In this last trade, I ended up with another 19-3. I had not intended on collecting 6" 19-3's, but it seems like they are multiplying. Even though I have already posted pics of the latest 19-3, here are pics of all three.

While my youngest son was in the hospital in mid-August, I made an opening bid on a 27-2. It had a pristine wooden display box, all tools, and paperwork. Opening bid was $750. After reading warnings about making bids on guns while thinking that you would be outbid, I bid anyway. Guess what? No one else bid on it. Once it got here, I am glad that I did it. Short of the turn line, it was near perfect as well.

With regards to the L-frame pics, I had already posted a pic of the 686-3 quite some time back. About 4 months ago, a buddy of mine new that I loved older Smiths and asked me if I wanted to look at a revolver that his dad had bought new years ago. My friend was about to go trade it on a new Ruger 9mm. He brought in a 681 No dash with a 4" barrel. It had the original grips, a set of Hogues, a holster, and about 150 Winchester hollow points. He said he would take $300. I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough. The 681 No dash already had the "M" stamped on the crane. I also traded a Smith 340SS (with the dreaded internal lock) for a 586 No dash about one month ago. The 586 does not have the "M" stamped on the crane. I will probably send it back to Smith for the repair. Now, I need to find a 581 to go with the rest of set.

They are not rare pistols, but I have enjoyed the quest for finding them about as much as do I owning and shooting them. Although, none of the blued pistols that are pictured above have any blueing wear, every time that I take a pic of a blued gun, the end of the barrel looks like it has blueing loss. I know that most people on here have a preference for barrel length. Unfortunately for me and my pocket book, I love snubbies, 4", 6", and 8 3/8" barrels. I don't own a 5" barreled revolver, but I am pretty sure I would love it also.

That is a nice collection of firearms. They all look in
pristine condition. Congratulations. Don

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Very nice group of guns, nice photography. I have an M19-3 4 inch and and M19-5 2 1/2, your pictures convinced me I need to look for a 19 with a 6 inch barrel!

SWEET collection and Beautiful Pictures! Thanks for sharing.

It's all about the hunt aint it? well mostly

nice guns

Very nice looking revolvers!

Nice guns! And great pic's too!

Nice wood on that 27.

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Very nice collection and great photos. I like the 681.

Wow! And, do you actually shoot all of them?

Very nice Smiths. All of them.

one question i have is how did you get them so shiney is that a wax?

It is not wax. All I did was wipe them with a soft cloth. I have thought about buying a can of Renaissance (sp?) wax and give that a try.

That is some fine lookin' hardware..............

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Great eye candy.

Very sweet guns.How did you get such clear pics?

Great looking collection of S&W revolvers and excellent photography

Beautiful collection!

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I seem to get the best pics when I take them outside on an overcast day. I am still not happy with a lot of them because there will be a reflection of my head, the camera, or some other object showing up on the blueing or nickel. There is a post on this site about making a light box for taking pictures inside. I made the light box, and the pictures are nice. However, I obviously don't know how to set my camera to optimize use of the light box. One of the guys that has pictures that I am envious of on this site is "fyimo". He always seems to have "perfect" pictures without his head or some other object showing up on the side of the revolver.