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Trio of 24-3's.
I finally received my 3" Lew Horton 24-3 from my brother. Now, I have one of each barrel length, 3", 4", and 6 1/2". All are NIB or ANIB (I don't know if any of them have been fired). Given the low production numbers for these guns, I'm pretty excited about this. Approximate shipping numbers are 5,000 for the 3" Lew Horton Special, 2,625 for the 4", and 4,875 for the 6 1/2". This is per the SCSW.
The 3" version is a solid little gun. It's my first S&W with a barrel shorter than 4". Pretty cool! I also bought the 24-3 holster that shipped with approximately 1,000 of these guns.
I have lots of holes in my collection. This is my first "set".
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Sweet, nice set! I remember those in the shotgun news, for real good prices. Another woulda, shoulda, coulda!
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Just the one 4" 24-3. They are purty, aren't they?
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Thanks!
I wish I had bought a bunch of S&W's years ago. I just hope that I'm not buying at the top of the curve now.
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Just the one 4" 24-3. They are purty, aren't they?
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Pretty neat guns, for sure. You've got the scarcest one of the bunch.
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04-28-2012, 08:01 PM
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What a trio of beauties in a favorite caliber.
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They are very handsome, congratulations
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Thank you.
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Great looking trio you have there.
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Now that is just too cool! Thank's for shareing that great set.
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That's friggin awesome man. Congratulations and good job. Small sets like that are a blast to complete. My only set is the three Masterpiece's. You should get each of those guns lettered.
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Thanks!
I edited my first post to add the estimated production numbers.
It would be cool to have letters for these. What's $150 for a $2,400 investment?
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Welcome to the Club! There's not a lot of people that can lay claim to a set of NIB 24-3's, it took me 25 years of working, looking and then just being lucky enough to finally complete the set.
Now you'll find the hard part is resisting the tempation to fire them, best way to manage it is to get a couple of 624's and fire them as surrogates.
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Welcome to the Club! There's not a lot of people that can lay claim to a set of NIB 24-3's, it took me 25 years of working, looking and then just being lucky enough to finally complete the set.
Now you'll find the hard part is resisting the tempation to fire them, best way to manage it is to get a couple of 624's and fire them as surrogates.
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Thank you. Have you ever taken a picture of your set? I'd like to see it if you have.
I may need to pick up a 624 shooter. The closest thing that I have is a 28-2 and it's not a .44.
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Those are nice! Good investment there !
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Wow! Those are amazing. Good for you. I'm always looking for a 4" shooter grade gun.
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Those are nice. I like the Model 24s too. Thanks for sharing with us.
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Thank you for the comments.
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Beautiful trio of .44's! Thanks for sharing, ... and good pics.
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Beautiful trio of guns there. Is it just me or does anyone else fall in love with whichever one you're currently looking at?
Gosh they're gorgeous. So blue-blackey and shiny. Since it rains anywhere from 65 - 140" where I frequent, I am of necessity a stainless steel kind of guy, and I'm a shooter... I'd use and abuse such a trio in no time. So really, they are better in your hands than mine. Congratulations all the same. Clean Break
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Many years ago, a friend unexpectedly passed away. His wife asked me to help sell his reloading tools and supplies. I, together with a mutual friend, inventoried everything and sold them at the club for a good price.
Someone else had priced his guns for sale. Among his handguns was a model 24 with 6.5" barrel. It had been handled by a bunch of people without being wiped off. It was covered with light rust. The wife offered to give me the Model 24 for my help. I refused explaining that I won't buy or accept anything from a friends estate. I didn't then nor do I now want to get a reputation for taking advantage of a friend's demise.
Since someone else had set the price (and it was in line) I eventually bought it, rust and all. I immediately sent it back to the factory for a reblue. It is a shooter and a GOOD shooter:
Yep, I still have it...
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I finally received my 3" Lew Horton 24-3 from my brother. Now, I have one of each barrel length, 3", 4", and 6 1/2". All are NIB or ANIB
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Wow, sweet assortment of M24s!
Do you plan on shooting them, or are they just for your collection?
I hope you plan on shooting them, a lot!
These are some of the sweetest shooting revolvers that S&W has ever made, in my opinion, of course
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Am envious- congrats on a superb trio of 24s
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I always wanted one in four inch,and yours looks great.
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Wow, sweet assortment of M24s!
Do you plan on shooting them, or are they just for your collection?
I hope you plan on shooting them, a lot!
These are some of the sweetest shooting revolvers that S&W has ever made, in my opinion, of course
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I haven't shot these. I have other shooters, so most of my Smiths are safe queens.
From what I have read recently, that little holster is probably worth a bit. I haven't checked.
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Nice trio of M24's in 44 special. Thanks for sharing. Frank
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Man those are just beautiful.
Several years ago, I bought a 4" Model 24-3, with the box and papers. It had been fired, so I didn't mind shooting it a few times.
Then I lot my job, and had to sell off most of my gun collection. I think that Model 24 was the one I hated to sell the most. When I listed it, it didn't last ten minutes on the local gun trader board. I figured I'd never see another one.
But I did.
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