J frame pic thread

[ajgunner]

Headboard, truck, car, lazyboy, desk, belt---gotta cover all the bases and they all have same/similar feel to them.

[jag1954]

My 642 (together with my Model 10).

[otis24]

Here is my newly acquired Model 940. Thanks to outdoorsdad!

[HOUSTON RICK]

If you are only going to have one....

[doctorj357]

My 442 on a diet

Titanium cylinder & aluminum crane from a 360PD + walnut panels, net weight empty 11.2oz

[delcrossv]

The "other" Mod. 35

[photoman]

[Major 2]

I'm in, my circa 1982 Mod. 36 with Centennial grips.
And my new 642-1 Perf. Ctn. with Altamont grips.

[two-bit cowboy]

Here are a few you don't see every day.

Model 36-7, Lady Smith, the last 2" carbon steel frame with forged
parts, new ⅛" wide front sight.

Model 36-8, the last 3" Heavy Barrel of the 20th Century on a carbon
steel frame, forged parts, ⅛" wide front sight.

Model 36-9, the first carbon steel Chiefs Special on the new
J-magnum frame, MIM parts, new beveled thumbpiece, .38 Special.

[RubEric]

Model 63:


Kit gun, Airweight, Chiefs Special, Airweight: Grips by me.



LadySmith:


Chiefs Special Target, Mod 60 w/KB Mini Cokes:

[two-bit cowboy]

I've seen mention of the Model 50 in this thread, but I haven't
seen one, yet.

Here's mine.

S&W shipped it to B. E. Hodgdon Inc., in Shawnee Mission, Kansas,
on my first anniversary in the Air Force, March 27, 1973.

[JH1951]

Here is a three-screw, non-model marked Chiefs Special. Some would call it a true 'pre-model 36' (because it is the same configuration as the first model marked Model 36, but doesn't yet have the model number marking). For me, this was a hard one to find in excellent condition with box, etc. It likely shipped in the middle of 1958. Thanks to Forum member Magyar it is now in my care.

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And here it is undergoing final inspection by the furry one.....
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[H Richard]

[Jcon72]

Another of mine, a model 36 that shipped July 27th, 1965.

[JimCunn]

637-2 converted to 9mm.

[JMD999]

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Someone "Fancied" this one up years ago.

[mikerjf]

SW317, minimalist grips from American Holly.

[demkofour]

Here’s one that we don’t run across too often- Product Code 102326 from September 1998, a 60-2 DAO marked Airweight.

[jrc1]

Jovino pair


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[jrc1]

Pair of 60-3 DAO


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[jrc1]

60-1


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[PMRet]

All of mine are .32s: 631, 631 Lady Smith, 632 Airweight Centennial.

[haywood]

My current J-Frames

[Erich]

[JimCunn]

I just wore out an extractor rachet lug on my primary carry 637-2 (converted to 9mm & moonclips).
Swapped in another converted assembly to put me back into operation and have ordered a new cylinder assembly to convert as a replacement. J-frame extractors seem to be hard to find right now.

[two-bit cowboy]

The first Model 60-1: 3" Heavy Barrel and square butt.

According to Dr. Jinks, the parts were produced in 1972, and a few
experimental revolvers shipped that year. S&W assembled and
shipped 169 units to distributors on June 12, 1978.

This is one of 21 sent to Gil Hebard Guns, Inc., in Knoxville, Illinois.

[Eagle1*]

My new 442UC before and after a grip change. Trying out a different version for a bit.

[sw702]

old model 49, may have posted this before................

[413Maxwedge]

M&P 340 w/Altemont pearl Legacy Grips and Tyler T-grip (size 6).

[413Maxwedge]

Pocket sheath by Kramer Leather.

[PALADIN85020]

The rumor is true. The lightest S&W ever made.

John

[pasound]

LoL
So true. So true.
Needs a lanyard.

[Fastbolt]

Speaking of interesting curiosities and widgets ...

Here's a plastic 'tac holster' grip from Pachmayr some decades ago ...






I very briefly used it on my 649 as a younger cop, carrying it in a side cargo pocket of a vest I always wore. I installed it on that snub to pose it for a modern pic. (I've promised it to a cop on another forum, but it took me a while to dig and find the damned thing from where I'd stashed it among the older stuff.)

[Erich]

[NCBeagle]

Carrying this Model 42-2 Classic for a few days. This is from 2010 or so.

[MajorD]

I really like square butts and blued finishes, it unfortunately don’t exactly have such a gun currently. My current most used and enjoyed gun is a 34-1 2” square butt. I spent years looking for a 2” square blued 34 in my price range. Ended up with my current one sort of reluctantly since it is nickel and I really wanted blue, and just a bit over my price range, but happy to have it now. Very accurate for a small light gun, doesn’t have tight chamber issues like a lot of the 22 revolvers.
There is something about that tall shark fin front sight, I just love the way the 2” adjustable sight guns look. I keep an eye open for blue square JFrames all the time, lucky to see maybe one or two in person in a year

[sigp220.45]

My current crop, left to right:

Flat latch Model 36, a recent Cabelas find,

Nickel Model 49,

Model 640 .357,

and an honorable mention to my little Terrier which is an I frame.

[413Maxwedge]

640-3 with Nill Griffe grip and white dot sight.
M&P 340 with a cheap but very comfy ebay combat grip.

[pokey074]

Not my first, but my only. Loving this gun and caliber.

[JAREDSHS]

Originally Posted by photoman

Now THAT’S nice!!!❤️👍

[Model 15-4ever]

Originally Posted by NCBeagle

Carrying this Model 42-2 Classic for a few days. This is from 2010 or so.

I have the same model holster from Lobo Leather... great IWB holster for the J Frame!