A little dressed up, 1941
Show off your M & P revolvers (pre-10's)
- Thread starter David LaPell
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Plain Old Dave
US Veteran
Plain old 1952 vintage M & P with 5" barrel. Not even any lead in the grooves when I got 'er. Just as tight as new, and probably less than 100 rounds through in her entire life. Good chance this .38 spent her entire life in a drawer or a car glovebox. Was very common years ago to buy a .38 and one box of shells and never shoot it. Or maybe shoot one cylinder full. Many hardware stores would sell .38s singly as mountain whites were so tight that they would buy a new pistol and 6 (!) cartridges, and if they had to shoot it they would go buy one shell to replace the one they shot. Example of mountain wisdom:
Outsider: Have you lived here your whole life, old timer?
Local: Hain't daid yet.
Outsider: Have you lived here your whole life, old timer?
Local: Hain't daid yet.
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2 Pre model M&P Airweights
The SB from 1956.
The RB has the Aluminum alloy cylinder.. 1953.
The SB from 1956.
The RB has the Aluminum alloy cylinder.. 1953.
DWalt
Member
"Many hardware stores would sell .38s singly as mountain whites were so tight that they would buy a new pistol and 6 (!) cartridges.."
Back when I was a kid in rural Southern Ohio, most of the local general stores (I guess you would call them convenience stores now, and Wal-Mart was many years in the future) sold ammunition by the round. I think shotgun shells were about a dime each. In my area, no one had enough money to buy a full box of anything, except maybe .22, which was about 30 cents a box in those days.
I just bought a 1905/3rd from 1915, and I doubt it's had a full box through it. Very little evidence of use, and blue is shiny-bright.
Back when I was a kid in rural Southern Ohio, most of the local general stores (I guess you would call them convenience stores now, and Wal-Mart was many years in the future) sold ammunition by the round. I think shotgun shells were about a dime each. In my area, no one had enough money to buy a full box of anything, except maybe .22, which was about 30 cents a box in those days.
I just bought a 1905/3rd from 1915, and I doubt it's had a full box through it. Very little evidence of use, and blue is shiny-bright.
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Adding another to the thread, bit older than the last, LOL, the tag said Pre-10
M&P Model of 1905 4Th Change 5411xx ~ 1927
M&P Model of 1905 4Th Change 5411xx ~ 1927
crsides
US Veteran, SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
S960xxx. Dec 1947. GREAT smooth long action. purchased from Forum member here.
Charlie
Charlie
OldDominion
Member
Two 2"M&Ps w/ aluminum cylinder @ 1953
2" Nickel and 6" blue Pre-10s 1952.
2" Nickel and 6" blue Pre-10s 1952.
Jimmyjones,
I have a five screw 6" square butt M & P that belonged to my grandfather's foreman. I has serial number 390xxx and has been refurbished with a rust blue finish that was like the orginal. I have estimated the birthdate as about 1923.. is that close? I notice that yours is from 1927.
thanks
I have a five screw 6" square butt M & P that belonged to my grandfather's foreman. I has serial number 390xxx and has been refurbished with a rust blue finish that was like the orginal. I have estimated the birthdate as about 1923.. is that close? I notice that yours is from 1927.
thanks
It's not much to look at, but it is in much better shape for it's age than I am.
Bob
Bob
notarex
Member
1946 Tokyo police M&P. Purchased as a project to experiment with Belgian (rust) blueing. Very nice handling and shooting old-timer.
xdealer
Member
Front Sight
I have a 1905 snub just like the one posted by Thuer on 10/30/10. Everyone has told me that it was supposed to have a half moon front sight. Is this sight factory or has it been modified?
I have a 1905 snub just like the one posted by Thuer on 10/30/10. Everyone has told me that it was supposed to have a half moon front sight. Is this sight factory or has it been modified?
Hard to say, much earlier than mine, they made about a half million.
I was able to get an approximate date by posting a thread about the revolver. Some of the replies were from owners who had received factory letters for M&Ps with serial numbers that were closer to mine.
You may want to start a 'help date my M&P' thread and see if anyone has a closer SN to yours.
Here was my thread looking for a mfg date.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-ha.../339581-m-p-model-1905-4th-change-rescue.html
The factory offered these "ramped" round sights on some later changes of the Model 10, but when I see them on Pre-10s I think they are modifications. When ramped sights became popular, some gun owners filed down the rear surfaces of their half-round sights to create the style seen on what was then current production.
Adding another.
Sn is S 8571xx.
It's been refinished and re-barreled, it'll make a great shooter.
Sorry about the grips.
Sn is S 8571xx.
It's been refinished and re-barreled, it'll make a great shooter.
Sorry about the grips.
1947 w/original nickel finish
I've got it's twin but I think mine is a 1946. Bought it at a yard sale about 8 or 10 years ago for $110.
