My local shop has gotten seven S&W 5906 in and I will be getting one of these this weekend. Judging from the numbers listed, it was built in the late 1940s/early 1950s, or am I missing something? It has 4 screws, 3 on the side, 1 near the.
SMITH AND WESSON MODEL 18 SERIAL NUMBER DATE OF MANUFACTURE SERIAL NUMBER
My S&W M&P with a 4' barrel, blued, square butt, no model number, has a serial number of C 2XXX. Instead of starting a new thread, I could go off of this one. Barrel lengths were 4, 5, 6, and 6.5 inches with a rounded butt. These included major modification and simplification of the internal lockwork and the addition of a locking underlug on the barrel to engage the previously free-standing ejector rod. In 1902 the.38 Military & Police (2nd Model) was introduced, featuring substantial changes. 38 Long Colt cartridge with greater bullet weight (158 grains) and powder charge increased from 18 to 21 grains of gunpowder. That same year, in response to reports from military sources serving in the Philippines on the relative ineffectiveness of the new cartridge, Smith & Wesson began offering the Military & Police in a new chambering.38 S&W Special (a.k.a.38 Special), a slightly elongated version of the. With this order, the Hand Ejector Model became known as the.38 Military and Police model. History In 1899, the United States Army and Navy placed orders with Smith & Wesson for two to three thousand Model 1899 Hand Ejector revolvers chambered for the M1892 U.S.
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