Ok...getting close to 2000 (I might catch D Burg some day) so time to do another Karma.

I gave a Jinks letter at 1500 at it seemed to go pretty good, so from now on every 500 I'll do the same.

Rules (you knew there'd be some)

1. You must post a pic of the gun you want lettered. For the technically challenged, you can email them to me and I'll post them for you.

2. You must have a minimum of 50 posts by the time I hit 2000. It is participation that keeps this thing going.

3. You must PM me within 3 days of me posting the winner with your info. I always pick 2 winners cuz there has been a rash of people not collecting their prize.

What you will get is a signed copy of the letter request from me (Jim I still owe you this) and I will have the letter addressed to you (or whom ever).

I dont care what you want to letter, but the reason I post this Karma here is you have a better chance of getting an interesting letter prior to 1961...especially pre-model guns. If you want to letter a modern gun that's fine...just know it was shipped to a distributor.

Saxon Pig...here's a chance for a letter that dont cost you nothing


Keith44spl is the winner...see my last post on the thread

Hey, I'll take the first spot!
I have a recently acquired pre-Model 29 I need to letter.
Thanks for offering this.

ADDED: DOH!! I didn't read for comprehension!! Here's the required picture:

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John

I'd love to have a letter for "Big Nik"...

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Bill - SWCA #2327

OK Curtis I'm in I have wanted to know where this Pre model 10 started life at.
thanks
Dan

I'll get in on this karma. This WWI round but M&P .38 came from an estate auction and I'm curious to find out if it has some local history.

Thanks for the karma opportunity,
Bryan

Post a pic John

Thanks for nice Karma opportunity Curtis!
How 'bout this K-38 Target Masterpiece

I'm in this time. I love this game!! Thanks Curtis!

Here's my pre M-36 made in 1957. Just like the one Henry Hill has in Goodfellas

This is the one I want to know about.K38 nickel CM SN.2818xx.4 screw.Thanks for the chance.

This 14-2 wants to know who's his daddy.

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Sure you did

Great offer. It the picture actually attaches I'd like to enter this 1902 in 32 WCF into the drawing. This revolver spent some time out of the country as evidenced by the import stamp in the butt.

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Awesome karma Curtis, please include me. Should of had this Model 3 First American 44 with 3-digit serial number lettered long ago. (And should get the right front sight blade) Thanks for the chance, Shoo

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"Get Hammered By a Shooboy!!"

This one.

I bought this 1905 4th in Maine a few years ago, and was informed it had been the personal sidearm of (they said) a General in WW2. I have not yet lettered it. I know, I know...
Thanks for the opportunity, 29.

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Geoff. Since 1960.

Very nice Karma, Curtis.

Here's my entry, an early n.m.m. Highway Patrolman 5 screw:

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Barry, youngest son of Claud

Curtis,

Thanks for the great karma. Please add me to the list for this 38/44 Outdoorsman s/n S1227XX.



Russ

Add my name to the hat please Curtis! Pics to follow later, if that's ok.

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Misty

Count me in please, pre 30 shipped 1949. Thanks for chance.

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Roger

What a great karma. I'll offer up this birthday year (1959) Model 19:

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"What a great karma. I'll offer up this birthday year (1959) Model 19:"

Whoo-hoo! The big 5-0 has arrived!

People your age aren't suppose to be that old.

I might think of posting a photo of a revolver I would like lettered if I knew what "PM-ing" you afterward meant. Is it legal and moral? I'm not a computer geek or a heavy duty blog-aholic; this is the only forum I read. I really don't know what it means.

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SWCA 2379

PM = Private Message

Thank you! I guess I'm a bit on the ignorant side when it comes to the short codes used in these kinds of forums.

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As far as ignorace goes I have you beat by a mile. I am a little unclear what the hell is going on. Someone said they love this game. What is the Game?

Shawn

If you have a gun you would like a factory letter on post a picture of it on this thread and if you win I will pay for the factory letter.

You can pm someone by clicking on their screen name and choosing the "Send private message" option. Its kinda like an internal email system built into the forum software.

Please count me in. I would like to letter this Army #2 which I know shipped in December of 1861 and has since been converted to 22R.
Regards. Moosedog

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What a generous offer. I'd like to toss my name into the hat and the gun that I'd like lettered is my Model 57 seen below.
Rick rfo1

For your consideration:

Plain as Jane, C202581

But such a good dancer!

D R

Is this New Model Number 3 (made around 1879) too early for the contest?

