Saw a Model 15-2 with a 2 inch barrel in nickel at the LGS. Condition is about 95+%. The action locks up like a bank vault. I know they aren't real common in 2 inch, but what is a guesstimate on the value. They are asking $450 for it.

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I don't know but at 95% I'd buy it.

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Mike, AmVets Member, Navy Vet

That surely sounds like market price for someone that wants one.
No meat for a dealer. Best

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Mike 2796
SoFo Bunch member

Not planning on a resale, at least any time soon. Would be a shooter and maybe a nightstands gun.

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I was looking for 1 for a while. No luck! So, I finally gave in and bought a 10-5 RB snub. Really like it. At the last gun show I bought a 66-2, 2.5".
Anyway, I would be an instant buyer on the gun as you have described. They don't grow on trees! Bob

Buy it. Shoot it. Clean it.

Repeat steps 2 and 3 many times over.

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Mike
S&WCA #3065

They go for about 50% more than that on GB, usually a bit more for nickel.

If I found that gun for $450 I wouldn't have left the store without it.

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It would probably be about $100 more at my LGS.

I don't care for 2" barrels, but at $450, I could be tempted.

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John 3:16 .

I didn't care for 2" barrels, either, at least for shooting, until I got my first 2" Model 15.

72b40, do you own and shoot a 15-2 snub? You might want to try one. It's a 2" barreled gun that thinks it is a target pistol. Here's my 15-2 entry in our own Internet Snubby Match. That's two hands at 50 feet. .38 Special is by no means dead yet.

Stu

I honestly don't follow this reasoning at all. When it comes down to brass tacks, I do at least 90% of my shooting in my Models 27, 28 and 19 with .38 Special ammo, not with magnums. Not to mention that I own at least a couple dozen revolvers chambered for the .38 Special and they go out shooting with me more often than any of my magnums.

I don't think my practices, as noted above, are unusual among S&W shooters. In my experience many others do the same thing.

Besides, the Combat Masterpiece with either the 4" or the 2" barrel is a hoot to own and shoot. I love them both and lots of other men and women do also. $450 for a 2" CM, especially the -2 variant, is an excellent buy.

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Jack
SWCA #2475, SWHF #318

Stu1Ritter, I have to ask about the grips on your Mod 15.
They are very nice and would love to have a set for my Mod 19.
Who made or retails them? I don't have a mod 15 as yet but
tomorrow is a new day.

Steve

sholsclaw, the grips are Herrett's Ropers. I had wanted Troopers but the folks at Herrett's told me my hands weren't big enough for the Trooper (Bill Jordan had humongous hands).

Stu

I'd buy it at that price.

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Formerly know as Lucky Derby

Have you bought it yet????

Working on it.

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AJ, it is one of the nicest feeling and shooting snubs out there. I have a 19-3 snub and I prefer shooting the 15-2. Actually I have about a dozen snubs and the 15-2 is my favorite.

Stu

Stu,

I like snub nosed revolvers. Have had several over the years, Colt Cobras & Det. Specials, S&W 19, a 66and a 325. Now I have a 342, a 36,and a M27-2 3.5 inch. The M27 will sort of on the large size to be called a snub, but it is still my favorite.

AJ

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Will pick it up next week. Will haggle the price some..........The LGS owner owes me a favor or two.

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Just make sure that you actually buy it. A nickeled one at that price is not likely to show up again.

I will own it next week. It is already on the managers desk and out of the display case. Tomorrow I will discuss it with the owner as to just how much it will really cost me.

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It is not limited to the 15-2, it carries over to the 15-3 also. They just don't know they are not target guns.

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SWCA1967 SWHF244

I have a spare set of target grips that I may put on it.

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Talked with the owner this afternoon. Price will now be $ 375 + tax & call in fee. If my math is correct it will be $406.25. Will have to get a couple of pictures then. Also load some ammo for a range trip Thursday or Friday.

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Based on your description that is an excellent buy for an amazing revolver. My 15-4 with box and all the goodies.







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Nice piece.

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If I decide to carry this piece, can it handle +P+ or +p ammo? Would not make a steady diet of them. Will probably use my standard handload of a 148 grain cast lead WC and 3.0 grains of Bullseye.

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S&W says +P is OK.

+P+ is undefined.

I have never seen +P+ 38 special. +P's will be fine to shoot.

Bought it today. OTD price was $406.25. Will post some pictures once I figure out how to get them from phone to the computer.

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Here are the pictures: New to Me Model 15-3
I actually bought a 15-3, the tag had 15-2 on it.

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