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TheHobbyist
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No pictures, but I recently picked up a 4" 629 pre lock for $775.00. Very fair deal to me. Thought it was a price I would have paid 5 years ago. Very happy. Now one of these days i need to take it out on our farm here and sight it in. Probably after deer season.
I'll limit my remarks to the OP's question - I have a number of 2" K frames (see my albums), I even turned a 4" M64 into a 2" K frame this past year - but it wasn't cheap when it was all said and done. He didn't ask about J frames or other brands but, even though I have such, they're none of them recent acquisitions, and that's what the OP asked about.
That said - I have a 2" Model 19 coming. I don't expect it to be expensive because it was very much broken, S&W refused to repair it, but my LGS/gunsmith couldn't bear to allow it to be broken so he's slowly but surely fixing it. A 2" Model 19 is a rare find so I'm excited about it.
However, since it was broken and rebuilt, I don't think it has collector value. Therefore, I am going to let the other gunsmith do to it some of what I had done to the customized Model 64 - relieved trigger guard, checkered backstrap, maybe an action job if it needs it, but no Cerakote or work on the stocks and no engraving. Stay tuned - another snubbie K frame is headed my way!
Glad you asked!
That said - I have a 2" Model 19 coming. I don't expect it to be expensive because it was very much broken, S&W refused to repair it, but my LGS/gunsmith couldn't bear to allow it to be broken so he's slowly but surely fixing it. A 2" Model 19 is a rare find so I'm excited about it.
However, since it was broken and rebuilt, I don't think it has collector value. Therefore, I am going to let the other gunsmith do to it some of what I had done to the customized Model 64 - relieved trigger guard, checkered backstrap, maybe an action job if it needs it, but no Cerakote or work on the stocks and no engraving. Stay tuned - another snubbie K frame is headed my way!
Glad you asked!
A $250 finish challenged Model 10-7 that has been doing nightstand duty for years with a set of CT laser grips on it.
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The Colt is an Army Special .38.
The 10-5 looks a lot better in person. My photo fu is no good.
The Colt was already chopped when I bought it.
I got it cheap.
The Smith set me back $425, IIRC. It was unfired, after the factory test fire. I took it's virginity. It's a sweet shooter.
Don't have a pic of my 66-2 2.5"
In the picture, the 10-5 looks like the barrel is a different color than the frame. In reality, it is not.
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DevilDog72
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I am currently on the hunt for one just like this one for the wife.... maybe I can get my 642 back if I can locate one. That said I am not in any hurry... willing to wait for a good deal.
I am currently on the hunt for one just like this one for the wife.... maybe I can get my 642 back if I can locate one. That said I am not in any hurry... willing to wait for a good deal.
leeallen
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I carried the Nickel Plate on my ankle for years as a backup gun. The blued revolver was department issue in the early to mid 80's when I was in the Detective Bureau. I bought it when the dept went to new guns. It is stamped E.P.D. The .44 is new in the box unfired and I'm guessing is well over 25 years old.
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Were you wearing a mask at the time or can he identify you in court? Way to go!
The first duty gun issued to me as a young detective back in 1972 was a Model 10 and I have had a love for them ever since. I have gone through a couple over the years and now am down to just one k-frame CCW. Some may say it is not a snub nose however for me it is a perfect k-frame carry gun. Yes it is a Model 65 and yes I carry magnum ammo in it and yes it has a 3" barrel but it is my favorite "snubbie".
I have to agree, as my favorite K frame is also a 3" Model 65!
29aholic
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Back in the mid to late 80's PPC was still popular and the M&P 38 was the gun to build one on. I bet I have bought dozens of them, including snubbies for $75-$100 to ship to builders like Clark to build PPC guns out of.
Of course back then I had about three dozen pre and post war Heavy Duties I couldn't give away. Same goes for Model 58's
Of course back then I had about three dozen pre and post war Heavy Duties I couldn't give away. Same goes for Model 58's
Bikes
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Traded for this last winter......came with a Lawrence chamois lined holster.....I like it....
OK, here's one of my favorite snubbies: a modified 25-2 in 45acp. Left the factory in Oct. 1974. Conversion is possibly an early Austin Behlert but is unmarked.The hammer has been rounded; the trigger smoothed and thinned, the grip frame converted to round butt K frame and a lock added to the crane to replace the removed ejector rod lock under the barrel and barrel shortened to 2.7". The action is as smooth as warm butter...
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DocB
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Bikes. . .that Lawrence chamois lined holster is so rare. When I was a kid in 1960 I ordered one. It is the only one I have ever seen in person. Let the holster go with the gun some years later. Needless to say the holster is worth much more today than the gun I bought it for.
I like the grip wear on that combined with the high point holster wear. Get a nice '70s era holster for that with about the same amount of "been there, done that" to complete the package.
Don't know where to start. Can only K frame Snubbies play? Well, here's a 2" post war .38 M&P which shipped April of 1949:
But I am also partial to the little guys. Here is a "Pre model 30" shipped out in August of 1954...you could call it an improved I frame .32 Hand Ejector:
How about a .22? Here's a 34-1 that I picked up this year:
Well, I was in a LGS earlier this summer, and this little cutie followed me home...a 640-1:
To be perfectly honest, I can't remember when I bought this 340 PD... But it is my most carried handgun:
All of these were purchased in 2016, (I think)...I'll be back later with some more. Just returned from a conference/seminar, not organized yet.
Best Regards, Les
But I am also partial to the little guys. Here is a "Pre model 30" shipped out in August of 1954...you could call it an improved I frame .32 Hand Ejector:
How about a .22? Here's a 34-1 that I picked up this year:
Well, I was in a LGS earlier this summer, and this little cutie followed me home...a 640-1:
To be perfectly honest, I can't remember when I bought this 340 PD... But it is my most carried handgun:
All of these were purchased in 2016, (I think)...I'll be back later with some more. Just returned from a conference/seminar, not organized yet.
Best Regards, Les
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Les, if that pre 30 had '90s sights and my Tyler T-grip on it, I would leave my Model 36 at home.
