i have been bitten by the smith collecting bug. my questions is how do you know if you have a lew horton gun & who is lew horton? thanks all
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i have been bitten by the smith collecting bug. my questions is how do you know if you have a lew horton gun & who is lew horton? thanks all
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he is a distributer in the WORCHESTER MASS area who was the first exclusive distributer of smiths pc line. they deal in really sweet limited production smiths.
Lew Horton is a major distributor with enough clout (and credit) to get special run guns produced through regular production as well as the Performance Center. They also distribute catalog guns and you can't always tell by looking whether they handled a specific gun or not. Their name won't appear on the gun. Special runs can have unusual barrel lengths, stocks, porting and other non-standard features, but other distributors (RSR, Davidsons, Camfour, Tallo, Ellett Bros …) have commissioned special runs as well. Some guns initially exclusive to LH became available to any distributor.
Some of the more desirable Performance Center guns were Lew Horton exclusives and there seems to be a premium when their name is attached to a gun, so be careful. If you have the original packaging, the product code can help ID a gun.
Buy the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 3rd edition and start reading. If you like S&Ws, you need a copy.
http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Catalog-Smith-Wesson/dp/...id=1214789769&sr=8-1
Some of the more desirable Performance Center guns were Lew Horton exclusives and there seems to be a premium when their name is attached to a gun, so be careful. If you have the original packaging, the product code can help ID a gun.
Buy the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 3rd edition and start reading. If you like S&Ws, you need a copy.
http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Catalog-Smith-Wesson/dp/...id=1214789769&sr=8-1
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I really like that 3" 29-3 you have there Jeremyws1. Sweet!!
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thanks to all for the help. i ordered the book today. hey jeremyws1 i have the same model 29 lew horton but my grips are darker. was 750.00 to muck to pay for mint n.i.b.
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What Wyatt said
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They are in Westboro, which is about 10 miles from WORCESTER, MA. They commission and distribute limited S&W runs, but were neither the first to do it, nor are they exclusive for PC guns.
All that debunked, this is a 629 Lew Horton from 1985, a cousin of the ones jeremyws1 has pictured. They do help make fun guns.
Several years ago I emailed S&W a question about my 3" 610, unrelated to whether it was a LH run. But they did mention in the reply like "BTW, that's a Lew Horton run by the serial # you gave us." I had no other documentation stating that when I bought it other than the dealer's word.
It's a no-lock and not the original grips. Paid $600 new in '99, CA no less.
It's a no-lock and not the original grips. Paid $600 new in '99, CA no less.
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Interesting. I've been familiar with Lew Horton for years but didn't realize he was the first distributor of their PC guns. Learn something new everyday!
Distributor Horton's Smiths aren't worth a penny more that the same guns sold by S&W. S&W's arrangement with L. Horton ceased about 10 years ago.
Note to self:Buy popcorn. That is all.
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Call or email them. They're still in business and more than happy to let you know if it was one of theirs. They will even send you a free provenance letter on their fancy letter head to document it. The free letter is the one advantage a LH gun has over an otherwise identical Smith.
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Other than putting his name on the gun, I don't see anything he does that would command a higher price? I think it's just all marketing?
Wow...ten year old zombie thread! That's gotta be some kind of a record!
Benderx4
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I read once that a puppy dies every time somebody necroposts, but in this case, I'm happy to learn anything and everything about Lew Horton distributed Smiths as I just figured out I own one. Woohoo!
Horton's name is nowhere on the Smiths he sold. Not even on the box( I have 2) Lay one sold by Smith and one sold by Horton side x side.....Zero difference.
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