brownie0486
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Here's one thats interesting. Limited Edition run in the year 2000
Smith & Wesson Model 15-9 Ed McGivern 1938 Commem. 6” Nickel NIB
This revolver, serial number BCD01xx, is part of a strictly limited run to commemorate Ed McGivern’s 1934 World Record-Breaking shooting in 1934. Appropriately, this special edition revolver has the McGivern metallic bead sights. This revolver is bright nickel, round butt with patterned, checkered magna walnut grips, in period-correct a gold-toned hinged-edge box.
It's a "one of 150" reproduction in NIckel [ produced in 2000 ] of Smith and Wessons model of 1902 Target model which was a .38 pre numbered M&P frame. The original models came in other calibers of that era as well. McGivern preferred the 38 special in this gun. The difference between the model of 1905 and the model of 1902 was the grip. The 1902 was a round butt and the 1905 was a square butt. The model of 1902 ( with the round butt frame ) is the longest continuously-produced gun in the history of S & W.
This commemorative was also made in blue [ another 150 of these ]in the same year [ 2000 ]
The round butt 1902's are ocassionally called 1905 M+P Target models which is incorrect. The first square butt model 1905's were made in late 1904.
McGiverns record setter was 5 shots in 2/5ths of a second into a group that could be covered with a playing card at 15 feet. He did it twice that day to show that it wasn't a fluke.
Here's the photo of the record breaking target, along with another photo of McGivern ariel shooting back in the 1930's.
Jim Music has got me into ariel shooting with a passion since coming out here last year and showing me how to shoot baseballs and golfballs out of the air with a 6" K22 Combat Masterpiece which is the offsrping of the earlier 1902 and 1905 M+P Target models.
Jim was using a K22 6" as well that was made in 1948 when he was out here last year. He can ariel shoot folks
Here's some pics of the commemorative and the actual target shot by McGivern in 1934 along with one of him shooting ariels.
Brownie
Smith & Wesson Model 15-9 Ed McGivern 1938 Commem. 6” Nickel NIB
This revolver, serial number BCD01xx, is part of a strictly limited run to commemorate Ed McGivern’s 1934 World Record-Breaking shooting in 1934. Appropriately, this special edition revolver has the McGivern metallic bead sights. This revolver is bright nickel, round butt with patterned, checkered magna walnut grips, in period-correct a gold-toned hinged-edge box.
It's a "one of 150" reproduction in NIckel [ produced in 2000 ] of Smith and Wessons model of 1902 Target model which was a .38 pre numbered M&P frame. The original models came in other calibers of that era as well. McGivern preferred the 38 special in this gun. The difference between the model of 1905 and the model of 1902 was the grip. The 1902 was a round butt and the 1905 was a square butt. The model of 1902 ( with the round butt frame ) is the longest continuously-produced gun in the history of S & W.
This commemorative was also made in blue [ another 150 of these ]in the same year [ 2000 ]
The round butt 1902's are ocassionally called 1905 M+P Target models which is incorrect. The first square butt model 1905's were made in late 1904.
McGiverns record setter was 5 shots in 2/5ths of a second into a group that could be covered with a playing card at 15 feet. He did it twice that day to show that it wasn't a fluke.
Here's the photo of the record breaking target, along with another photo of McGivern ariel shooting back in the 1930's.
Jim Music has got me into ariel shooting with a passion since coming out here last year and showing me how to shoot baseballs and golfballs out of the air with a 6" K22 Combat Masterpiece which is the offsrping of the earlier 1902 and 1905 M+P Target models.
Jim was using a K22 6" as well that was made in 1948 when he was out here last year. He can ariel shoot folks
Here's some pics of the commemorative and the actual target shot by McGivern in 1934 along with one of him shooting ariels.
Brownie
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