I found this on GunsAmerica. It looks like a First Model M&P since that was the only one made without the lock for the ejector rod. However I can't tell if it's a round butt or a sqaure butt. What do you think? I'm speculating that it's a chop job. Just thought it looked interesting, not something you see everyday. They're asking $150.00 for it in case anyone is interested.
Model 1899 M&P Snubbie?
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It's a chop job. The shortest factory barrel on the M1899 was 4 inches and they had round blade (half moon) front sights, not ramped blades. And all had round butt grips.
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Ma' friend ... 
Krag is right, but more to the point - the model 1899 had an entirely differnt ejector rod head, and a pin in the frame about a 1/2" below the thumbpiece nut that the revolver in question doesn't have. It is unlikely S&W made any of the '99s with a snub barrel because the barrels were forged with the front sight being part of the forging. As Krag said, the shortest length was 4-inches.
Colt on the other hand silver-soldered the front sight into a slot milled into the barrel, and they often made barrels to special lengths - so long as the customer had the money to pay for it.
Go over to: www.armchairgunshow.com and enjoy some good revolvers being sold by an honest seller.
What you were looking at is a sawed-off Military & Police model, that's best use would be as a paperweight. S&W didn't offer a genuine 2" - K-frame M&P until the mid-1930's.
Krag is right, but more to the point - the model 1899 had an entirely differnt ejector rod head, and a pin in the frame about a 1/2" below the thumbpiece nut that the revolver in question doesn't have. It is unlikely S&W made any of the '99s with a snub barrel because the barrels were forged with the front sight being part of the forging. As Krag said, the shortest length was 4-inches.
Colt on the other hand silver-soldered the front sight into a slot milled into the barrel, and they often made barrels to special lengths - so long as the customer had the money to pay for it.
Go over to: www.armchairgunshow.com and enjoy some good revolvers being sold by an honest seller.
What you were looking at is a sawed-off Military & Police model, that's best use would be as a paperweight. S&W didn't offer a genuine 2" - K-frame M&P until the mid-1930's.
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