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Scored an engraved Model 58 today!Updated with Hi Res photos
I was looking for something a little different in a M58 and spotted this being auctioned today at Rock Island Auctions.
I was fortunate to win the auction and it will soon be on its way!
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That's more than a little different but I like it. Congratulations
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congrats. that is a beauty. love the grips. the engraving is fantastic. a bit unlike other engraved guns I've seen. don't know anything about engraved guns but that is one beautiful mdl 58. krs
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I would 'speculate' that it's not factory only because I can't recall a lettered engraved 58 showing up on the forum.
Maybe the others will chime in.
It is a beauty!!!.
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I would 'speculate' that it's not factory only because I can't recall a lettered engraved 58 showing up on the forum.
Maybe the others will chime in.
It is a beauty!!!.
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Agree. I don't expect that it is factory.
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Congrats!!! Always fun to pick up a gun that because of the engraving is One of One.  
Thanks for sharing
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Be sure to post that one over on the 58 Club. It will be the first engraved 58 to be posted if my feeble memory serves....
Neat gun!
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Be sure to post that one over on the 58 Club. It will be the first engraved 58 to be posted if my feeble memory serves....
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Thanks.
Where is that?
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Thanks.
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Here - The 'unofficial' 58 Club
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TY.
I posted at your link but seems like it is not a different forum but just a comment thread on this one?
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TY.
I posted at your link but seems like it is not a different forum but just a comment thread on this one?
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Chris,
The 58 club is a thread in the 1961-1980 S&W forum. It is a place for 58 owners to post their pictures, share pet loads, and swap some stories. Even folks who do not own a 58 yet are welcome to come and participate. It was this S&W forum that got me interested in the model 58's even though I had owned Smith & Wessons for many years - I had never heard of, or seen a model 58. Now I own several
Yours is really quite neat. I can't wait to see what Roy Jinks has to say about it. We have a lot of factory engraved guns (and several experts on such), but I can't say that any of them have seen a factory engraved model 58. It would be super cool (and valuable) if it was done at S&W.
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That is just a fantastic piece....congratulations....
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I saw that revolver in person during the preview before the auction. It is very nicely done! Congratulations!
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I saw that revolver in person during the preview before the auction. It is very nicely done! Congratulations!
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That is great to hear!
TY.
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Very, very nice addition. You said you were looing for a .41, and here it is, a shiny one, too! I never saw such a pretty M58....
Congratulations!
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Chris,
Yours is really quite neat. I can't wait to see what Roy Jinks has to say about it. We have a lot of factory engraved guns (and several experts on such), but I can't say that any of them have seen a factory engraved model 58. It would be super cool (and valuable) if it was done at S&W.
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I'm learning from another thread that the factory engraved guns have the trademark on the left side.
In the two photos I have I don't see a trademark on either side.
I will inspect it closer when I have it and will be ordering a letter.
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Very nice! Congratulations! Cool to have a "1 of a kind"
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It looks like the trademark is on the side plate.
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3 inch engraved M-58
Previously posted here but probably not in the club, this 3 inch engraved Model 58 belongs to Joe Kent. My picture, however.
It was one of a series of self-defense style handguns the original owner had customized and engraved in a common theme.
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LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
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I can just about imagine what that beautiful piece must have cost in Dog Dollars.
Well done
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I can still afford to feed the dog so all good.
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I was asked for Hi Res photos.
Here is the Dropbox link.
Dropbox - M58 - Simplify your life
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Beautiful gun...
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That gold fill must have taken forever. It is truly a work of art. The only thing that I don't get is the gold wash on the hammer and trigger, they spent a lot of time and effort everywhere else, but the hammer and trigger get a wash treatment....maybe I am missing something? or is the light playing tricks on my eyes?
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That gold fill must have taken forever. It is truly a work of art. The only thing that I don't get is the gold wash on the hammer and trigger, they spent a lot of time and effort everywhere else, but the hammer and trigger get a wash treatment....maybe I am missing something? or is the light playing tricks on my eyes?
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Yes, it is a wash for some reason.
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Chris,
It is a great piece regardless. I would be proud to own it (and then promptly case color the hammer & trigger).
Thanks for taking the time to post the full-size pics, you could always start an album here on the forum to reduce reliance on 3rd party sites.
Take care.
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Thanks, Scott.
Down the road I will set up some albums.
Good thought on the case hardening.
Have to consider that!
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When I see a smith engraved like that, I wish I studied that instead of Automotive Technology. It only took me 40 years to be very good at that.
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