What was your first new-bought S&W revolver?
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31FordA
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That would’ve been spring 1996. I read the same or similiar article in “Guns & Ammo” or “Peterson’s Handguns” on the limited production .45 Colt Mountain Gun. My dad and I used to discuss how S&W should build a .45 Colt Mountain Gun, so there was no way I was not going to buy one.
4" Model 19. 1980 or 1981. Blew it up in 1997.
My second was a 2" Model 10. Bought maybe a year later. Still with me!
My second was a 2" Model 10. Bought maybe a year later. Still with me!
wiskerchew
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Model 19 w/ 4in barrel about 1982 in New Orleans at a gun show. Outstanding revolver. Passed it on to my son a few years ago. Now I have a 19 in 2.5in - 4in - & 6in in my collection.. My favorite model by far
S&W Model 19 4" Combat Magnum in September 1981. Cool name for a young guy and beautiful but amazingly inaccurate with every load I tried. Around $210 as I remember.
A few months later traded it for a mint 4" 1978 28-2 Highway Patrolman with a sublime action and some ammo. Great accuracy. I still have the 28 and it looks as good as the day I got it. What a revolver.
A few months later traded it for a mint 4" 1978 28-2 Highway Patrolman with a sublime action and some ammo. Great accuracy. I still have the 28 and it looks as good as the day I got it. What a revolver.
A model 63 in 1978, sight unseen. I went in the store asking for a small .22 handgun to carry in the woods. The store owner said S&W was just coming out with the model 63 and it would be what I wanted. I carried it everywhere. I still have it but don't shoot it often. I crossed over to the other side and picked up a Colt woodsman first series sport model that is hard to leave behind.
Dogbone44Spl
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My first new S&W was a 29-2 6 1/2" . $ 289.00 out the door at Security Equipment in Honolulu. It's in my safe with the case and the shipping box. I had some loads that were equiv. to hot .44 Spl. that were a lot of fun to shoot.
First revolver was a Model 36 2" inherited. First purchased revolver was a used Model 14-4 8 3/8 inch. First new revolver was a Model 625-3 ---- I haven't worn any of them out yet. I do have a story about a Model 5904 that I did not keep too long and was the funding for the 625 purchase...
I bought a 36-9 for my wife back in 1999. Naturally she liked my Colt Cobra better.
reloader357
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Mod 28 1977
My first NIB Smith was a Mod 28 in about 1977. Knew nothing about dashes and such then. I think it was about 175,00 at OG Wilson catalog showroom in Springfield, MO. My wife and I picked it up along with a box of factory shells, and headed to the range (outdoor). Having only had 22 lr till then, I cranked off 6 rounds with no hearing protection. Couldn't hear a thing for a week. Now, 43 years later, the same wife says I can't hear a thing.
My first NIB Smith was a Mod 28 in about 1977. Knew nothing about dashes and such then. I think it was about 175,00 at OG Wilson catalog showroom in Springfield, MO. My wife and I picked it up along with a box of factory shells, and headed to the range (outdoor). Having only had 22 lr till then, I cranked off 6 rounds with no hearing protection. Couldn't hear a thing for a week. Now, 43 years later, the same wife says I can't hear a thing.
ggibson511960
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M-14
My first was a retail, NIB M-14 I bought in Spring 1975 for a whopping $148. It didn't have TT, TH or TS, but these were easily added as in those days you could buy all that stuff in blister packs for $15 each. I installed the TT & TH on my kitchen table with the official S&W slotted screwdriver. I had not heard that it took meticulous fitting by a gunsmith. Breaks like a thin glass rod. It is my most "experienced" S&W. It's yet to have a factory round in a charge hole. I've never fired a single jacketed round through it, only lead 148 gr. lead HBWC's over 2.8 gr or BE. It's a nice 45 year rut to be in.
My first was a retail, NIB M-14 I bought in Spring 1975 for a whopping $148. It didn't have TT, TH or TS, but these were easily added as in those days you could buy all that stuff in blister packs for $15 each. I installed the TT & TH on my kitchen table with the official S&W slotted screwdriver. I had not heard that it took meticulous fitting by a gunsmith. Breaks like a thin glass rod. It is my most "experienced" S&W. It's yet to have a factory round in a charge hole. I've never fired a single jacketed round through it, only lead 148 gr. lead HBWC's over 2.8 gr or BE. It's a nice 45 year rut to be in.
