SW 547 Question

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Glenn E. Meyer

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Was the gun ever made in stainless? At the gun show, I saw one on display and it was a brushed stainless with a long barrel. Seller wanted 1300 bucks. Out of my range.

I thought they were blued. I don't have an SW book available and a quick google didn't say.
 
You guys are right, all 547s were 3" or 4" and blued. However, the new 9mm revolvers they're offering, the 5" 986 and 6.5" 929, are stainless but they are also L and N frames.
 
It's getting to the point where if the extractor on a 547 breaks it's very difficult to find the parts to repair them. Numrich hasn't had them in years.
 
The extractor didn't look like that. It did have some weird looking black buttons on it as compared to a standard extractor.

Hmmm! From an alternate universe.
 
It had SW medallions on the grip, kind of looked like a 65 but the finish was brushed.

If I ever see it again, I'll get more info. For 1300 bucks, it might be there in a few months when that show rolls around.
 
Doesn't help NOW as you can't look at this spot without the revolver in your lap... but another easily distinguishing visual feature of the 547 is the odd look of the recoil shield/breech face. Smith & Wesson has a little stop-stud located underneath the firing pin hole that (I believe?) was for the purpose of holding the rimless 9mm cartridges in place and preventing them from backing out of the chamber under fire.

It's noticeably different to anyone who looks at a lot of S&W revolvers.

But I guess I'll ask the (seemingly) obvious question...
Are you sure what you saw was stainless and not some sort of aftermarket nickel or even some modern gun finish applied more recently?
 
The gun was open in a display case, marked 547 and that looked strange to me.

It wasn't nickeled. It had dull brushed SS appearance.

If I ever see it again - I'll ask to check it out.
 
If it is, in fact, really a 547, it sounds like the brushed nickel refinish is the most likely scenario here.
 
another easily distinguishing visual feature of the 547 is the odd look of the recoil shield/breech face. Smith & Wesson has a little stop-stud located underneath the firing pin hole that (I believe?) was for the purpose of holding the rimless 9mm cartridges in place and preventing them from backing out of the chamber under fire.
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You are correct. Here's a photo of mine:

 
Haha, great photo, Jim, but I was not correct.

The little stop-stud was located over the firing pin hole, not under as I had guessed.

I had a chance at one of these revolvers in decent, used (not mint) shape at around $400 about a year and a half ago. :o Nothing more expensive than regret!
 
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