DenverDuck
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Which Pistol Do I Have Please!
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howiema
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You have a Pre -Model 10 M&P
Pizza Bob
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A very nice 5-screw M&P. Take the grips off - I bet they are numbered to the gun. Very nice.
Adios,
Pizza Bob
Adios,
Pizza Bob
jrs70
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Is there a letter before the SN on the Butt? It should be a "C" if it is they gun was made 1948-1951
OP
DenverDuck
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C Prefix and grips are numbered to the gun.
Thanks all for the info...
Duck
Thanks all for the info...
Duck
DWalt
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It's from somewhere in the 1948-52 period judging from the hammer style and the sharp- shoulder Magna stocks. The C-prefix began in early 1948. And it would be called a pre-Model 10 M&P snubby by collectors. Everybody loves the M&P snubbbies.
That is an extremely nice example of a K38 snub. Early post war, and in excellent condition. Those guns are bringing a really good price recently, I wouldn't be surprised to see it priced above $600.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Very nice indeed! You'll enjoy it.
Very nice, I have one just like it, always looking for more.
Heresy!
That's a revolver, not a pistol !
Perhaps you mean thats a revolver not a semi-auto, both are PISTOLS!
haveme1
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The# in the yoke is a # used in putting it together at factory.
Useless for any other use.
Nice revolver !
Useless for any other use.
Nice revolver !
FWIW
I am pretty sure a pistol refers only to those handguns that have an integral chamber. Such as a semi-auto handgun or single shot handgun. A revolver having a separate chamber in the cylinder would technically not be a pistol.
Someone with more knowledge than I can clarify.
I am pretty sure a pistol refers only to those handguns that have an integral chamber. Such as a semi-auto handgun or single shot handgun. A revolver having a separate chamber in the cylinder would technically not be a pistol.
Someone with more knowledge than I can clarify.
DWalt
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The dictionary may say that, but Sam Colt referred to his products as - wait for it - "PISTOLS" As he was the inventor of the "revolving pistol," I think his terminology opinion carries some weight.
A legal distinction between pistols and revolvers was made during the implementation of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Per the definitions adopted in GCA '68, a handguns where the chamber is an integral part of the barrel, or barrels are considered to be "pistols". That then includes semi-autos, single shots and derringer tips handguns.
Revolvers are defined as having a revolving cylinder containing the chambers.
The legal distinction was needed to implement the point system for approving handguns for importation.
ATF Form 4590
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Otherwise, particularly prior to GCA '68, all handguns were considered to be "pistols" with "pistols" that had revolving cylinders also being considered to be "revolvers".
Unless there is a legal or technical reason to specify the difference, calling a "revolver" a "pistol" is still just fine.
Per the definitions adopted in GCA '68, a handguns where the chamber is an integral part of the barrel, or barrels are considered to be "pistols". That then includes semi-autos, single shots and derringer tips handguns.
Revolvers are defined as having a revolving cylinder containing the chambers.
The legal distinction was needed to implement the point system for approving handguns for importation.
ATF Form 4590
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Otherwise, particularly prior to GCA '68, all handguns were considered to be "pistols" with "pistols" that had revolving cylinders also being considered to be "revolvers".
Unless there is a legal or technical reason to specify the difference, calling a "revolver" a "pistol" is still just fine.
DWalt
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Correct. The traditional definition of a "Pistol" is a firearm designed to be fired by using one hand. Subcategories of pistol would be revolver, semiautomatic (autoloading), or single shot - again, aside from the GCA-68 meaning.
Jack Flash
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I would like to respectfully submit that in discussions like this we don't usually worry about how gun-related terms are defined by government or congress. 
If we did, would we also have to accept their definition of "Assault Weapon"?
In all legal matters, that may be a whole different story. For instance, anyone who may want to import a handgun better know how the government defines it!
If we did, would we also have to accept their definition of "Assault Weapon"?
In all legal matters, that may be a whole different story. For instance, anyone who may want to import a handgun better know how the government defines it!
DWalt
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True, but not exactly. By its original middle-ages definition, a "Handgun" or "Handgonne" was any firearm which could be held in the hands of, and fired by, a single soldier, i.e., a personal weapon, not something such as an artillery piece, or any crew-served weapon. Current usage is that is a handgun is a pistol (whatever kind) and a long gun is a rifle, musket, or shotgun.
