BigBill
Absent Comrade
Here's a 41 song. Cheer things up. I wore this 8 track tape out.
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RCsjqb04IBw[/ame]
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The 'unofficial' 58 Club
- Thread starter SAFireman
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Newest 58
Well he she is my newest addition and it's a beauty. Doesn't appear to have been fired much and the worst part of it is minor freckling on the cylinder which unless it's in the right light isn't visible... Serial number stamped on the bottom of the barrel... Interesting ampersands on the barrel and side plate...Can't wait to take her out....
Well he she is my newest addition and it's a beauty. Doesn't appear to have been fired much and the worst part of it is minor freckling on the cylinder which unless it's in the right light isn't visible... Serial number stamped on the bottom of the barrel... Interesting ampersands on the barrel and side plate...Can't wait to take her out....
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SuperMan
Member
NICE!!!!...and a nice match to the nickel.
Guess I've been a member of this club for some time. I inherited mine from my pop when he passed about 5 years ago. First year of production. The story he told me was that it originally belonged to a South Carolina Sheriff's Deputy who had used it to lethal effect in the line of duty. Then it was given to my father before his first tour in Vietnam. He said he carried it his whole first tour. All I remember of it from my childhood is that it could always be found under his pillow. Quite a hard shock when jumping on his bed while playing as a young boy. He always told me someday it would be mine and that it was priceless to him. It passed to me after he passed and I've had it for 5 years. This past year I finally bought some ammo and fired it, and now I have e been reloading and have a growing love for this cannon. Mod. 58 - Album on Imgur album.
SuperMan
Member
Beautiful gun and thanks for sharing your story...
Interesting features on your gun that you may want to get a S&W letter...
The grips are mid-60s vintage but generally didn't come stock on the gun...and either did the Target Hammer and Target Trigger. They could however be special ordered and I've seen a couple with the original boxes that indicated they came from the factory that way... By any chance is the serial number stamped inside one of the grip panels? Generally only the Magna style grips have numbers in them,,,
Welcome to the forum...a great first post...
Bob
Interesting features on your gun that you may want to get a S&W letter...
The grips are mid-60s vintage but generally didn't come stock on the gun...and either did the Target Hammer and Target Trigger. They could however be special ordered and I've seen a couple with the original boxes that indicated they came from the factory that way... By any chance is the serial number stamped inside one of the grip panels? Generally only the Magna style grips have numbers in them,,,
Welcome to the forum...a great first post...
Bob
policerevolvercollector
Member
May I join the club?
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-re...ays-find-story-negotiation.html#post139581730
Best,
Charles
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-re...ays-find-story-negotiation.html#post139581730
Best,
Charles
rbrbrb6
Member
Here is the latest addition to my local 58 club. A model 58 that Andy Horvath converted to a tight 45 Colt then installed a pencil weight 4" barrel that has been rebored by Clearwater reboring before they closed shop. Factory target style grips that I believe one of our forum members thinned down into the coke profile.
SuperMan
Member
THAT is nice rb6...very very nice...
cowboy4evr
Member
Hard to find a gunsmith that will work on Smiths anymore . Both Bowen and Clements have decided to stop working on them . I had known that Bowen had stopped but I thought Clements still would work on them . I emailed him about a conversion job on a Smith and he told me he had quite doing Smiths .
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SAFireman
SWCA Member
policerevolvercollector
Member
Thanks! It is nice to be part of such an elite group!!
SuperMan
Member
Jack Hunting is still doing custom Smith work. He just turned a Model 53 into a .327 Federal...
JRH Advanced Gunsmithing
SuperMan
Member
.."elite group"....no just a sub-Cult of a bunch of .41 Loonies...
Welcome aboard...Bob
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SAFireman
SWCA Member
A request to update your photos here
Gentlemen,
I just spent some time going through all 24 pages of this thread and updated all of my posts that had defunct photobucket links.
Please take a few minutes to update your photos here so that we can keep the thread alive and well.
Keep posting up your 58's
Here are some pics of my 1st year Model 58 in a smooth leather S&W brand holster.
Gentlemen,
I just spent some time going through all 24 pages of this thread and updated all of my posts that had defunct photobucket links.
Please take a few minutes to update your photos here so that we can keep the thread alive and well.
Keep posting up your 58's
Here are some pics of my 1st year Model 58 in a smooth leather S&W brand holster.
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SAFireman
SWCA Member
A recent addition....
Well, some of you guys have probably seen my WTB ad for a Jovino 657 or 57 that has been running for what seems like a loooooong time. A kind and thoughtful member (enabler
) pointed out an auction to me and this is what I found.
Now, please excuse that it does not still have the proper form (58 frame, 4" non-lug barrel, 41 mag goodness), but I think that it still qualifies for the club.
This gun started life as did every other 58, but somewhere along the way somebody made it better! They round butted it, the original barrel was removed, a shortened and chopped 57 barrel was installed. Also, the hammer was bobbed, and the trigger rounded and polished. It has had a wonderful action job as well. I added the Pachmayers because the stocks that were on it when I bought it were horrible. We have had a single range session together, but there will certainly be more in our future.
What do y'all think? does she still qualify as a 58?
Here is with new shoes and a range session under her belt.
Well, some of you guys have probably seen my WTB ad for a Jovino 657 or 57 that has been running for what seems like a loooooong time. A kind and thoughtful member (enabler
) pointed out an auction to me and this is what I found.Now, please excuse that it does not still have the proper form (58 frame, 4" non-lug barrel, 41 mag goodness), but I think that it still qualifies for the club.
This gun started life as did every other 58, but somewhere along the way somebody made it better! They round butted it, the original barrel was removed, a shortened and chopped 57 barrel was installed. Also, the hammer was bobbed, and the trigger rounded and polished. It has had a wonderful action job as well. I added the Pachmayers because the stocks that were on it when I bought it were horrible. We have had a single range session together, but there will certainly be more in our future.
What do y'all think? does she still qualify as a 58?
Here is with new shoes and a range session under her belt.
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Frank V
Member
Well, some of you guys have probably seen my WTB ad for a Jovino 657 or 57 that has been running for what seems like a loooooong time. A kind and thoughtful member (enabler
Now, please excuse that it does not still have the proper form (58 frame, 4" non-lug barrel, 41 mag goodness), but I think that it still qualifies for the club.
This gun started life as did every other 58, but somewhere along the way somebody made it better! They round butted it, the original barrel was removed, a shortened and chopped 57 barrel was installed. Also, the hammer was bobbed, and the trigger rounded and polished. It has had a wonderful action job as well. I added the Pachmayers because the stocks that were on it when I bought it were horrible. We have had a single range session together, but there will certainly be more in our future.
What do y'all think? does she still qualify as a 58?
Here is with new shoes and a range session under her belt.
I'm not a big fan of bobbed hammers, but that one would sure carry nice.
Enjoy!
BigBill
Absent Comrade
How can anyone not like the 41 magnum in the m58/ m57??
LOBO
SWCA Member
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SAFireman
SWCA Member
That looks like it is all business right there!
LOBO
SWCA Member
Thanks! Being a first year 58 I kind of wish it had the original finish, but I'm not too disappointed with the way I found it
