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What sort of 19th Century Smith & Wesson guns have you fired in your lifetime?
I'm really curious to know if a Forum member has ever fired one of the early tip-up rim fire revolvers. Anyone actually touched off one of the early Smith & Wesson magazine pistols or rifle? I've only shot a common 1882 vintage .38 DA revolver. |
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Back in my foolish days, a No.1 2nd Model, a 1st Model Schofield and a Revolving Rifle.
Dean SWCA #680 |
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OK Dean, you answered in spades! I'm impressed.
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I occasionally fire my Baby Russian topbreak - it was shipped in 1877. I use very light smokeless powder handloads with a soft lead bullet and get good results at 50 feet in spite of the crude sights and spur trigger. I've never had a misfire with about 300 rounds through the gun. Combined age of gun and shooter is 197 years!
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An old Safety Hammerless made in 1902.
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1909 Triple Lock in .44Spl.
John S&WCA #1953 "Kill evil. It's how quality of life is achieved. Carry on."---Ted Nugent |
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Model 1 1/2 made in 1873... .32 rim fire...fired it five times... took hours to clean the BP residue out of it... never again...
FWIW Chuck Hoist On High the Bonnie Blue Flag That Bears the Single Star!!! |
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Breaktop .32 S&W no.1 1/2 1876, S&W 44-40 Frontier 1886 (1st year), Breaktop .38 S&W No.1 1/2 1880s and others.
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Also my triplelock, one time I shot it off the bench with 3 or 4 other .44s and it outshot them all! I have shot other guns a quite a bit older than the triplelock.
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M1917 made in 1918.
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CXM, the model 1 1/2 was only made from 1865 to about late 1868. What's the serial number on yours?
Mine is 1308, made in 1865, and if you told me where I could find some 32 rimfire for it... that would be the oldest one I ever fired too!!  S&WCA #2018 If it was easy, everyone would do it. |
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S&WCA #2018 If it was easy, everyone would do it. |
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My .44 Double Action 1st Model with BP handloads, shipped Sept. 1887. Fun to shoot a lot of work to clean!
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You're talking about the Model 1 1/2 Old Model. I have a 1 1/2 New Model that was shipped in 1870. They were made up until 1875. There's also a Mod 1 1/2 Centerfire aka .32 Single Action, but it's a topbreak. Dean SWCA #680 |
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I've got a 44/40 Frontier DA that I've been meaning to shoot.(with BP)
However there is a 1st Model DA in 44 Russian in about 40% condition (nickle mostly gone) being auctioned on GB right now. It's at $1,575.00 with around 2 hours to go. I'm having second thoughts about shooting mine if they worth that much in just "shooter" grade. Dean SWCA #680 |
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