This time, a model I knew nothing about; a Mod. 547. It's an interesting design....6-shot 9mm K-frame and no need for moon clips. Apparently, S&W developed it for the French police in the 1980's but they decided to stick with their trusty Manhurin MR73's.

Haven’t seen one of those in a long time. Nice score amigo

Wish that I still had the one that I bought new.

One of my grail guns...lucky SOB

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Originally posted by dewhorse:
One of my grail guns...lucky SOB

Same..... Congrats on a great wheel gun!!!!!!

Guess I'm glad I went back for it. I looked at it Friday afternoon while picking up another firearm that I had on hold and then texted the shop manager later that evening asking him to put the 547 aside for me.

Very neat! I've never seen one in the flesh - and probably never will. Enjoy it and let us know how it shoots.

Jerry

Great find. The 3" is awesome. I see them occasionally but never in that condition. If you shoot it please report. As an aside, when you see the craftsmanship on one of those, you can see why everything is about plastic now. You can probably stamp out 100 M&P's in the time it takes to make one of those

Very cool! I've always been intrigued by these, but never had the opportunity to handle one. I'd have a hard time not buying one if I found it in a shop. Question...how does one get around hanging up the cartridges on the little ejector nubs when loading the gun? Do they only extend out when the ejector rod is depressed? I take it there's also a ridge inside the cylinder for the 9mm cartridge rim to headspace on?

Nice! I've never met a K frame that I didn't like.

Very cool! I have both the round butt and square. BTW, check out speed-loader prices.

Vince

Sweet. I had a nice 3" that I let go some time ago. Amazing craftsmanship. Recoil of the 9mm is surprising.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
Question...how does one get around hanging up the cartridges on the little ejector nubs when loading the gun? Do they only extend out when the ejector rod is depressed? I take it there's also a ridge inside the cylinder for the 9mm cartridge rim to headspace on?

Here's a 'Hickock45' video where he shows how the 9mm is retained without a moonclip. You can see why they probably stopped making them, very involved and probably expensive to build:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHd3D1GqNJA

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Apparently the most expensive Smith to make, back in the day

I love my 547 I bought new back in the 80’s. Took it everywhere with me. Very accurate and a joy to shoot. Will have to take it out shooting more now that I have the time.

VERY Nice

That one is much prettier than my old shooter

with 9mm being as cheap as it is, and .38 SP being as expensive as it is, I'd love to have one of those as a plinker.

I had the opportunity to handle one of these a few years ago at the LGS. Not as nice as this one, and the asking price was steep, so I passed. The store owner told me his version of the origins of this revolver - and matches what I found on another website:

"In the late 1970's, the Israelis wanted to arm the Palestinian Police force with a 9mm handgun, but didn't trust them with an autoloading pistol. Instead, they wanted a simple-to-use revolver chambered in 9mm (and by "simple-to-use", they meant "no-moon-clips"). They contracted with Smith & Wesson to make it for them."

The Israelis cancelled the contract and S&W sold the remaining 547s to the gun buying public. I have quite a few S&W revolvers and this would have been a nice add to the collection - maybe next time.

Neat! I bought a new 3" 547 back when they were in production, another LNIB 547 at a gun show years ago. Those revolvers worked as designed with any of the, quite a few, different types of factory and hand loaded ammo I used. That ingenious and expensive ratchet/ejection system worked perfectly, even with the higher pressure NATO, +P, and +P+ ammo.

Of course, I failed to perceive that in the fullness of time, the 547s would become desirable and expensive collectors items

Great find on a cool revolver.