Originally Posted by Dagga Boy
The guns I’m referring to are 3” k frames - square butt, long action skinny barrel, fixed sights. They weren’t common but common enough that I’ve seen 3 or 4 over the years.
The guns I’m referring to are 3” k frames - square butt, long action skinny barrel, fixed sights. They weren’t common but common enough that I’ve seen 3 or 4 over the years.
If I ever buy another beat-up 4” pencil barrel model 10, part of its future will be getting cut to 3”.
I recall @Eli had a gun like that. It looked cool.
Pretty sure most of those 3” guns were for foreign police sales. I think some went to Australia and others to South America. The FBI had some 2.5” RB Model 10’s made for them. They were the predecessor to the 3” model 13 that was eventually adopted to replace the skinny barrel 4” M&Ps.
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Yup.
That one is very nice, but looks customized to me; non standard front sight, and as I understand it all the factory nickeled guns had case hardened hammers and triggers. It is a very cool revolver, but I don’t think that it is a factory original configuration. None of my S&w books show Any reference to factory 3” m&p’s, just 2.5-3” model 10s later on. There were tons of ww2 vintage surplus guns cut to 2.5-3.25” lengths for resale in the 50s and 60s.
Sounds about right. I know there were a bunch of more recent Australian Police re-imports that were similar like 3' model 64s and Ruger Six series guns.
I had a pretty neat Australian Police trade in Model 10 with a 3” mid weight barrel and a square butt grip frame. I foolishly traded it off to a friend, but live in hope that I will get it back one day. I seem to remember that there were some 3” Model 12 Airweights with manual safeties that were made for the French Police at one point.
I know what you are talking about.....let me pen an article about what those are. I have two different examples.
I also have a couple of the much later foreign police export guns that I love and are great guns. VERY different animals than the 1950’s guns.
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Ok, curious to see it. The guns I’m thinking of look like pre 1950s / post war.
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