Engine49guy
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Engine49guy replied to the thread Pre 17 dilemma. Which would you keep?.Im finding it difficult to detect a refinish. Is it my imagination or is the top one in the pic of them together missing the rear sight ? -
Nice gun, looks original to me. To give you a frame of reference, in Dec, 2014, I won Lee Jarrett's Auction and I paid $3,250 for the...
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For what it's worth, as an employee (1973-1978) at Ashland Shooting Supplies in Ohio, a large Smith & Wesson distributor, the very...
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Engine49guy reacted to Rock185's post in the thread Earliest Stainless Steel S&W Revolvers with
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I can recall the first ad I saw for the model 60; must have been in '65. IIRC, outdoorsman with a canoe, wet environment, etc. In early... -
Engine49guy reacted to two-bit cowboy's post in the thread Earliest Stainless Steel S&W Revolvers with Like.
Howdy, Bill, Thank you very much for sharing this nugget. I'd not heard the story before so I changed my post about the Model 60 to...
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Engine49guy replied to the thread Earliest Stainless Steel S&W Revolvers.The initial run of model 60's had SS internals which resulted in gauling. They changed to the case colored ones briefly then to the...
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Engine49guy replied to the thread Earliest Stainless Steel S&W Revolvers.While I don't not know if the Model 64 or Model 66 was introduced first or if they shipped at the same time IIRC the earliest Model 66's...
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The first S&W revolvers made of stainless steel were a batch of twenty completed in 1960 to test the concept of a revolver made of...
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Engine49guy replied to the thread 38/44 Outdoorsman turned poor man’s 3.5 inch non-RM.Have this 1954 short action pre Model 23 that wears a 4" Reg Mag barrel and KB large medallion grips. Reminds me that I need to find an...
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Engine49guy reacted to GLL's post in the thread 38/44 Outdoorsman turned poor man’s 3.5 inch non-RM with Like.
Steve Harris handed this one to me several years ago at Tulsa. Jerry
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Engine49guy reacted to MG34/bar's post in the thread 38/44 Outdoorsman turned poor man’s 3.5 inch non-RM with Like.
Looks just like mine, which is S696XX, letters to September, 1946 sent to Sloan Sporting Goods, New York City. My 3.5” barrel looks...
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Engine49guy reacted to Casual Smith Nut's post in the thread 38/44 Outdoorsman turned poor man’s 3.5 inch non-RM with Like.
Some better outdoor pics wearing service stocks. Also fits this holster pretty well. Not sure what the holster was originally made for.
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Engine49guy reacted to Casual Smith Nut's post in the thread 38/44 Outdoorsman turned poor man’s 3.5 inch non-RM with Like.
This is how it came to me.
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Engine49guy reacted to mikepriwer's post in the thread One of 10 survivors of 5000 C-frame 2" Model 73 revolvers with Like.
The C-frame was sized between a J frame, and a K-frame; something very close to a Colt Detective Special. In 1973, S&W had plans to...
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Engine49guy reacted to steelslaver's post in the thread IS THERE A BIG SHOT ON HERE THAT CAN CALL S&W TO SHIP OUT A LOAD OF 617 MOUNTAIN GUNS with Like.
If someone here could call up and get a run of certain guns made, it probably won't be a model in 22lr. I use another program where I...
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