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Post by Vant on May 22, 2017 7:44:53 GMT -5
Nice M&P Vant. Here's the brother; my 1947 ( "birth year") M&P, factory nickel with factory correct stocks. vis that is a real nice Smith you got there! -Vant
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Post by sistema1927 on May 22, 2017 11:22:32 GMT -5
If we are going to expand to M10, M64, and other S&W models, then this one needs to get into the action: (1973-74 M64 "Pencil" barrel)
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Post by forester on May 22, 2017 19:27:04 GMT -5
Here's a Model 10-5 that I got from GunBroker for $268. The picture is a little flattering but it did come with the Tyler T. 😄
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Post by Vant on May 29, 2017 17:54:44 GMT -5
Here's a Model 10-5 that I got from GunBroker for $268. The picture is a little flattering but it did come with the Tyler T. 😄 I like it forester... nothing wrong with a little honest wear. -Vant
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Post by forester on May 30, 2017 16:37:40 GMT -5
Here's a Model 10-5 that I got from GunBroker for $268. The picture is a little flattering but it did come with the Tyler T. 😄 I like it forester... nothing wrong with a little honest wear. -Vant
Vant, there is some pitting on the cylinder that just bothers me. Thinking about a Cerakote refinish. For $150, I'd still have just over $400 in it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by Vant on May 30, 2017 16:51:03 GMT -5
I like it forester... nothing wrong with a little honest wear. -Vant
Vant, there is some pitting on the cylinder that just bothers me. Thinking about a Cerakote refinish. For $150, I'd still have just over $400 in it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I know...things like that can just bug the crap out of you. Since it's not what I would call a highly collectable gun I say go for it. Make it like you want. -Vant
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Post by CXM on Jun 2, 2017 12:52:53 GMT -5
For around $150 you can have S&W re-finish the revolver... all the re-finish work they have done for me has been really excellent... plus you can get their revolver tune-up which restores the gun to as new specs... I don't know what that runs now, but a few years ago it was $50 which included all parts except for major stuff... for that price they even re-cut the forcing cone on a M28!!!
FWIW
Chuck
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Post by Poohgyrr on Jun 7, 2017 15:14:36 GMT -5
Some beautiful wheel guns there! And a good K frame is not a bad thing to have.
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Post by Jäger on Jun 8, 2017 11:27:15 GMT -5
5" skinny barreled Model 10... barrel looks a bit odd with the rest of the herd, but certainly feels right in the hands. Pity S&W quit making those grip fillers - I don't like finger grooves in either grip fillers or grips.
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Post by Jäger on Jun 8, 2017 11:35:45 GMT -5
The result of a completely unremarkable used Model 10 disappearing into a revolver guru's shop, and re-appearing ready for serious 50 yard target work. Built in the late 70's; out of a Ransom Rest 24 rounds will still tear the x out of the target with 148 gr. proper handloads, and leave lots of black around the x-ring itself. Four position Wichita rib on top, can't recall who made the barrel blank, el cheapo Uncle Mike's grips which replaced the grips it first wore - best fitting grips ever made for my hands, Browning High Power or S&W K frames. Double action trigger pull only, which can only be described as "exquisite". If I were doing it again, I would specify a round butt modification.
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Post by Jäger on Jun 8, 2017 11:43:22 GMT -5
Not, a Model 10. Actually, a Model 14-6. The stars and planets aligned at a match and I picked this one up off the prize table. Promptly became my Distinguished gun; got some slickery done to it by another competitor who was a trigger guru. Probably the sweetest shooting K frame I own. The original grips stayed on just long enough for the picture, and were promptly replaced by Uncle Mike's. They're gathering dust in a drawer somewhere in my jumbled collection of stuff I took off firearms and replaced with something else. I'm told those particular grips now fetch over $200 from some S&W collectors; if so, I am going to have to dig them out and put them on the block.
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Post by smith10 on Jun 8, 2017 14:39:52 GMT -5
I thought I would share a photo or two of my 1947 pre-model 10 Snubbie. Plus it gives me a chance to figure out how to post pics. -Vant
Something very business like about those snubbies.
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Post by CXM on Jun 11, 2017 9:41:02 GMT -5
Thanks for posting your old S&Ws... they are always fun to see and easy on the eye... Here are two fairly rare birds... a pair of Model 16 S&Ws... RIGHT VIEW OF S&W M16s The model 16 has never been a big seller and as late as the mid 1970s S&W was shipping M16s made in the first half of the 1950s, still in the old gold boxes. In the 1940s and 1950s you would see the K frame .32s used in bulls eye competition for the center fire portion. I always thought it unfortunate the M16 was not more successful... it was a lot of fun to shoot. The S&W Heavy Duty The pre WWII S&W Heavy Duty was the precursor of the 357 Magnum that hit the market just a few years after the Heavy Duty. The arrival of the 357Magnum in the form of the Registered Magnum was ultimately a death blow to the Heavy Duty and it's upmarket brother the 38/44 S&W Special Outdoorsman. These guns were .38s on a N frame and were immensely strong guns. The 38/44 S&W Special round was introduced for police use against the heavy steel in automobiles of the day and in competition with Colt's 1911 in .38 Super which was starting to gain popularity in what was then almost entirely a revolver market. This is a Heavy Duty as it came from the factory in a blue box with red interior... this one dates to 1931 In the 1920s and 1930s S&W made some beautiful stocks for their revolvers... this is the one on the 38/44 Heavy Duty. Thanks for sharing the photos... they are a joy to see. V/r Chuck
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