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Freightman
09-29-2018, 02:52 PM
Here is the picture of it.228039 The son bought a new gun sold this to me. Best I can figure it was mfg. in the '30' sn 308xxx
Outpost75
09-29-2018, 04:12 PM
Yup! .38 Special Hand Ejector.

DON'T shoot any +P in it, standard lead loads only.
Freightman
09-29-2018, 04:23 PM
I am to old to shoot + P :-P
Texas by God
09-30-2018, 12:37 AM
I +P at night. I'm old too.

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Mr_Sheesh
09-30-2018, 05:19 AM
Nice gun; DO WANT! But have something else I can shoot, at least.
Char-Gar
09-30-2018, 04:31 PM
They are wonderful smooth and accurate vintage revolvers. I had man a dozen or more over the years and still have two of them. Everybody is correct that you will beat them to pieces in short order with higher than normal pressure.

I take it down one step more and load all my plinking and range 38 Specials with 3/Bullseye over your prefered 150 - 160 grain cast bullet. This is below the full snort level and are just as much fun to shoot.

Here are my remaing two a 1913 and 1931 production.
oldlongbeard
09-30-2018, 05:29 PM
Very nice. Not many things made today with such attention to detail.... At least not that I can afford ;-)
Greg in West Mitten
Dutchman
10-01-2018, 07:49 AM
Heck common as house flies! Everybody's got one:-)

S-prefix about 1945.

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Hickory
10-01-2018, 08:33 AM
Heck common as house flies! Everybody's got one:-)

S-prefix about 1945.

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At the gun shows around here something that nice would go for $900-1000. A rusty piece of junk they'd ask $400+ and the seller would more than likely get it, but, not from me.
Outpost75
10-01-2018, 10:56 AM
OK, gotta join the party here and post some eye candy:

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JoeJames
10-01-2018, 05:16 PM
They are wonderful smooth and accurate vintage revolvers. I had man a dozen or more over the years and still have two of them. Everybody is correct that you will beat them to pieces in short order with higher than normal pressure.

I take it down one step more and load all my plinking and range 38 Specials with 3/Bullseye over your prefered 150 - 160 grain cast bullet. This is below the full snort level and are just as much fun to shoot.

Here are my remaing two a 1913 and 1931 production.There is a problem I have when I check these threads; it gets me to thinking. Just wondering if your pre-10's shoot to point of aim with 3 grains of Bullseye and a 160 grain SWC. And then I was thinking about my old war horse Victory, and how I might just see how it shoots with that load.
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Mr_Sheesh
10-01-2018, 08:56 PM
It gets me drooling since I don't have one, or an M10, sigh. Youse folks are definitely enablers LOL
Texas by God
10-01-2018, 10:13 PM
Of course like a lot of us here I didn't buy a box full of PD trade ins when they were $125 each 20 yrs ago. Of course I wish I did. The Original M&P is my 2nd favorite S&W revolver behind the Combat Masterpiece. If I was limited to one handgun, the m10 4" would suit fine.

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Char-Gar
10-01-2018, 10:25 PM
There is a problem I have when I check these threads; it gets me to thinking. Just wondering if your pre-10's shoot to point of aim with 3 grains of Bullseye and a 160 grain SWC. And then I was thinking about my old war horse Victory, and how I might just see how it shoots with that load.
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Bear in mind these old pistols were sighted for a "center hold" and not the 6 O'Clock target hold we are used to. Also with the old hump back hammer you can't see the rear sight with the hammer down.
JoeJames
10-02-2018, 09:16 AM
Bear in mind these old pistols were sighted for a "center hold" and not the 6 O'Clock target hold we are used to. Also with the old hump back hammer you can't see the rear sight with the hammer down.Exactly, that is why I designed this target; a variation on the Brit tin hat target:

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