Same here.

The fine print gotcha. Enjoy that Bulldog. If S&W was smart, it could have been one of their models.

I bought a new 686-6 6 inch barrel Deluxe and a new 625JM and love both of them.
The new one is the 6 inch barreled top one and the second on on the bottom 625JM.

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I bought a Model 640 .357 this past Saturday. My very first revolver and very first S&W.
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I cant remember the last time I purchased a new in the box S&W. Lately I have purchased a couple model 64 snubbies and pre model 36.

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For Christmas, I bought a PC 642 Talo edition. In April, I got a 4.1" GP100 .357 blue model. Both are SWEET shooters! Great out of the box triggers on each.

Joe

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Smith & Wesson Performance Center 500 Magnum with a full lugged 6.5" barrel. I LOVE shooting it, but even so, after 20 rounds I've had enough fun for one day.

I picked up a new 4 5/8" Ruger flat top .45 Colt/ACP (Lipsey special) about a month ago. I'm really liking the feel of the mid-frame SA.

4th of July Friday bought a new 4" 617-rapidly becoming one of my favorites.

A 586-4 advertised as LNIB but more like NIB! That's as close as I come to a "new" revolver.

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That is an absolutely beautiful gun..Nice find!

Funny, I've bought all my semi autos new, and all but one revolver used.

The only new wheel gun was a model 332. It sat there for a couple months in its presentation case and beautiful wood boot grips, a six shot j frame, the lightest ever, discontinued... until I couldn't take it anymore. I do however, kick myself constantly for coonfingering several 631 kit guns and not buying them. Curses.

Finally picked up some recent purchases now that they have been added to my pistol license. Here's the one I am carrying right now with 2 speed strips and a pair of speedloaders.

S&W Model 640: Bianchi Speed strips, and HKS 36 speedloader:

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Here is my all-time favorite 686, my newly acquired 686 Performance center 2.5":

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Scratch that, for I bought a new 442 last week.

Very nice! You're adding to my need to own one of these! Even though I recently put money down on a 642-1 Pro awaiting the purchase coupon for my pistol license, and already own a '96 442-1, I have the burning desire to add the new 442-1 Pro as well. Redundant? Yes. But when something is just so good there's no getting enough of it! Enjoy yours, it looks awesome!


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I just got another 642 and a Glock G30s.

So many want to play here regardless, but "whats your latest brand new revolver purchase? (sic)" means you bought a trigger lock S&W or something new a number of years ago. I, for one, don't need to hear about why no interest in recent years.

This.
I bought the same thing at the same time.
Have bought a couple of unfired Smiths and a Dan Wesson.
I like 1980s and older S&W revolvers better than newer ones.

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Two month ago I got my wife a Taurus 85. It's lightweight, shoots nice and is quite affordable. Today I sent it back to the factory... trigger guard is full of rust, plus the frame under the left grip panel. Shoots nice but not sure what to think of the quality of the bluing...

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After watching the history about Smith & Wesson on you tube and the history channel I'm very interested in the history from the 1800's all they way to present times with s&w revolvers. No matter which s&w revolver we own we get to touch a piece of history that goes back to the 1800's. S&W did most of the new designs with the self cartridges and they required the bored thru cylinder patents. S&W were leaders back then in the fire arms industry as they are today. It's about owning, shooting and holding a piece of history were there designs go back over a century or more. What's not to like about the new or old s&w guns. They stood the test of time. I own the older ones that tell me where they have been and the newer ones that tell me where they are today and where there going in the future.

I don't care about the trigger loc. I buy brand new s&w n frame revolvers because I will enjoy them till I leave this earth to the next life. My kids will inherit them and hopefully they will get passed on to my grandchildren and great grandchildren etc. They all will enjoy the seed that I planted. That's my plan.
I'm sure they all will thank me when they shoot them.

Owning new S&W is as American as hotdogs and moms fresh baked Apple pie. Be thankful that our S&W's are still made in the USA. I'm sure that Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson are looking down at us today and very happy to see what they started is continuing to today.

Ruger GP100 4" 38SPL
If I had known that S&W had the model 64 in production I would have gotten it instead
Now what to do trade the GP100 on a 64 or keep it and get a 64
Like the GP100 a lot but I have a 65-5 3" and like the K Frame fit and feel better

686-4, 4" purchased right before the lock started showing up. So I guess around 1999-2000.

I had to have one of these as I knew it would be indestructible at the range.I also had a Diamond D holster made for it and they made it perfect for a 7 shot.

