S-S-S-C-C-C-ORE! Mod. 57 4"

Dave Workman · Jul 14, 2015

The search is over. Have arrived at Valhalla.
4-inch Model 57-1 like NIB (without the box, but also without any dings, nicks, and only two tiny little bright spots near the muzzle on either side that have now been touched up).

I slapped on a set of old Altamonts as they seem to fit my hand a hair better; they used to grace my 6-inch Model 57, which NOW has a set of superb Eagle Custom Classic grip panels, that REALLY fit my hand.

Quick trip to the range, about 50 rounds @ 25 yards, adjust rear sight for windage right and my final rounds were shooting chunks of broken orange clay targets out of the berm, using my own 210-gr. Noslers over 19 grs of H110 off sandbag rest.

$875 for:

Revolver w/factory rosewood or walnut checkered grips
250 rounds of ammunition
2 HKS speed loaders
1 brand new set RCBS dies

You may all now bow down and slobber with envy!

jack the toad · Jul 14, 2015

From your post you sound more than a little enthused. Congrats.
I like it too.

robert1804 · Jul 14, 2015

Holy Moly that's a nice gun! I have to put on my chin mounted drool bucket when I look on these forums.

Dave Workman · Jul 14, 2015

robert1804 said:
Holy Moly that's a nice gun! I have to put on my chin mounted drool bucket when I look on these forums.

Whoa, HOLD IT! STOP THE PRESSES!!!

"Chin-mounted drool bucket?"

That's it. Screw the gun pictures.

I think you owe the rest of us a photo of that device. Installed.

ROTFLMAO.

Either I must be too old or it's a little too early in my morning for that kind of image to be blasted into my brain.

75Vette · Jul 14, 2015

Great googly boogly! You pulled a good deal on that piece!

Dave Workman · Jul 14, 2015

75Vette said:
Great googly boogly! You pulled a good deal on that piece!

I believe so.
The revolver had apparently been in this seller's gun safe for several years. Told me that he got it in a private sale but had never fired it. When I took it to the range, my guess is that it had maybe a box or two of ammo through it.
Naturally I am delighted. It's a very good shooter, too, as noted above. My guess is that anything within 100 yards is probably toast.
I've taken two deer with a Ruger .41 Magnum so I have experience with this cartridge. It's a sizzler when loaded properly. I told a guy via e-mail today that the .41 IMHO is the "civilized magnum."

ColbyBruce · Jul 14, 2015

You did real well there! I like the 4" barrel N frame .41 magnums myself. I wobble too much with the longer barrel guns.

I sold this one a few years ago because the factory told me it would take nearly a year to refinish it. My mistake.

andyo5 · Jul 14, 2015

Oh, ****! I just slobbered on my keyboard!

Dave Workman · Jul 15, 2015

andyo5 said:
Oh, ****! I just slobbered on my keyboard!

YOU need a CHIN-MOUNTED DROOL BUCKET!
On sale now on television (not available in stores) and if you order within the next 15 minutes, you get a second drool bucket absolutely free (just pay for the shipping and handling).

Anybody else got some snazzy photos? Let's see um!

jtcarm · Jul 15, 2015

Congratulations! Nice to see someone so excited about their acquisition.

629shooter · Jul 15, 2015

Dave Workman said:
You may all now bow down and slobber with envy!

I might do some of that.....

Congratulations!

kraynky · Jul 15, 2015

andyo5 said:
Oh, ****! I just slobbered on my keyboard!

I'm old, I think I just peed a little!

Dave Workman · Jul 16, 2015

kraynky said:
I'm old, I think I just peed a little!

no no! We don't need pictures or film at eleven.

P33v3 · Jul 17, 2015

Here's my 357 Nightguard 41 Mag. It is a dream to shoot. I looked for a Model 57 or 58 for a long time but had to "settle" for this (as of then) unfired 41 Mag that was hidden in a disused lavatory or something in my LGS. Cost me $750.00, I didn't even try to negotiate. It is also easy to CCW.

You did well on that one. I would have jumped all over it. It is a beauty.

Dave Workman · Jul 18, 2015

Well, I did some additional photos for a magazine column I write at GUN WORLD.
Here are a couple of out-takes. I knocked out a half-fancy holster for it, and that gunbelt is one I put together several years ago for my Ruger Blackhawk.

I ran across a full box of 220-grain Speer half-jacket softnose bullets that I'm going to load up for this gun. Those are the ones with the semi-wadcutter front end of lead projecting above the half-jacketed base.

ko41 · Jul 19, 2015

SWEEEEEEEEET!

KO

Dave Workman · Sep 18, 2015

OK, here we are, two months after the acquisition, and there has been a fair amount of powder burned and lead out of the spout. Can say without a doubt this may have been one of the smartest deals I ever made.
The revolver has been firewood cutting and hunting with me and will be traveling out of state on a November mule deer hunt. It's been a busy little beaver!

75Vette · Sep 18, 2015

Good times! I like the update!!

Shark Bait · Sep 18, 2015

Definitely a great Score!! I'll keep lookin.......

RSBH44 · Sep 18, 2015

Chaps?? Rattler country?? Nice score by the way. A good friend of mine that I hunt with swears by his S&W .41 magnum and has killed may deer with it as proof! I myself prefer the venerable .44 mag. But that's just me. Both calibers get the job done nicely.

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