We all have a sweet spot for favorite things we perfer what's yours.

What's your favorite frame size?

What's your favorite caliber?

What's your favorite barrel length?

What's your favorite finish?

J or K, depending on how I'll use it. J for SD, K for HD or open carry. Stainless for SD, either for HD. And .38 Special all day.

__________________
Oh well, what the hell.

Answers in red.

__________________
No good deed goes unpunished.

K frame
Anything starting with a 4
4"
Blue

K frame Snub For carry Blued (nickel when I feel like an aristocrat). For the Range K 38 Masterpiece 6 inch blued. I like the 38 special round has been proven for over a hundred years. In the east here I don't have to worry about many 4 legged critters a 38 couldn't stop.

Pete

L or K Frame
3"
Black

My handguns are for carry/defense. If I want to target shoot for accuracy I have a couple of custom built .22s.

My 386 Night Guard is hands down my favorite S&W revolver. I like it so much I have two. It is light and easy to carry/conceal. Dead nuts accurate. Totally manageable with 357s. Has amazing sights with a XS Big Dot Night Sight up front and C&S U Notch in the back.

K frame .357 mag 2 1/2-3" Blue.

__________________
George Fracisco

K frame, .38Sp/.357M. 3 or 4". Depending on what I am doing I normally carry my 3" M-13 or 65, or my 3" M-66, less often my 4" M-19.

__________________
Keep Shootin' and check 6

I like stainless, 3"-4" barrels, favorite frame size is L, favorite caliber is .45 ACP.....so I'm SOL on owning my dream S&W

BUT, two of my favorite revolvers, the 625-3 and the 696-1, are close enough. To me the 44 Spec. is not much different than the .45, but ammo is harder to find and I don't reload (maybe after retirement i'll get wise and start reloading).

"I" or "J" frame, .32 or .38 2"-6" Heck, I like them all

L-Frame, .357, 6" blue

That's easy
N,
44 magnum,
4"
Stainless steel

Model 38 for SD & Model 10 2" for HD, both loaded w/FBI +P.

__________________
Old Cop
LEO (Ret.)

My 638 J-Frame

__________________
Criminals don't register guns.

J frame stainless 1-7/8" barrel 38
K/L frame stainless 4" 357
N frame stainless 4" 44mag (this ones next on the list)

TOO HARD of a question! Shoot more .38 Special than anything. 45 ACP is next. Different guns for different funs! Bob

Sorry mine is;

N frame

Any caliber

6" / 6 1/2" barrel

The world famous s&w nickel.

K frame
38 Spl. or 357 Mag.
4"
Blued

The model 15 and 19 are my two favorite revolvers to hold and shoot.

__________________
Ephesians 6 (Armor of God)

J Frame: 36 ND 3" Nickel (like earlier smaller frame)
K Frame: 19-7 3" Carry Comp PC
L Frame: 686-4 4" Overall favorite
N Frame: 627-5 2.5" PC

Visual favorite is my recent find, a 27-2 3.5"
Long barrel favorite is 29-2 83/8"
Snubnose favorite: 360J 17/8"

N and J. There are no others for me.

38/357 and 45acp

N 3.5" to 4"
J 1-7/8" to 2-1/8"

Finish...no preference. Stainless, blued, or nickel are all fine by me.

N frame 44mag 2 1/2" barrel

That is a fine looking gun!

Stainless Steel

BUT; .............................

A few months ago I described how I acquired and rehabilitated my first "N" frame M 28-2. By the simple modification of getting the ergonomically right grip for my hand I transformed this big handgun into my present runner up to my M 66s. BUT, the more I shoot it, the closer it is to becoming my absolute favorite handgun for everything except CCW. It is an absolute laser with maximum loads. I have never been able to shoot maximum loads in my M 66s with pleasure. I am seeing the light and it is spelled, "Highway Patrolman" :-). ............... Big Cholla

.357 snubnose, j for pocket carry, n for belt, 7 range fun.

I like the K frame with four inch barrels. I've a mod.19-4", mod.18-4", and a mod.48-4". It just seems to be the size and length that looks appealing to me. Took me a long time to find the 48 with that length barrel though.

J frame

357

2-2.5"

BLUE

S&w, please make this for me.

__________________
Jim

K Frame
38 Spl
3"
Blue

Model 10-5 just a simple pick it up and carry gun, accurate, adequately powerful and easy to learn to shoot well.

