Cover Gun on 11/2010 Issue?

L-2 · October 2, 2010, 10:29 PM

What is that handgun on the cover being held by Pat Rogers?
I just can't identify it.

**Bud Helms** · October 3, 2010, 12:48 AM

My guess is a S&W M&P in .45 ACP

L-2 · October 3, 2010, 12:59 AM

Thanks! Now that I can compare it to a web photo of an M&P 45, I can see the various traits.

There does seem to be a puzzling rectangular indentation on the right side of the receiver, behind the weapon light, which I don't see in the internet photos.

**Bud Helms** · October 3, 2010, 01:34 AM

Maybe a serial number stamp?

October 2, 2010, 10:29 PM	#1
L-2 Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2004 Location: California Posts: 148	Cover Gun on 11/2010 Issue? What is that handgun on the cover being held by Pat Rogers? I just can't identify it.

October 3, 2010, 12:48 AM	#2
Bud Helms Staff Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 12,907	My guess is a S&W M&P in .45 ACP __________________ "The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion." - John Lawton, speaking to the American Association of Broadcast Journalists in 1995

October 3, 2010, 12:59 AM	#3
L-2 Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2004 Location: California Posts: 148	Thanks! Now that I can compare it to a web photo of an M&P 45, I can see the various traits. There does seem to be a puzzling rectangular indentation on the right side of the receiver, behind the weapon light, which I don't see in the internet photos. Last edited by L-2; October 3, 2010 at 05:46 PM.

October 3, 2010, 01:34 AM	#4
Bud Helms Staff Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 12,907	Maybe a serial number stamp? __________________ "The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion." - John Lawton, speaking to the American Association of Broadcast Journalists in 1995