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    Decisions,decisions ,decisions

    DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT !!! I've had the pleasure of owning 3 different Pythons in my life. One was stolen, one was sold to finance college, and the last one (a 6 incher) will have to be pried from my cold dread fingers. In my humble opinoin it is the sweetest shooting handgun ever...
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    Name That Handgun

    I've only named one handgun...a Colt New Agent with crimson grace grips. His name is Michael. Ever see the movie Holloween? LOL. I've also named my Bushmaster 556/223 Freddy. Remember Elm Street?? And finally, i named my Mossberg tactical 12 guage Jason after, you guessed it...Friday the 13th.
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    Question on restoring grips

    A word of warning here....be very careful about what chemicals you go dunking your grips in. Wood, being wood, will absorb any liquid to an extent. That being said, you don't want to wind up with two pieces of wood that have cracked open. Many years ago I took a pair of custom grips for my...
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    32 Mag Mystery Number

    It would be a "hand engraved #"? Sounds logical to me. guess i've got to go downstairs, open the safe and take a look. thanks...i'll let ya know.
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    I now own my very first handgun!

    Outstanding! Congratulations on reaching Manhood (LOL)!! That is one sweet pistola you've got there. Take good care of her and she'll take good care of you if and when she's ever called to do so! Congrats again!
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    32 Mag Mystery Number

    What the heck is this???!! Being old and blind in one eye i just never noticed an engraved # on the clyinder crane of my model 16-4 (8 3/8"). It looks to be hand engraved, not machine stamped. It reads either as "D74", or "074". Maybe one (or more) of you folks can educate me some. Thanks...
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    Rare or Not?

    Hmmm...showing off some nice pics i see. Don't make me open my safe and start clicking away!! ha! No sense in advertising TOO much to anybody (or organization) what's in the vault.;) Thanks for all the info!
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    Rare or Not?

    Thanks for the info. Not really interested in selling it. Just for kicks and grins here's the story on how i got it....Many years ago i gave one of my brothers a model 29 with an 8 3/8 barrel that i had bought back in the 70's. Long story short, he went a little nuts and bought every S&W that...
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    Rare or Not?

    Hello everybody! I'm new to this so please bear with me. I have a model 16-4 with an 8 3/8" barrel. It looks (and feels) to be in excellent shape. the cylinder lock-up is amazingly absolutely rock solid! Wait...i degress! My question is...i have found that information on this gun is little to...
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    Rare or Not?

    Thanks for the info. shows what i know! LOL
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    Rare or Not?

    Hello everybody! I'm new to this so please bear with me. I have a model 16-4 with an 8 3/8" barrel. It looks (and feels) to be in excellent shape. the cylinder lock-up is amazingly absolutely rock solid! Wait...i degress! My question is...i have found that information on this gun is little...
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