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Old 06-02-2010, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Doc44 View Post
They are only rare if you are looking for one and can't find one for the price you want to pay.
Bill
That is too good not to repeat.

In the late sixties, when I wanted a 6.5-inch 44 Magnum so bad I could hardly stand it, a 4-inch came in on my order instead, and the dealer told me to take it - hard telling when he would see another S&W 44. So I did.

Back then, here in Indiana anyway, I would see probably ten, maybe twenty, 4-inch guns for every 6.5-incher. I wonder if the short barrel models stayed here, east of the Mississippi, and maybe the longer barrelled guns went west?

Most of the folks I know who wanted long barrels bought the 4-inchers when they could find them, and sent them back to Springfield to be re-barrelled. My 4-inch gun eventually became a 6.5-incher and I still prefer that length to all others. I think the 4-inch guns are too mean to be used much with magnums! You can just tell that by looking at them. ( )
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