WWI Era "No-Logo" Revolvers

[mrcvs]

And, as expected, this Single Shot Perfected Third Model pistol, having shipped 13 March 1919, has no S & W logo on either side.

 

[glowe]

When this thread was started over ten years ago, the data situation was still quite a bit spottier than it is now.

There is no disagreement that logo stamping stopped in mid-1917 and resumed in early 1920.

This is the answer as far as my collection is concerned, but there will always be those who disagree. I can surround the issue pretty well because I concentrate on early HEs, but with ship dates, not manufacturing dates. My research does support the theory that private gun sales were very high as the war approached. After all, North America was watching WWI from the sidelines since 1914 and officially joined the effort in 1917.

My ship dates show logos in place until June 1917 and back in April 1920. It all depends on how long the guns sat in inventory before being sold. I have nothing between these examples with logos.

32 W.C.F. Target shipped March 1917 (logo)
22/32 HFT shipped May 1917 (logo)
S&Ws between June 1917 to March 1920 (no logos)
32 W.C.F. M&P shipped March 1920 (no logo)
32 RP shipped April 1920 below (logo).

 

[DWalt]

I don't have much detailed information about logo vs. no logo guns in my database, but the highest SN on my list of an M&P without a logo is 336927. Undated, but it probably shipped in April or May 1920 based just on that SN. The SN of the earliest post-WWI M&P I list as having a logo is 360812, also undated. So somewhere between must be the logo re-start, possibly in the 34xxxx-35xxxx SN range. Perhaps someone else can narrow the gap.

 

[DWalt]

"Made in USA" wasn't applied to Smith & Wesson revolvers until 1923.

Actually a little earlier than that, more like early to mid-1922 at a SN around 406xxx (for an M&P).

 

[Legendarylawman]

Just joined group. For starters, here is my Perfected 56173, which is 1920 from what I am told, without logo..