Show off your M & P revolvers (pre-10's)
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Thanks to forum member -db-, my 1954 vintage six inch pre-10 now wears some '60's vintage target stocks in place of its beaten up old magnas. Can't wait to take it to the range!
Couple more
A 5" from 1945-48
A 4" from 1957-1959
& a Model 10 from 1960 that didn't want to be left out
rayb
A 5" from 1945-48
A 4" from 1957-1959
& a Model 10 from 1960 that didn't want to be left out
rayb
crsides
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Thought I would add an Airweight cousin, pre 12 M&P. All alum - no cracks.
coiler666
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M&P, S976XXX, 1947, all numbers match, found at a pawn shop for $250
Aint she a beaut...
Yes she is, an absolutly elegant revolver, nice find sir
Chuck Jones
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a 5 inch pair
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alfsauve
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My Model 10 - Family Piece
A little embarrassed with all the very pristine samples seen here to post mine.
There's a reason though, besides not having had time to work on it, this was my great uncle Asbury Dorman's sidearm when he was Chief of Police for the Cordele, GA police department. I haven't researched the years as I don't live there, but this may spur me to find out. I also have his hat emblem, his baton and his badge. I may compose a picture of same.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is a 5 screw? The SN is 72xxx. Not sure whether to have it re-plated or not.
A little embarrassed with all the very pristine samples seen here to post mine.
There's a reason though, besides not having had time to work on it, this was my great uncle Asbury Dorman's sidearm when he was Chief of Police for the Cordele, GA police department. I haven't researched the years as I don't live there, but this may spur me to find out. I also have his hat emblem, his baton and his badge. I may compose a picture of same.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is a 5 screw? The SN is 72xxx. Not sure whether to have it re-plated or not.
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That is a 5 screw, as you can see the four screws on the side of the frame, and the fifth under the trigger guard. You could always spend the $50 and have the gun lettered by Smith historian Roy Jinks, for a gun like that with a family history, I certainly would.
Alfsauve, I just noticed that your M&P is a pure Model of 1905 with no engineering changes. The company made only about 10,000 of these before introducing the internal modifications that define the First Change, including the trigger rebound slide that still exists in S&W revolvers today. In your gun, the trigger return was managed by a separate flat spring in the grip that drove a pivoting arm. You can see on the left side of your gun that the stud for the trigger return mechanism is directly below the thumb release near the trigger guard's rear junction point with the frame. In the First Change design, the trigger return spring stud is below and behind the thumb release, closer to the top of the grip frame cuts. Check the left side of the 1905/First that I show in post no. 115 in this thread.
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katanski
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Bedrock
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jouesdeveau
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M&P pre-model 10
S843xxx shipped 1946 with Sheaffer Triumph Valiant II(c.1946)
strayhorse1990
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AirCommando
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AirCommando
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OK, serial number says it's from about 1948. Those grips are cool. They actually look like 1920's grips because of the round butt. But with silver medallions from the 40's.
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Nobody has shown a Cattle Gun done up by Wolf & Klar. This one was Fort Worth Texas police officers Charles Johnsons.
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AirCommando
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WOW! That's nice!
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David LaPell
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I had to add the latest one to the batch even though it is a Model 10.
Thanks for correcting me on the date. A couple of others looked at it & said that they had not seen those grips on one around that time. I let him remove them to see the ser. # stamped on it.
I am going to sell or trade that one.
jouesdeveau
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Are you sure about that?
The hammer seems to be a "short action", so must be after mid-1948 (??)
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AirCommando
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Well, the grips number to the gun. That's good. You may want to wait awhile before you sell it cheap. Find out exactly what it is worth. We can do that here.
But not in this thread.
But not in this thread.
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dacoontz
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With that barrel length and the nice patina I think that one is very pretty. It still has some shine despite the wear and looks well balanced. I bet she shoots straight too. Nice piece.
phenson
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There's been some debate on here whether this gun is reblued or not. A lot of disagreement even among the experts on this one. It shipped March 1924. I have the original non-medallion grips and they are pristine.
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Are there any small Stamps on the Grip part of the Frame, indicating it had been sent back to S&W?
Kinda looks like a later 1930s or 1940s Blue which S&W would have done if one were sent in for a re-blue to them.
But definitely does not look like the Blue S&W was using in the early 1920s.
Kinda looks like a later 1930s or 1940s Blue which S&W would have done if one were sent in for a re-blue to them.
But definitely does not look like the Blue S&W was using in the early 1920s.
