Model 15 Mania

wetdog · #**101** 07-10-2012, 06:50 PM

Here is a Pre-15 that I got in the last few months. Nickel one is a 15-4. I gotta do better pics on that one.See post 107.

Maximumbob54 · #**102** 07-10-2012, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by oldafsp

Yeah it would. But what hobby can you have where you take them out,make them go BANG and then spend time with them afterwards??

Oh yeah...women that's right. Them too.

Yes, but I can actually afford the guns.

MajorD · #**103** 07-13-2012, 12:09 PM

the Air force 15's have seen one of three fates I suspect- crunched/demilled, put in storage, and at least some issued to police agencies under assistance programs.too bad they can't release them for civilian sale- could put at least a small dent in the national debt(along with the 1911's of course)

dscampbell · #**104** 07-20-2012, 03:42 PM

my new to me 15-4 with Hogue mono grip

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Donald Paul · #**105** 08-20-2012, 09:21 PM

... still new and unfired {except by the factory}.

wetdog · #**106** 08-21-2012, 02:04 PM

Here is a 15-3 I got a few weeks ago, and retakes of 15-4 from post 102.

BellaireTX · #**107** 08-21-2012, 03:22 PM

Wetdog -

what did you give for the 15-3, if you don't mind me asking?

Zebulon · #**108** 08-22-2012, 09:02 PM

Here are a couple that I used to have. Both were sold to other Forum Members.....Zebulon

MDMarauder · #**109** 08-22-2012, 10:52 PM

I finally found a M15 snub to go along with my 4 and 6 inch.

dcopper · #**110** 08-23-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Maximumbob54

That is an outstanding picture. I wouldn't mind printing and framing that as art.

THAT IS ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C&R Bill · #**111** 08-23-2012, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wetdog

Here is a 15-3 I got a few weeks ago, and retakes of 15-4 from post 106.

Those are just CLASSY looking guns!!!!

But they look better with the smaller "Non-target" stocks IMHO....

Engine49guy · #**112** 08-23-2012, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MDMarauder

I finally found a M15 snub to go along with my 4 and 6 inch.

NICE !
Just need a 4" 15-6 HB and a 5" Model 15 to complete the collection

Fox4Alpha · #**113** 08-23-2012, 08:38 PM

Yes sir they count. That's where the Model 15 got its sweet action. I believe that my -3 is the smoothest revolver that I own.

ColColt · #**114** 08-23-2012, 10:35 PM

Thought I may as well through mine in. According to the previous owner, he put 12 rounds through it before I got it and it looked LNIB.

oldafsp · #**115** 08-24-2012, 08:08 AM

Good to see you got that 15 Coronel !

They are such sweet guns....

ColColt · #**116** 08-24-2012, 10:52 AM

It's a sweetheart and super accurate...more than I am but, you'd best seat them primers deep as they'll drag on the recoil shield and cause binding.

oldafsp · #**117** 08-25-2012, 12:24 PM

My wonderful wife came up with this idea as a tribute to the Model 15 and my Air Force career...

We really need a better digial camera but you get the general idea.

She really is one of a kind..

ColColt · #**118** 08-25-2012, 12:45 PM

A woman to be cherished, oldafsp. They don't make them like that anymore.

dscampbell · #**119** 08-25-2012, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by oldafsp

My wonderful wife came up with this idea as a tribute to the Model 15 and my Air Force career...

We really need a better digial camera but you get the general idea.

She really is one of a kind..

Very nice! Did you ever spend any time at Castle AFB in Merced Ca?

Scott Campbell
Remember wheel guns are real guns too
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Sven · #**120** 08-25-2012, 03:18 PM

Here's my 15-4 shooter. I work at a power plant, so find the TVA marking interesting. I'm not saying a thing about OUR security.

Cerberus62 · #**121** 01-18-2013, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by oldafsp

More Model 15's in action:

Security Police Emergency Response Team works a hostage rescue drill at Camp Bullis, Tx.

Note the SP far right with the folding stock 870 and on the far left, a CAR-15. The predecessor to the M4.

In the late 1970's our tactics and training were undergoing growth at a very rapid pace. More and more of us realized the need to be able to respond just as the civilian agencies did to a given situation.

Great photo, nut notice the helmets. The PASGT kevlar helmets began issue in the early 80's.

Any idea of when this photo was taken?

586L-Frame · #**122** 01-18-2013, 09:16 AM

Here is my new unfired S&W 15-3 4" .38 spl that I just picked-up from my FFL dealer a few days ago along with a unfired S&W 629-1 6" .44 magnum to add to my collection.
586L-Frame

DLC’s S&W Mdl 15-3 4inch .38spc & S&W 629-1 6inch .44magnum.

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10-shooter · #**123** 01-18-2013, 11:08 AM

Why oh Why did I open open this thread..... Those pictures of those Nickle 15's with stag handles are going to cost me some money..... but hey, atleast I will have something for it...

NFrameFred · #**124** 01-18-2013, 01:04 PM

Well, 10 shooter . . . this probably won't help . . .

had3nuf · #**125** 01-18-2013, 05:27 PM

I enjoy taking this out every weekend.
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st regis · #**126** 01-18-2013, 06:18 PM

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O2Guy · #**128** 01-18-2013, 10:09 PM

Here's a 15-3 that I picked up recently. It now has correct grips on it. I guess I need a new photo.

jetflier89 · #**129** 01-19-2013, 07:38 PM

I love this gun. Shooting it with my two sonsDSC03969.jpg is a blast!

Tanners Owner · #**130** 01-20-2013, 11:33 AM

I too have a M-15. Bought it for $300 and use it for shooting IDPA matches. Have a blast shooting it, often outshooting pistol shooters....