I had this question PM'd me by Misty. I am not sure how far back Roy can research, so my answer is this. If you win the Karma and have an antique I will ask Roy if he can research it. If he cant, I'll let you pick a different gun.

I'll throw in this old dog:



I'm thinking it was sent to Kings after it saw service, but there's always that hope that it could be an original target.

Thanks,
Bill

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This ol 38/44 Outdoorsman c. 1932 has been around the block a few times, deserves some special TLC.

Ray

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I'd like to jump in with the Pre 27 my dad gave me. He bought it back in the 60's for $50 and passed it to me a few years ago. I'm trying to find some period correct grips for her now. Sorry for the Bad picture but here she is.

NICE .357 Magnum handyman!
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I just have to be different...

I'd love to know where this went, when S&W got it back, and then where it went.

5904 in 9x21mm, with a separate barrel bushing

I have always wondered about this early 64:

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Please add my name. This is my model 60 from 1983.

Thanks

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Please add my name.

1905 Target .32-20

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WAR EAGLE!

I'm in!

My grandfather's run of the mill .38 M&P (1905 4th Change)

I already have a letter on this 1966 shipped Model 22 which saw hostile action in 3 countries, Vietnam, Israel, and Rhodesia. Thought it was cool enough to throw in for show and tell.
Ed

Please put my name in the hat.

As you could guess from my ID I have some older Smiths around here ...

Bekeart

Sorry for the bad picture quality, Thanks for the GOOD KARMA!
This was my grandfathers .22, he passed away and left it to me,
It was the first handgun I ever shot and he also taught my Dad to shoot with it.

I only know that he traded a NAZI P38 for it from the war.

He said that they used to shoot pigeons in the area that is now the Giants Stadium in the NJ meadowlands in the 1940's.
If it could only talk...
By the way, I found out on this forum that it wasnt a piece of junk...



Its an original grip numbered Beakert, grip number 567, could it be part of the first batch?



Although I would enjoy knowing Grandpa's Beakert"s degree of "Beakertness" I do have another Smith that is one of those "If only it could talk" guns.

This Pre model 11 38/200 started life as a Lend lease gun sent to the UK to help them fight the NAZI's.



Ferried accross the Atlantic on a liberty ship it survived the Wolfpacks of U Boats that sent so many ships, sailors annd crates of Victory revolvers to the bottom of the ocean 70 years ago.

Where it landed in WWII one can only speculate, Germany, Italy, The south Pacific, We will never know.

After the war these Brit M&P's were pulled from service and auctioned to different buyers for export from a country that calls itself free but doesnt allow private ownership of firearms.

This one was purchased by the Parker Hale corp.


They refinished them, modified the cylinder to fire the .38 special round, removed the lanyard loop, sanded and removed the "Property of the USA" markings,


Nickle over the parkerizing, add a modern front site then sold them back to the same people that provided them free of charge to help protect their nation..
I would say that was a journey....

and great history...edit your post and add as many as you want

problem is narrowing it down to just one..
an early triple-lock .455 from 1914 ?

or an 1905 target from 1911?

either way,, please enter my name in your wonderfull karma..

I would love to get this revolver lettered.
S&W 1905, second change, .38 special.
S&W 1905 second change (interesting history)
Thanks!

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Just 12 posts left! 29aholic...where are you?

I would love to have this one lettered. Thanks for the oppertunity.

I've got a few I've been considering, but only have pics of one right now. This is a 4" Regulation Police with a round butt. This is an early post war transitional. According to Mr Jinks, the stepped sq. butt grips were deleted after the war, but this one is still on "I" frame with the leaf spring. The "catalog" makes no mention of 4" roundbutt Reg Police. The grips, bbl, cyl, yolk, extractor & frame are all serial numbered the same. So I would like proof that this is the way it left the factory.





Was also considering a blued 6" model 1896, & minty pre-24, if I get a chance before you pick the winner, I'll add some pics of them too- but they are pretty standard.

Only 2 that are worth lettering in my collection:
Performance Center 686 Hunter:


or a M&P 38 I bought from an elderly lady, was her husbands fathers who owned a drug store near here. Seem to date form about 1936.

To bad it has to be a S&W.
I just got my hands on a Colt "Lightening" model of 1877 that belonged to my wife's grandfather, sheriff of Creek County, OK right after Oklahoma became a state in 1907. Been in the family ever since so we know it's original. Guess I'll have to pay Colt for a letter on this one. Thanks for the contest.

Curtis,

Sir, I'll take a spot...




Su Amigo,
Dave


(Edited for pic, forgot the d*mn picture...)

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Gotta post a pic Dave..****les you know