The 'unofficial' 58 Club

[cwo4uscgret]

I thought I had posted this one here...

Picked up at a Michigan (Birch Run) Gun Show in January for $700. No box but the original instruction sheet.

Talked down to $700. The s/n is N543xx.

 

[SAFireman]

Picked up at a Michigan (Birch Run) Gun Show in January for $700. No box but the original instruction sheet.

Talked down to $700. The s/n is N543xx.

Wow! that sure is a pretty one....my old nickel 58 shows a lot of love compared to that

I'm curious, do the grips number to the gun? They look like standard Magna's and not the PC Magna's that I was expecting.

Good find!

 

[Have gun-will travel]

58

Ok I've looked at all these photos and I am jealous.Does anyone have one for sale?I've been looking for one for 20 years .I found one ,bought it , took it home ,cleaned it and was going to load it up and shoot it.Well i put the first round in the chamber and the darn bullet went all the way threw the cylinder.Some idiot bored it out to 45 colt and the rifling was just about gone.So I took it back and got my money back .I tried calling S&W about a new cylinder and barrel .No luck.So gentlemen I'm still looking.Any help would be appreciated.

 

[LazyKB]

Me too.

Ditto what Have Gun said.

 

[SAFireman]

Ok I've looked at all these photos and I am jealous.Does anyone have one for sale?I've been looking for one for 20 years .I found one ,bought it , took it home ,cleaned it and was going to load it up and shoot it.Well i put the first round in the chamber and the darn bullet went all the way threw the cylinder.Some idiot bored it out to 45 colt and the rifling was just about gone.So I took it back and got my money back .I tried calling S&W about a new cylinder and barrel .No luck.So gentlemen I'm still looking.Any help would be appreciated.

Ditto what Have Gun said.

You boys ought to try a 'Want-To-Buy' ad here on the forum.....they are free! And that's where my two came from.

Best luck in your search.

 

[mkk41]

sorry, it just never existed.... maybe you should look @ the Lew Horton 657if you can find one.

Yes , I know. I was simply wishing out loud.

But until I find a beater/donor for such a project , I'm happy to have a 4in square-butt .41 like everyone else.

This one arrived earlier this week from Handejector. I'd put it in 98%. It's got a few beauty marks , but otherwise is perfect.

Can't wait to shoot it , but that's not gonna happen till I change the grips. I can't imagine firing any of my .41 magnum loads and holding onto these Magnas. Perhaps that's why it failed as a cop sidearm?
I have a set of Ahrends cocobolo boots grips on the way. Stiil , I think this fine '58 might see a normal diet of mid-loads in those .41 Special cases I got.

 

[SuperMan]

Ok I've looked at all these photos and I am jealous.Does anyone have one for sale?I've been looking for one for 20 years .I found one ,bought it , took it home ,cleaned it and was going to load it up and shoot it.Well i put the first round in the chamber and the darn bullet went all the way threw the cylinder.Some idiot bored it out to 45 colt and the rifling was just about gone.So I took it back and got my money back .I tried calling S&W about a new cylinder and barrel .No luck.So gentlemen I'm still looking.Any help would be appreciated.

..one day left to go for a nice one over on GunBroker...still at $560.00.

Bob

 

[Chubbs103]

In my unqualified opinion the price is a little high (although I paid nearly as much last year for one), but J&G has one...

Smith & Wesson Model 58 41Mag w/ 4 Inch Barrel, Used, Very Good Plus Condition. S&W

Chubbs

 

[SuperMan]

Condition on that J&G gun looks very nice to me.....

Bob

 

[SuperMan]

Another "interesting" 58 on GunBroker. Search Smith 58 and you will see a S-prefix nickel with TH/TT/and diamond Target stocks...would be interesting to see what it lettered...

Not many 58s for sale right now...Bob

 

[harley46580]

I keep having a recurring dream about buying one of the new classic models and having an action job, tyler t grip adaptor and gold bead front sight installed. Then taking it pig hunting!

 

[SuperMan]

Why not just buy an original? I have seen a bunch sell lately under what a new one costs....

The new ones are nice...I found a nickel in a shop, unfired, $500.00....sold it to a guy in Ca. who could not import an original without the IL...

Bob

 

[harley46580]

If and when I come across a shooter grade I'll buy it, I just hate to have a collector grade gun modified. If I wasn't such a sucker for the collectors I'd buy that pinto that was listed but the guilt from shooting it would keep me up all night I think.

 

[sabre]

I found this 58 at a gun store in Phoenix several years ago. The store owner commented that he didn't know why anyone would want a fixed sight 41 mag - I was happy to take it off his hands for $350.00. It's seen some use and is not perfect but it shoots straight and still looks good to me

It originally shipped to Phoenix in 1970 (the grips are not original and I think are newer than the gun).

58 with a well used 10-8

 

[Mike Q.]

sabre-

That is a nice gun at a great price. A few years back I picked up a 58 in similar condition for $425, and I considered myself very lucky. It was actually in the Phoenix area too!

Respectfully,

Mike Q.

 

[SuperMan]

Gentlemen,

GREAT threads indeed. I found a 1967-vintage M58 that was gently used. I traded a Wilson Combat custom Colt Gov't Model for it. I've wanted one for almost 30 years.

I sent it off to Dan Printz (danthegunman.com - Home) for his high polish blue. It's at my local SoCal smith getting put back together. I have an extra N-Frame bobbed DAO hammer with a countoured/polished trigger. I also have the original
.265" service trigger.

When it's done, I will have a set of Magnas with a T-Grip or a set of Don Collins custom Boot Grips in Indian Cocobolo.

I have come back to the .41 Magnum after a hiatus of 25+ years. Good cartridge. I like mine around 950-1000 fps with a hard cast 210 grain Keith-type SWC.

I think the M58 really shines as a backpacker's or horseman's gun. Yeah, I know they're heavy, but to paraphrase Clint Smith: "A gun should be COMFORTING...not comfortable."

The power level that one can use covers a wide spectrum. For serious business, I have Speer God Dots @1200 fps. Probably too much of a good thing, but who cares.

They're wonderful guns...no matter WHO you are. You can't argue with their utility. Just my $.02!

...so is your "project" done yet??? Pics Man Pics!!!!


Bob

 

[SAFireman]

Great 58 Sabre!

I found this 58 at a gun store in Phoenix several years ago. The store owner commented that he didn't know why anyone would want a fixed sight 41 mag - I was happy to take it off his hands for $350.00. It's seen some use and is not perfect but it shoots straight and still looks good to me

It originally shipped to Phoenix in 1970 (the grips are not original and I think are newer than the gun).

That is a fine specimen and I really like the holster that goes with it. At today's prices, you stole it!


Yup, the store owner was right....NOBODY wants a fixed sight revolver. In the future, he can forward them all to me

 

[Charlie Foxtrott]

You people are bad people to hang out with!

I picked this one up saturday at the Hillsville Virginia gun show. Eight bills cash and carry. It is pretty clean with a little bit of holster wear on the end of the barrel. Otherwise it is clean as a whistle. I was a little concerned at first as the barrel was pretty leaded up. Somebody was trying to send lead bullets out of it way too fast. Anyway I finally got it clean and the gun is really clean and tight. The serial # S2584XX puts it as a 1966 gun. I think that eight bills is a little high but you do not see these for sale very often. And I am not going to miss a lot of sleep over the price. I usually try to take my pictures in sunlight. However it is raining here so this is the best that I could do.

 

[JSR III]

I'm in. Picked one up earlier this year for $850 shipped. First year production.

 

[Dump1567]

New in the box Classic