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Looking for a S&W 1977 Gun Catalog in excellent/mint condition, without tears or punch holes.

Question to all gun magazine collectors out there: I am looking for any vintage gun magazine reviews, covering the S&W Mod. 17-4, .22LR, with 6"-barrel. My main interest is for reviews of the 1977-1982 era. Thanks in advance for your inputs!

7 weeks mailbox to mailbox From Switzerland, I mailed five requests on October 23, 2009. Mr. Jinks wrote them all on December 07 and I got them all together on December 12 in my mailbox. Great service!

Mr. Jinks factory letter came in! Hi again Gentlemen. I got today the factory letter as requested from Mr. Roy Jinks seven weeks ago. He states: "(...) We have researched your Smith & Wesson .44 Target Model of 1950 Pre-Model 24, five screw variation, caliber .44 S&W Special, in company...

Doc44, my sincerest thanks for your competent answer in this matter.

JSR III, I pulled the original magna stocks (which are numbered to the gun), but there is no date code stamped on the frame. By the way, sorry for not being able to put pictures of this gun, at least at the moment. I'm still photographing the old (film) way. Will have to buy a digital camera.

Gentlemen, thank you for all the inputs so far. I have no clue if the gun left in 1955 the factory this way, or if the hammer/trigger modification was done later. Yes, I will order a factory letter.

Will Terry, it's a true and correctly marked Model of 1950 .44 Special Target, with tapered barrel.

The Standard Catalog of S&W teaches me that the Model of 1950 .44 Target was standard equipped with a .400" target hammer and a .265" serrated trigger. Question to you senior collectors: Would a Model of 1950 .44 Target, 6,5"-barrel, near mint 99,5+% condition, bright sparkling blue finish...

Bill, my sincere thanks for your valuable hint.

Question on M 629 no-dash original grips: Is it possible to order those N-frame Goncalo alves square-butt grips as original replacement part and will they perfectly fit to any 629 no-dash, or were they hand-fitted in the factory?

Question on M 629 no-dash original grips: Is it possible to order those N-frame Goncalo alves square-butt grips as original replacement part and will they perfectly fit to any 629 no-dash, or were they hand-fitted in the factory?

Yes, the cure is to "armour" the top strap. Try the following: Take a razor blade, cut it down to a small rectangular piece (by metal scissors and file) until it fits perfectly to the top strap area to be protected and glue it in place with a industrial heavy-duty two-component glue like...

I like lanyards, too. They are fine on outdoors activities and in particular canoeing. Try to find your lost gun on the bottom of a river....

Dick, again my sincerest thanks for your kind assistance! In the meantime, I did some quite extensive online research, without results yet.