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63-3 Lew Horton
I recently purchased a model 63-3 2". The end label on the original box says "Horton Spec." but the SC of Smith & Wesson 3rd edition states that the Lew Horton's were 63-2. Product code is 102405 which is correct for the Lew Horton's. Any ideas?
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What's the s/n and Spec. Ord. number? Does the gun have any unusual features?
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08-05-2017, 02:22 PM
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s/n BDY1243 Spec. Ord. 9178 Thanks, Bob
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63-3, 2-inch:
I once had 2 of those and now down to one.
The first one I ordered when I had a FFL. The 2nd one I acquired from a collector unfired and I passed it on in same condition when needing money for my current house. I kept the one I ordered.
Seems like they may have been a RSR special edition............ or somebody's special edition????.
*(Don't hold me to this as I have swallowed way too much river water from falling in while fly fishing for almost 7 decades).
Someone enlighten me if I am wrong............. but I have had a couple of RSR guns go through my hands over the years including a NIB 60-1 w/ adj. rear sight and 2 inch barrel.
Y'all take care, Bo
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Just checked box of the one I still have:
Serial: CBR99xx
Product Code: 104000
Spec. Ord.: 7038
To satisfy my own curiosity (and failing memory), was this an RSR offering, Horton, or..........????
Thanks from the land of Moonshine and Many Copperheads.
Bo
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I received a factory letter from Lew Horton today stating my 63-3 is indeed one of the 500 Lew Horton 63 snubbies. It was received at Lew Horton's July 1989 from Smith & Wesson. So I guess not all the 63 Lew Horton's were 63-2's.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BoCash
Someone enlighten me if I am wrong............. but I have had a couple of RSR guns go through my hands over the years including a NIB 60-1 w/ adj. rear sight and 2 inch barrel.
Y'all take care, Bo
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The model 60s with adjustable sights, #102405, were made for Ashland Shooters Supply, Ashland , Ohio!
The product code #104000 guns were made as standard production. The new product flier I have states "special production run of 1000. Available in March of 1991".
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The model 60s with adjustable sights, #102405, were made for Ashland Shooters Supply, Ashland , Ohio!....
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We know some 102405's have been lettered by Lew Horton. They say they sold 500. With study, it may be possible to differentiate a LH from a Ashland base on ship dates and s/n prefixes.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jcelect
The model 60s with adjustable sights, #102405, were made for Ashland Shooters Supply, Ashland , Ohio!
The product code #104000 guns were made as standard production. The new product flier I have states "special production run of 1000. Available in March of 1991".
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jcelect, been a long time since I visited Ashland, need make a trip to "THE FIN" Have a good day....
from Ashland,KY....
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You may have a long wait...it appears Ashland went out of business sometime in the 1990s. The company that owned the name has been inactive for 12 years...
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Is there a serial number range for these. I see both 63-2 & 63-3 were Lew Hortons...
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Is there a serial number range for these. I see both 63-2 & 63-3 were Lew Hortons...
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You may be out of luck, Lew Horton also went out of business and S & W may not know. Perhaps a Forum member has a Lew Horton letter on one of these?
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