Recent content by Sauron1959

I picked up a 547, 4" bbl, sb, from a local Gander Mountain, last summer for $580 with tax. It was in pretty good shape with a few scratches and the original grips. I had a pretty good idea that they had made a mistake on the pricing, and leaped on it. The salesguy was pretty po'd at his...

Dennis, I wandered into that same LGS today and checked it out also. Nice 10-5. The grips show much more wear than the bluing does. I wondered if they were replacements? Still...nice gun. I thought the whitened lettering looked spiffy. Too bad I spent my allowance on an indentical config...

I paid about $580 for a 4in barrel, square butt, Model 547, about 3 months ago. About 95% condition. One of the salespeople was VERY upset, as he had been off for a long weekend when they put it out and I snagged it before he got back. :) A buddy snagged me some HKS speedloaders from a small...

I've seen exactly one, over the past year, and at the Birch Run, MI, gun show. Seller wanted $800 for it. They're just not as common as other models. Glad I got mine back in '81. Endeavor to Persevere Dave

Good catch! I'm jealous. :D A snubby Model 10 is on my hit list. I don't understand why sellers don't clean up their offerings prior to putting them up for sale. One LGS never has dirty used guns, others always do. In the spring, I snagged a 15-2 (1967) and 10-5 (1968) that had been...

I'll take #3, the Jay Scott Faux Pearl grips K-frame square butt. PM en route. Maybe I'll get some respect from "mah girls" now. (LOL) Endeavor to Persevere Dave

I picked one up in January from Cabella's in Dundee, Michigan. Some blueing wear on the backstrap, otherwise excellent, with the original grips. Came with a unlabeled blue box, no paperwork or tools. Tag price was $650 as I recall, but I had a coupon for employee purchase price on one item...

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I had a 2" Lawman back in the 80s, and traded it in on something in the 90s. Should've kept it. Back then, they claimed that is was the smallest production 357 revolver on the market. Don't know about that, but it's close in size to my Model 66 2.5 incher. Single action was fine, but the...

Well, as Spock said, "Having is not so pleasing as wanting. Illogical, but often true." ;) Perfect timing for this subject. On Sunday, I found a S&W Model 520, exc condition, with the original box at Cabella's in Dundee, MI. $700. Love my NYSP Model 28, and always wanted a companion 520...

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Not a oddity or rarity? No biggie, I got it to shoot it. (yea!) Endeavor to Persevere Dave

Newbie to the forum with my first non-intro post. Yesterday, I snagged a beautiful, barely-used, Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman with a 6" barrel. It's a perfect companion for my beloved Model 28-2 NYSP 4" that I got back in 1987. SN for the 6" put it in the 1974-77 range, SN for the 4" puts it...

Hello everyone! My name is Dave and I live in Southeast Michigan. Was a gun nut back in the 80s. CJ degree (MSU), US Army Military Police Lieutanant, 9-1-1 Dispatcher, and some other amusing forms of employment. Changed career fields,became an IT manager, and for the most part retired from...