, somewhere between 1913 and 1919 the factory changed the
naming convention on the two K-frame models, dropping the "1902" and "1905"
designation. Instead, they referred to them simply as "Round Butt" and "Square Butt", with two different pages in the catalog. Here are the pages from the 1919 Catalog D.
With a bit of magnification, you can see that both models have medallion grips, which
would have been gold medallions at that time.
Regards, Mike Priwer
OP
At what serial range did they change from the gold medallions and what did the next round butt grips look like. What kind of medallions did they go to after serial 300000. The serial range on this gun is 28xxxx. Mike thanks for the catalog pages very informative. This gun also has a 4" barrel, most I have seen have a 5" and are square butt. Are the round butt guns more rare? I have three pre war "N" frames and the grips are all different. I'm trying to learn more about the pre-war guns and I have a lot to learn.
The grips changed from gold medallion to convex non-medallion in about 1930, which
was around 300,000 serial number . At 28X,XXX , gold medallions are the correct grip.
Folk lore has it that square butts were more popular, but there is no way of knowing
the proper answer. Generally, the shipping records, and the invoices, do not specify
the butt configuration.
Mike Priwer
was around 300,000 serial number . At 28X,XXX , gold medallions are the correct grip.
Folk lore has it that square butts were more popular, but there is no way of knowing
the proper answer. Generally, the shipping records, and the invoices, do not specify
the butt configuration.
Mike Priwer
