I have no reliable info to go with it, unfortunately. The person that posted it said the pic was sent to them by a friend who’s a S&W dealer here in the US. It’s supposedly a display stand send to the dealer by S&W. And that’s all the info they have at this point. I’m definitely trying not to...
I figured there was no way in heck the box label was original. I've got a couple boxes from that approximate era, and none of them look like that. I just wanted a second set of eyes on it.
I more curious about the controls than anything. The long and short of it is that I want a really clean...
I recently acquired a nickel 39-2 that is in excellent shape. It is alleged to be unfired, and I can’t find any evidence to prove otherwise.
The grips look rough in the photos, but those are reflections. I’ve handled a pile of 1st/2nd/3rd gens over the years, and have never seen one this...
I’ve shot thousands of rounds of their .45, never had a single issue. It was accurate and not excessively dirty. I had a Kahr CW45 for several years that wouldn’t run reliably with any factory ammo I tried except Magtech.
That the same quantity that I've always heard. However, I read somewhere the other day that there were 3000 made. 1000 the first year and 2000 the second year. I'll have to dig around and see if I can find that info again.
I bought 2 a few years ago on GB. Sold the nicer one to my dad and kept the other one for an “around the farm gun”. I bought it to replace my 59 in that role, thinking it would be much lighter. The problem was that I had a massive brain fart and forgot that the 59 was also an alloy frame. It...
I have the #11820 Pro model as well, along with a full size 4.25 and a compact 3.6. I also assumed the “tuned action” to mean it would have a decent trigger.
The 5” Pro had by far the worst trigger of the three out of the box. It was very gritty and a touch “mushier” than the others. I would...