Ugly M&P Contest

[trikster]

Here's my latest ugly M&P...
(don't beat me up toooo bad, it's my first 1899)

S/N: 140, shipped 17, Sept. 1899 as a nickle 5" .32 WCF to a hardware store in St. Louis, Mo.

Does it still fire? I think it looks great for it's age.

 

[S&W 10]

Does it still fire? I think it looks great for it's age.

It functions well, has a pretty nice bore & chambers and the timing appears to be fine, but there's an excessive amount of movement at the yoke, so I really doubt I'll ever shoot this one.
There are a couple other functional 32/20's in my accumulation if I ever get the urge to make some noise; this revolver simply fills a gap that's been open for far to long.

And thanks for your comment about its looks; I guess beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder...Oops, I mean, beholder!

 

[trikster]

It functions well, has a pretty nice bore & chambers and the timing appears to be fine, but there's an excessive amount of movement at the yoke, so I really doubt I'll ever shoot this one.
There are a couple other functional 32/20's in my accumulation if I ever get the urge to make some noise; this revolver simply fills a gap that's been open for far to long.

And thanks for your comment about its looks; I guess beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder...Oops, I mean, beholder!

That is a shame... But again, I think it looks great. It's over 100 years old, a little wear is to be expected.

 

[S&W 10]

Another old pooch...

Just bought another ugly M&P today; 1905 4th, 6" .38 spl. (S/N: 259442) I'm guessing it shipped around 1916 or 17.
It's sure not much to look at, but its fit, function, bore and chambers are outstanding. I reeeeealy need to stop picking up every old mutt I see and just get a few with good pedigree, but the price was right and I'll probably always have a soft spot for an old faithful spotted dog.

 

[trikster]

That's a beauty. How much did you get it for?

 

[Nframe_is_no1]

This thread looks like fun! I'll try and take the prize with my ugly M&P that I've posted about here before. It is a post-war transitional long-action 4" M&P shipped in 1945 chambered in .38 special. The frame still has the pre-war single line marking "made in U.S.A". After many informative posts about this gun, my best guess is that someone attempted a refinishing job and attempted to remove rust or the the old bluing with naval jelly and left it on too long, pitting the metal. Aside from the pitting, the metal is mostly in the white with splotches of bluing still remaining. I'll never know for sure what happened. If only these old guns could talk! The grips, oddly enough, look almost new. They are not numbered to the gun, but are only a couple of hundred off. Despite looking like h--l, the bore and chambers are bright and shiny and the gun shoots just fine at 25 yards! I thought it was worth the asking price of $80 when I found it at a local haunt.

 

[DCWilson]

I used to have this Victory Model. It was a bit of a project gun.

Few parts, little polishing... Eh.

I've got a worn one from circa 1949 sitting in the closet, but I don't have pics of it. I'm going to have it reblued. It isn't worth terribly much as is, but is mechanically fine. I have no idea the going rate for such things, ran me about 300. I missed having a K frame.

I'm afraid collector value is ruined by the fact that the gun was once refinished. Look at the flattened stud ends on the left side of the frame.

 

[trikster]

Where do you find these awesome examples? Do gun stores have a rack with old ugly shooters? More often than not, I personally like the "Ole Faithful" ugly yet mechanically perfect type over the pristine or even 90% shooter. Am I alone in feeling this way?

 

[Cyrano]

Here's my candidate. It looks like a Victory for the British contract: 5 inch barrel, 38 S&W caliber, sandblasted finish, lanyard loop and smooth wood grips. However it's a post-war Model 10; SN S894433, one of 10,000 made for the Dutch East Indies when the Indonesian independence movement was brewing up. It's stamped KNIL on the backstrap.

It's seen hard use: the trigger and hammer are the same grey, pitted finish as the rest of the gun. The bore has light pitting, and the frame under the grips is heavily pitted, indicating it was carried a lot in the rain. It was a 5 screw; now it's a 4 1/2 screw: the bottom half of the rear cover plate screw is still tightly imbedded in the frame. The hammer pin is loose in the frame; I don't think I'll try +Ps in this one, although I've shot it with light cast loads.

 

[longaction]

Here is my entry. A 1905 HE 1st Ch. Like Goony observed, looks bad out but good in. It's interesting that the black hard rubber grips seem to wear the same over time. Look at those in post #2 and post #40.

Anyway, I think that post #46 wins the ugliest-still-working award by far so far.

I thought mine was rough until I looked at those in this thread. Good photography by all.

 

[408Chevelle]

I'm bringing this one back from the dead and may be committing a sacrilege, but here goes.

1932 Colt Police Positive Special = Atlanta PD

1966 M10 = Atlanta PD and my dad's personal weapon as a patrolman.

 

[bshepherd]

Here is mine, a 38-200 Pre-Victory with most of the bluing worn off. You can still see some of its former glory in the flutes and some other protected areas. Locks up tight and bore has little wear and no pitting. Wrong stocks but everthing else still matches. Any property markings were either scrubbed or never there, except for the P on the butt. Shoots wery nicely. I like the 5-inch barrel.

 

[pistola]

Patina 10-1

 

[Bell Charter Oak Holsters]

You can't make a silk purse from a Sows ear! 1905 4th. M&P British Service Revolver. Good shooter though, as I recall.

Cheers;
Lefty

 

[jbull380]

Some really neat workhorses posted.

 

[smithman 10]

Ugly gun

A lady friend found this in her mother's nightstand in mom's old house after she had to move her to the nursing home.

Loaded of course. It dated from the 1920's I believe.

I cleaned it and fired it - it was tight and shot good.

I managed to sell it for her for $300.

 

[gregintenn]

This is an old, refinished, originally nickle 4". Pictured with it is the day's harvest my sons shot with it. We'd loaded some crushed walnut hull media in shells and were shooting carpenter bees in my barn.

 

[trikster]

This is an old, refinished, originally nickle 4". Pictured with it is the day's harvest my sons shot with it. We'd loaded some crushed walnut hull media in shells and were shooting carpenter bees in my barn.

That is an interesting use for the gun. How many rounds did you go through? What do the rounds look like before firing?

 

[MajorD]

I will respond to the poster who said he likes the tired old beaters- me too they can be had real cheap often under 100 dollars but shoot often as well as ever!

 

[smitholdtimer]

Gator Farmer has an ugly gun!

That may be the worst of the worst, if not its very close. Any functioning revolver is not as ugly as a non functioning example. Personal opinion only so take it in the spirit in witch it is given, Gator your gun is a two bagger, at least! If you are not sure of my meaning I am not able to explain it here!