This gun was shipped to the Milwaukee Police Dept. in a single gun shipment in 1954. It was a special order 3 1/2' barrel, w/ red ramp front sight, target hammer, and rosewood target stocks. Std. matte blue. It is unfired. It's the only one I've ever seen. I had a post on it several years back, and since have mastered uploading pictures on a new PC. I wish I had the original box!
S&W Model 1950 .44 3 1/2"
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First: Thank you for your US Army service as well as your Fireman service!
So nice to see a completely righteous special order 1950 Target with 3 1/2" barrel.
So nice to see a completely righteous special order 1950 Target with 3 1/2" barrel.
I actually read your previous thread just the other day. What a fantastic .44. I must say I am a big fan of it. Thank you for sharing.
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I musta missed your earlier thread...unicorns do exist! That is truly and exceptional find. I am incredibly envious.
I love the gun and am a bit jealous. But, what is the story on the stocks?
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Stunning, just stunning! Great gun and stocks.
ABPOS
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LOVE IT!!!!
Yeah the stocks jump out at ya.
I'm from the Milwaukee area. I wonder what other revolvers their PD have used over the years.
A little story.... One time I live in an area called "river west" in milwaukee. It was right after high school and that area is sort of transitional between a college area and the ghetto. So it was sort of rough, sort of not.
One day I'm in a convenient store on a corner by my house and I'm looking at the candy bars or something to eat and these 2 cops walk in slowly and one had his shiny revolver drawn and pointed skyward. I wasn't super into handguns back then but it was like wooooah. First off I was sort of taken aback by the finish. You always thing black guns for cops. And secondly I almost crapped my pants because there were guns drawn in a store. But apparently the store had just been robbed not long before I got there. I was like, "what did I do?". I didn't actually say that but I was thinking it. hehhehehehe
I think it might have been a model 64.......
Yeah the stocks jump out at ya.
I'm from the Milwaukee area. I wonder what other revolvers their PD have used over the years.
A little story.... One time I live in an area called "river west" in milwaukee. It was right after high school and that area is sort of transitional between a college area and the ghetto. So it was sort of rough, sort of not.
One day I'm in a convenient store on a corner by my house and I'm looking at the candy bars or something to eat and these 2 cops walk in slowly and one had his shiny revolver drawn and pointed skyward. I wasn't super into handguns back then but it was like wooooah. First off I was sort of taken aback by the finish. You always thing black guns for cops. And secondly I almost crapped my pants because there were guns drawn in a store. But apparently the store had just been robbed not long before I got there. I was like, "what did I do?". I didn't actually say that but I was thinking it. hehhehehehe
I think it might have been a model 64.......
Great 44!!! One of six 1950 44 Targets known to have shipped with a 3 1/2-inch barrel.
Bill
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Just too desirable for me to stand! Wow, factor all the way!
Just too desirable for me to stand! Wow, factor all the way!
Rammer Jammer
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Wow! That is a fantastic classic S&W.
44 SPL has become my favorite caliber to shoot and reload. When my budget allows I'd love to start collecting some S&W 44's.
44 SPL has become my favorite caliber to shoot and reload. When my budget allows I'd love to start collecting some S&W 44's.
So let's see now--------you have this drop dead gorgeous, super rare gun---and you're fussing about not having the box.
Okay---I guess I understand that---sort of.
Ralph Tremaine
Okay---I guess I understand that---sort of.
Ralph Tremaine
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Great Idea
It only took Lew Horton and S&W 30 more years after your gun was made....about 5000 in blue and an equal number in stainless. These guns trade regularly here for four figure prices.
It only took Lew Horton and S&W 30 more years after your gun was made....about 5000 in blue and an equal number in stainless. These guns trade regularly here for four figure prices.
Doug M.
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Wow. I can't believe it was not fired. That looks like something a serious cop would have ordered and used.
Outstanding revolver...My Lew Horton 24-3 is my favorite personal carry piece. I've been fooling around with heavy full wadcutter "trash can" bullets, it shoots them accurately.
... It was a special order 3 1/2' barrel, w/ red ramp front sight, target hammer, and rosewood target stocks. Std. matte blue.
What a great gun. I too love the stocks and agree with you that the checkering was most likely done after it left the factory.
I assume that it is coated in wax, oil or cosmoline?
Thanks for sharing,
Nobody can guarantee that a gun was unfired. Certainly they are test fired at the factory prior to shipping. Maybe "un-used" would be a better term. Only a very slight drag mark on the cylinder, and no case head marks on the recoil shield. On most post war S&W's I've seen over the years, the ejector rod hole in the crane is not a nicely finished hole, most are rough. Work the ejector rod a few times and the finish on the rod is marred. The gun is just as I found it some forty years ago. No touch up blue, no mods of any kind. Only lightly handled. Since S&W always gave president to law enforcement orders, it's possible an outside associate or friend of some cop had them order it on their letterhead, knowing that it would get priority. I just can't figure an officer carrying a non issue weapon. Who knows?
"I just can't figure an officer carrying a non issue weapon. Who knows?"
In 25 years of law enforcement, I mainly carried my own side arms. Why? The departments I worked for required you to provide your own handgun.
Later on, I was able to carry some issued handguns. These came from the PD's lost, found and condemned inventory. But there was no such thing as a uniform handgun that every officer carried. The PD required that you carry a .38, a 9mm OR LARGER. If you could qualify with it, you could carry it.
In 25 years of law enforcement, I mainly carried my own side arms. Why? The departments I worked for required you to provide your own handgun.
Later on, I was able to carry some issued handguns. These came from the PD's lost, found and condemned inventory. But there was no such thing as a uniform handgun that every officer carried. The PD required that you carry a .38, a 9mm OR LARGER. If you could qualify with it, you could carry it.
That's true in many dept.s. Out where I live that's the case. But most large dept.s like the MPD or State Police mandated what gun could be carried on duty. Off duty might be another matter thou. The big .44's were popular in the SW, but up north in the 50's, many had to carry .38's. I'm not sure what the MPD had to carry. maybe someone out there knows.
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