While it doesn't have the finish and NIB appearance of many shown here, I am very happy with it; accurate, smooth DA trigger, good fit. Just can't ask for a better revolver IMHO. My buddy bought a K frame after seeing how much fun the revolver was in IDPA & is having a hoot competing with it too!

My daughter shoots her M-10 in IDPA & while slow, is doing quite well for her experience. She much prefers it to the 9mm pistols, surprisingly. When I get the addional speedloaders and carriers, we'll both be shooting our K frames in IDPA

great thread!

sheepdawg · #**131** 01-20-2013, 12:55 PM

Here's my 1977 15-3, perhaps one of the last 15-3s made. I don't know who made the furniture, I just had them laying around but when I put them on this snubby I thought they looked darn good.

afultz075 · #**132** 01-21-2013, 02:17 AM

My 15-3. Some nimrod filed down the original front sight, so I had my gunsmith machine the barrel for a pinned SDM fiber optic front and had him install a Weigand rear. It's one sweet shooter.

OIF2 · #**133** 01-21-2013, 03:00 AM

Can a 67 play? Here's mine; it's my old LAPD-issue that I bought at retirement for somewhere around $70.00. It wears it's original Pachmayr stocks I bought at the Pachmayr store in LA when I was going through the Academy. It's been back to the factory for a tune and beadblast. Also in the photos is my old Hoyt duty holster I carried it in.
Bob

ARTT1 · #**134** 02-02-2013, 12:08 AM

Just picked this up yesterday, my first model 15.....

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shouldazagged · #**135** 02-07-2013, 06:35 PM

The sweetest handgun I have ever owned was a Model 15 born around 1970. My LGS had two of them, UNFIRED, ten years ago. They came from an estate and were immaculate. I still hate the fact that I didn't have the money to buy them both at $300 each.

I had a fine gunsmith give the one I bought the loveliest trigger job I've ever encountered on a gun--everyone who tried it lusted for the piece. But when I became unable to get out as much anymore I gave it to my son, so he wouldn't have to wait till I croaked. He and his three boys enjoy shooting it every time they get the chance .

Sure miss that beauty, though...

MikeyB · #**136** 02-07-2013, 09:07 PM

After seeing these pics might have to pull the old 15 out the vault this weekend for some lovin'.

Fredo Batali · #**137** 02-08-2013, 12:28 AM

Here's the last of three I've been fortunate enough to own. This one is one of two former Washington State Patrol revolvers I found at my LGS. I traded one of them for a Model 13-3. This one's a little beat up but it shows honest wear and was definately a "working gun". I'll be keeping this one.

De Oppresso Liber

kdailey · #**138** 02-08-2013, 01:14 AM

A 15-3 & 15-4

MDMarauder · #**139** 02-09-2013, 10:50 AM

Love my Model 15 snub.

sipowicz · #**140** 02-09-2013, 10:57 AM

me too...

Engine49guy · #**141** 02-09-2013, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by st regis

Was wondering when a dash 5 HB would post,

Also interesting that nobody has posted a nickel 4" dash 2 or older with a blued FS ramp.

Found a five screw at a little local gun show last weekend in the 1953 serial range that was just too good a deal to pass up, perhaps its time for a new group shot of 15's and 18's.

WILDPIG · #**142** 02-10-2013, 02:35 AM

Big Brother and Little Brother.

WILDPIG

SWKilroy · #**143** 02-22-2013, 11:57 AM

My most recent acquisition, bought a couple of days ago: a 1980-vintage 2" Model 15-4 (S/N 85K2XXX) with its box and papers (but, see below).

It's a used gun which appears to have been handled more than fired. Interestingly, it has a .265" serrated service trigger, which according to the SCSW 3rd ed., is quite unusual for a 2-incher (I am positive the previous owners did not substitute any parts on this gun). The hammer is a .375" semi-target.

For some reason unknown to me, the box came with a Model 19 information leaflet. Since the leaflet's edition date agrees with the gun's vintage, I wonder if this could be the result of some mistake at the factory, or maybe gunshop. Has anybody ever seen some similar mismatching?

Cheers

vjp · #**144** 02-22-2013, 09:37 PM

Here's my Model 15-3. Born in '73, still a beauty.

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oldafsp · #**145** 02-23-2013, 05:57 PM

Glad to see this thread I started gets renewed interest now and again..

My favorite out of my collection of 15's..a 1969 15-3 that has had a .312 forged combat trigger installed and a Wilson Combat spring kit.

This particular 15 is the go to gun of choice for my oldest daughter and youngest son when they visit. It has trained more new shooters than I care to think about it. Truly one of my best "Working" guns.

Everyone who shoots it comes away with new found respect for it's accuracy.

Even some of my die hard autoloader friends ask to shoot it when they come over....

chief63 · #**146** 02-23-2013, 06:37 PM

My nickel 15-4....a very nice shooter.

chuck8388 · #**147** 02-23-2013, 07:43 PM

The only one I have 15-2 made in 65.

Snake Plissken · #**148** 02-24-2013, 11:47 AM

I will get in on this, I just traded for this nice model 67 no dash yesterday , very happy to have this sweet revolver

bgrafsr · #**149** 07-07-2013, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by oldafsp

It did make it hard to keep your sidearm in perfect operating condition didn't it. The humidity was horrible. My gear started mildewing as soon as I got in country...

We kept a lit light bulb in our lockers to keep the moisture down, and it prevented mildew from growing on our gear.

bgrafsr · #**150** 07-07-2013, 09:56 AM

My other Model 15: A 15-4 that came with a period correct box , TT, & TH. Shipped in January 1981.