3" K frame .357 in blue. Let's see...a 3" model 19...never been within miles of one, a true grail gun for me! There is the 13 so a person never knows what may crop up.

Instead I'll just have to settle for a couple of 3" K's in stainless and a 3" L in blue...life's tough.

Attached Images

002.jpg (94.4 KB, 15 views)

J Frame 442
K Frame 64-4 2in
L Frame 586-5 4in
N Frame 624 LH 3in
Prefer 4 in barrels in most flavors, like to look at blued guns, like to carry stainless and like shooting them all.

[IMG][/IMG]

I do not have a large group to choose from, but the 642 PC with Pacy grips like those on the 638 is my carry but the 686, - Man what a gun.
I have never had a revolver lock up like this 686. I just opened it up and smoothed out the trigger return block and the edges of the hammer. Greased and reassembled, what a subtle but noticeable difference. I do not have just one favorite, as the two of them are darn close to my heart.
Frank.

649, hands down. 2.15" barrel. Carries like a J-frame, but shoots like a K-frame. The all steel frame makes any load feel good, and shoot even better.
Stainless steel, the way God wants it to be.

I can't pick just one
favorite frame size? J and K
favorite caliber? .32 and .38
favorite barrel length? 3 and 4 inch
favorite finish? Blue and Stainless

favorite grips? I have a weakness for factory wood.

__________________
Back to back World War Champs.

Tell us about this baby! Two and a half with fixed sights and the lock? New to me. Gorgeous.

__________________
Don't You Ever Wash That Thing

Frame size: It was the N frame now the X....

Caliber: It was the .44 mag and now it's the 500 mag....

Barrel length: 8-3/8"... Gotta burn all that powder...

Finish: Blue'd but I'm learning to love Stainless!

Grips: Gotta love those Hogue's!!!!!

It's a 629-8 with the lock also have the 629-7 same gun without the lock. They were a limited run made for camfour.
This is the one without the how they come from the factory with rubber grips.

Favorite frame size is a toss up between L and N.

I would have said that my favorite caliber is .44 Mag, but apparently my inventory says .357 Mag.

Favorite barrel length is a toss up: 8-3/8" for target shooting, 4" for utilitarian.

Favorite finish is definitely blue, but I prefer to carry SS.

Favorite frame size-K-Frame

Favorite caliber .22 long rifle .38 special

Favorite barrel Length 4 inches

Favorite finish blued nickel stainless steel.

K-frame + 327 Fed Mag + 4" bbl + Stainless = Model 616

Photo by Dale53

Attached Images

Charlie's Custom .327.jpg (112.8 KB, 9 views)

My favorite and what I carry. S & W 640 Pro, 357 Stainless.

Attached Images

640 pro 003.jpg (76.0 KB, 10 views)

N frame
45 colt/acp
4"
stainless

L frame, 38 special, 6 inch, Stainless

What's your favorite frame size? N but K/L and J are nice too and hey nothing wrong with an X frame... should I just say all of them?

What's your favorite caliber? 44 special, 45acp and 357mag come in next with 44mag and 22LR following.

What's your favorite barrel length? 2-3"

What's your favorite finish? Stainless/bead blast but the old high polish blue in good condition looks very nice as well, not the new blue though.

Favorite woods stomping revolver is a 3" N frame 44mag.

Favorite at the range is same thing in a 4" or 6"

Favorite all rounder is a 4" N frame 44Spl.

Favorite caliber is 44, Spl. or mag, depending on what the mission is.

Favorite CCW is a J frame 38Spl, BUT, I have a 3" K frame 65 that snugs up real nice and it is a .357, so it's got that going for it.

Finish... I like blue but I'm not married to it. Stainless has its uses and for foul weather hunting I prefer hard chrome. I took a perfectly good 29-3 Classic Hunter with 4 position front sight and hard chromed it.

I can't even come close to naming my "favorite" in practically any of those metrics....Depends on what I'm doing.

I know, copout answer.. But I look at my modest collection ranging from a little m36 to a 460v and several in between and the closest I guess I can come to naming a favorite would be the Queen of the safe..

m29-2, 4"bbl, factory combat grips.

Sorry about the bad pic.. I need to get a couple better ones.

Attached Images

Resampled_2013-02-22_18-51-55_631.jpg (82.9 KB, 11 views)