My first 3" - just picked it up this afternoon. Model 60

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This is me shooting my 686 Plus 3" with friend's Silhouette loads.

Video of 686 Plus 3" being shot DA

My newest aquisition compliments of "Gumby".

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Wow, Very nice assortment of 3" Guns !
Here is one that I bought last month, and a few more.......

A couple are under 3" but not by much!

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Just took this photo today; my old LAPD DAO 3" off-duty gun and a 5" 10-5. My two favorites for weekly practice.
Bob

What a great Old thread!.... Great pics

Another 3-inch fan here.
Only a few here, but they're among my favorites.
From small to large:






...and one "outsider:

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US Army '72-'95

3" Model 657 (no dash) .41 Magnum

Just a pic of "Ol Noisy". 629-1 Love the 3"ers

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Here's mine, 547 and 65.

This is an "old but good" thread. Looking through it, there are some really nice examples of the 3" genre.

Frankly, I have never been a real fan of barrels that short (I consider the
4" barrel to be a "proper" shorty LOL). However, when the 3" target sighted Chief Special hit the market, I lusted after one. At the next large gun show in Indy, I found the 60-4 was available and picked it up. I was not expecting terrific performance but discovered I could shoot this baby pretty dern good. Scoring in the high nineties on the Timed fire target at 25 yards was commonplace. It really opened my eyes to the possibility of these little shorties.

It soon became a frequent companion on my woods walks and I took a number of cottontails, snowshoe rabbits, and grouse. It was the perfect sidekick to my birdgun. You hardly knew it was there until you needed it (all sitting rabbits and grouse as well as the occasional wounded grouse). I stuffed it full of solid wadcutters (home cast, of course) and was "good to go".

When the Kimber CDP-II came my way with the 3" barrel, I grabbed it. My first trip to the range, I fired 10 shots at the timed fire target at 25 yards and the worst shot was a nine (more than one, you understand but half or more were tens). My shooting buddies and I both were amazed. So, an old fart had to admit that these had real utility value along with their compactness. Who said old dogs cannot learn new tricks:





My favorite short guns remain those with 4" barrels, but...

Dale53

Got 3 in the collection.

64-3


696


624

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OK, for you Pace, belatedly.....





Here's a few other old pics of the three inch K frames in the collection:






Here's a couple threads showing various 3" K frame models:

Informal Pictorial Essay - 3 inch K frames - Part 1 - 38 Special Models

Informal Pictorial Essay - 3 inch K frames - Part 2 - 9mm & 357 Mag Models

Informal Case Study on the 3” barrel M&P/ Model 10 variants…

Lots of dups shown in the various old photos above...

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Here's my SW1911 Pro Series.

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Does the rotary dial phone still work??

Following SmithNut's collection seems pointless - but what the heck!



Then there is my oldest 3"-er... my 10.5 yr old 696-1, shown with the 63 above.



Stainz

Smith Nut I am drooling.... How about those N frame's to make my day.

Eric