Official revolver bs thread

I kinda got a thing for "real" no hole or 2 piece barrel S&W revolvers.

 

I've tried to love more than a couple semi-auto's, but I keep coming back to wheel guns. The first gun I ever purchased was a 4" S&W Model 10 Royal Hong Kong Police turn-in, and I am still kicking myself for selling that gun before I moved from Maryland to Alaska. I needed the money and I didn't want to try getting through Canada or California (which was on my planned route) with a handgun.

All I have now is a well worn but fine shooting 2" Model 10, late 70's vintage I think, that was a pawn shop rescue for $200 and a 357 LCR that's my hiking/fishing gun. I'm looking to add either a K-22/Model 17 or a

$14 SP101 CRL "Sparkle" Cleaner and Stain Remover - 8 oz. Bottle

SP101 in 22lr for a winter .22 bullseye league in the near future.

 

My son called me a few weeks ago asking if a had an extra pistol, I offered shot guns extra but he wanted a small revolver so I got him a

$14 Sp101 CRL "Sparkle" Cleaner and Stain Remover - 8 oz. Bottle

Sp101 3" 357mag for his XMas gift ..
Kinda funny, I purchase it new 5yrs ago, than sold it to a friend when I purchased my wife a SP101 4" 357mag for her bed stand ..
Glad he sold it back to me for what I sold it to him for, It saved me a few hundred

 

Ok, here they are. Model 10-5 and my 357LCR

 

Love the Model 10.

 

I only have two revolvers. One is a Soviet Nagant revolver - nothing special about it and just like the thousands sold here in the US after they were imported from Ukraine and Russia.

My Smith & Wesson Pre-Victory .38 Special M&P was a lucky find. I bought it on Gunbroker based on a few pictures. Didn't have a lot of data in the description but it looked nice and the price was good so I grabbed it. Turned out to be fully numbers matching including the grips. I sent off for a factory letter that confirmed it was produced in April 1942 and shipped to the Brits under Lend-Lease.

 

Do you have any info on that Model 10? Is it a Victory model? Did it come with that stubby barrel or was it changed out at some point?

 

S&W made a lot of 2" Model 10's. The round butt model seems to trade better.

 

I've carried a 442 but the 586-8 and 629-6 don't work for carry.

 

I carry a 642 a lot. The 586/686 L frames were good for LEO agencies, but I wouldn't want to carry one concealed. I have a 2.5" 686 and it's smaller, but far from small.

 

S&W models 65-2, and 60 (no dash)

 

Yeah I get that. I'm trying to determine if it's a Victory Model. The one you've pictured I'm guessing is much newer than the one in question.

 

Yay, wheelgun thread

Here's my safe queen - Colt 1917 in 45ACP, manufactured 1918. Inherited from my grandfather. I take it out once a year, clean it, fire it, clean it again, and stare at it before putting it back.



Then there's the working guns, Fat Man and Little Boy:



The Ruger Alaskan is my chest carry for the woods. Shoots 45 cowboy loads like a cap gun. With full house .454 bear loads, hold on tight!

The .38 is an early 2000's Charter Arms Undercover. Lots of people hate on the Charters but I have found it to be reliable and accurate.

I'll have to return with photos of the .22 plinkers - can't find them right now.

 

Smith didn’t start using model numbers until 1957, so it’s not a Victory model. Being a -5 puts it being manufactured between 1962 and 1977. Best I can tell it was a factory 2” barrel.

 

My first revolver was a charter arms target patriot in .327 mag and my wife carries it everyday now that I have bumped up to a .357. It always shot good with me and seemed well put together.

 

Really like those finger grips on them, are they factory?

 

The insert is made by Tyler. Very easy to install. Check out their website. http://www.t-grips.com/

In their day, those two revolvers were common carry pieces. The model 65 as a duty gun and the model 60 in an ankle holster.

 

I do like those two with the T-Grips but looks like they don't make them for my GP-100 &

$14 SP101 CRL "Sparkle" Cleaner and Stain Remover - 8 oz. Bottle

SP101, I'll probably have to call them ..
Here's the best I can come up with for finger grips, the 3" I give to my son for his x-mas ..

 

With those nice grips you don't need an insert !