pd1964, thank you! These are sweet guns for sure.

And foxy320, lucky you, your dad has to be one of the best! That is quite a gift.

I’m taking mine deer hunting this year as well. And when deer season is over I’m shipping it off for 3-4 months so it will look as good as both of yours do.

I have 4 other N frame Smiths, three in .44 and one .41, but I think this is my favorite one of all. It just looks “proper” to me, not too big but not too small.

Just right.

That extra 1/2” makes a visual difference and the fact they are P&R like my first Smith in 1979 - a .41 Magnum 6 1/2” nickle as well, that later got stolen - makes them forever special to me I suppose.