pre 10

[jakerudy]

Picked this up today. S 822184 so my book says early post WW2 with matching stocks.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

That old guy appears to be well taken of over the years. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Retired W4]

I'll bet the trigger is smooooth on that one.

 

[handejector]

Nice gun.
It is not a Pre Mod 10. It is a 38 M&P Transition model. It still has the Pre War long action. A Pre Mod 10 is a short action gun.

 

[jakerudy]

Nice gun.
It is not a Pre Mod 10. It is a 38 M&P Transition model. It still has the Pre War long action. A Pre Mod 10 is a short action gun.

Thanks for the information. I wasn’t sure what to call it but thought it was interesting enough to get.

 

[DWalt]

My preference is to call yours a post-war M&P. A long action revolver made during the first couple of years after the war’s end, before the short action design appeared. Then it becomes the pre-Model 10 until model numbering began in the late 1950s. None of this is official, as S&W never used the terms “transitional”, “post-war”, or “pre-Model 10”. Those are all collector mumbo-jumbo. To S&W it was simply just the M&P model until model numbering began around 1958.

 

[JP@AK]

As others have said, you have a postwar .38 Military & Police revolver with a 5" barrel and what appear to be original Magna stocks.

In this situation "postwar" is simply a time-indicator. It isn't and never was part of the model name. That was simply .38 Military & Police.

Your revolver almost certainly left the factory in April 1946. There was a large number of M&Ps with 5" barrels assembled in the serial range S821000 to S823000. Nearly all of them went out the door in April 1946.

 

[jakerudy]

I got around to a light cleaning and oiling to shoot it today. Hits where you point and is very smooth. Makes a fun old one to play with.

 

[Martin67]

Mine doesn't have the model number marking and 4 screw frame. Great shooter grade

 

[daveboy]

Nice gun.
It is not a Pre Mod 10. It is a 38 M&P Transition model. It still has the Pre War long action. A Pre Mod 10 is a short action gun.

handejector, I'm pretty new to the S&W collecting world. What is meant by long vs short actions?