AManWearingAHat
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Never been the first to pull the trigger on one of my Smith and Wesson's yet! All used
My first new S&W was also the first brand new gun I ever bought. in 1965 I bought a Model 53, 6" barrel for $126 and some change. I traded a very nice nickle Colt Scout and paid $5.00 a month for a long time as a college senior. Still have it in the original box and it will never be sold.
Octagun
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My first new-bought S&W was a model 317 Airlight that I bought myself for my 21st birthday. It wasn’t only my first S&W but was also the first handgun I’d ever owned. I had only shot airguns prior to this purchase and coming from a family that wasn’t into the shooting sports I quickly came to the realization I knew absolutely nothing about revolvers or guns in general. It was this inadequacy that drove me to start reading books and magazines on guns and ammo to learn anything and everything I could. That little gun might not be with me anymore but it did create something that I still carry 20 years later.
sarg1c
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My first new Revolver was a S&W 637 Airweight.It wasn't my first S&W revolver, but it was the first one I ever bought brand new. Some friends of mine and I often went out on the desert near Phoenix to shoot. I had a S&W Model 1950 .45 ACP I had purchased at a pawn shop, because it used ammo I had plenty of after my Army service.
Two of them had Model 28s, and the advantage in range and power the .357 guns offered over my .45 were impressive to me.
I went and traded off the Model 1950 (wish I hadn't done that) for a brand new 6" Model 28-2 - of course I had to throw in some cash. I was now in the magnum business, and had to start reloading to afford to keep this new gun in ammo.
I soon traded the factory magnas for a previously-modified set of coke smooth targets - very comfortable. I affixed a trigger shoe to give a better-feeling single action pull. I loved that gun.
When my father told me he was in the market for a house gun, I recommended a Model 28, but in the handier 4" configuration. I picked one out for him, and we often went out shooting together.
Today, I have retained both of those guns. This one is my first new-bought S&W. I bought it in early 1967.
What was yours, and do you still have it?
John
SuperMan
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Summer 1970...I was 18 and had just graduated high school. Because of the 68 Gun Control Act I could own a handgun, conceal carry a handgun (In Connecticut) but could no longer BUY a handgun...so my father signed for me...that would probably land the both of us in jail today as a "straw purchase"...
Bought two the same day...a blue Model 19 4" and a matching 18... I remember one of them was $89 but not which one...
The 18 was sold to a friend in 1974 when I found a Model 53 with the extra rimfire cylinder.
The 19 was sold in 1980 after I had switched over to a 1911 in .38 Super. It had 20k rounds through it and in 1978 I won my division in the only police PPC match I ever shot...everyone else was using a heavy barrel PPC built gun. The gun had been changed to nickel in about 1975 when I brought it back to the factory to be tuned up after the first 10k rounds... Still had the original box and paperwork. The front sight had been left blue and the red insert changed to yellow... Always wondered where it may be now...
Bob
Bought two the same day...a blue Model 19 4" and a matching 18... I remember one of them was $89 but not which one...
The 18 was sold to a friend in 1974 when I found a Model 53 with the extra rimfire cylinder.
The 19 was sold in 1980 after I had switched over to a 1911 in .38 Super. It had 20k rounds through it and in 1978 I won my division in the only police PPC match I ever shot...everyone else was using a heavy barrel PPC built gun. The gun had been changed to nickel in about 1975 when I brought it back to the factory to be tuned up after the first 10k rounds... Still had the original box and paperwork. The front sight had been left blue and the red insert changed to yellow... Always wondered where it may be now...
Bob
Model19man
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My first was a nickel 6" Combat Magnum Model 19-5. I purchased it from the Rockett Pistol Parlor in Rockett, TX. I think the price was around $275 out the door, cash of course. This would have been about 1985. It was stolen along with a lot of other guns from my apartment a few years later. The NRA insurance sure came in handy!
Richard Simmons
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Though I’ve acquired quite a few NIB or LNIB Smith & Wesson’s over the decades there are only two that I am the original owner of. The Thunder Ranch model 22 and the Lew Horton model 25-14.
Both of which happened to be chambered in 45 ACP.
Both of which happened to be chambered in 45 ACP.
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