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Model 67, purchased new in April, 2013

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My latest S&W was the Silver Governor, even though I have an early one I just loved the way this new one looks. A few days after this purchase I bought a Ruger Bearcat Shopkeeper. This was an impulse buy for once I had it in hand I didn't want to let it go.

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That Ruger is awesome.

It might be indestructible at the range, but I am afraid of snubs and real magnum ammo, like I would be the one destroyed at the range. I do fine with 357, 41, and 44 Magnums along with heavy loads of .45 Colt, as long as I have a 4-5" barrel and plenty of gun to absorb the shock.

Yours is a beauty. I'm just saying I don't feel it would be for everyone. Some may be coy about what ammo they actually shoot in 357s. It seems very common to use these guns as simply 38 Special that have the potential to shoot 357 Magnum. That is to the extent that many of the .38 Special-only models have been dropped.

I bought a 3" 686-5 pre-lock in 2000. The lock was already on some models when I bought it, and within a year all S&W revolvers had the lock. That's when I lost all interest in buying factory new S&W revolvers. It's not political (anymore) or practical. I just don't like the way it looks. If S&W did away with the lock, I'd probably be buying four to six new S&W revolvers every year.

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The last "new" firearm I bought was this
Smith & Wesson 627, 8 shot .357 Magnum.

Since January 2013:

1. Ruger LCR 357;

2. Heritage Rough Rider, 22lr / 22WMR 6 1/2" barrel,

3. Ruger Security Six, 357, Stainless, 4" barrel, c.1979;

4. Most recent, about a month ago, Smith and Wesson Model 360PD, 357, Scandium barrel, titanium cylinder, 2" snub nosed, from a pawn broker. The great thing about it was--it was $397 and some change out the door. This thing only weighs 12 oz. It lists for $1019.00 on the Smith web page. Needless to say this may be my buy of a lifetime.

That is what I have "bought lately!" LOL!

Cheers!

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NICE! Have they issued a warrant for you yet for that daylight robbery? I'd have whipped my wallet out of my pocket so fast it would have dislocated my shoulder if I'd have seen that price tag.

Latest new revolver. For S&W that would be a model 10 around 1984. I think I paid $180. I have bought a boat-load of S&W revolver since then, but they have all been used.

I did get a new-in-the-box Colt SAA in .357 in 1989. That would be my latest "new" revolver.

Oh, and I do not know how I forgot. I found a K Frame Smith, pre-Model 10, 38 special, 6 shot, 5 inch barrel, hand eject, built c.1925, at another pawn shop, for $200 this past February. Sweet shooter and great range gun.

Sorry about that!!??

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b san,

If you want to read the story about how I found and how I bought the little Smith Model 360 on this board you can go here. I think in retrospect it was quite unusual indeed! Enjoy:

357 Question for you experts?

Cheers!

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Ah yes I remember that thread and even posted in it, well done again on a great gun at a great price.

I bought this 629-6 Talo off GB late last year for $750.

Swapped out the grips and rubbed on it with some Mother's and here's the end result. The first time I took it to the range I mistakenly brought rounds loaded way hot for my lever action. Phew!! What a handful!!

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New 617 w/4" barrel, today.

With everybody getting all these revolvers can somebody tell me why my lgs has been trying to get m27 and m29 for me for a year now. He said the suppliers are always out
sorry jealous coming out

Uberti Horseman, 7 1/2" barrel, .357 magnum caliber.
It shoots very well, exactly where I aim. I am quite happy with it. Makes full house .357 loads pleasent to shoot.

My last new non-S&W revolver was a 4 5/8" stainless steel Ruger Single Six .22LR/.22Mag with adjustable sights. It's wasn't a normal catalog item, something Lipsey had for awhile in 2007-2008 (IIRC). Maybe they still do, I dunno. Up till then, the short "gun fighter" barrel Single Six in stainless with adjustable sights was kind of a rarity.

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This just came home with me about an hour ago.

Just purchased a pair of 686 CS 1's in 3" bbl. Keeping one, don't know about the second one.

Sir,

I was told by my LGS that Smith had shifted all of its resources away from the handgun market to the long-gun market.

FWIW category!

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386 XL.
It's my new backcountry carry.

Congratz and enjoy. I have same gun arriving next week. What .38s does it like to eat?

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Got a 686PC to go with it's big brother

My last 4 purchases have all been Ruger Revolvers.

SP101 with 2.25 Inch Barrel in 38 Special

SP101 with 3.06 Inch Barrel in 357 Magnum

Willy Clapp GP100 SS with 3 Inch Barrel.

GP100 SS with 3 Inch Barrel, Adjustable Rear Sight, and Quick Change Front Sight, in 38 Special.

Bob R

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