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Many of the 2nd Model 44s I see show lots of character along with signs of being carried and some carried and used a lot. A few months ago I bought this one which doesn't appear to have traveled very many miles in a holster. I had decided to make one max bid on it and not to chase it beyond...

Earlier this year I bought this engraved 29-2. At the time it was believed to be factory engraved although there was no letter or other provenance with it. The letter arrived this week and confirmed it as Class A factory engraved but, as is usually the case, did not identify the engraver. It...

I've never seen "cokes" numbered, not that I can remember anyway. These are numbered, both panels, to the 44 Magnum on which they reside. I don't have possession of it so can't answer questions. Anyone seen "cokes" numbered before?

Acquired this one recently, a 17 No Dash engraved by Floyd E. Warren in 1983. I liked it when I handled it during the auction preview and like it even more now that I've had it for awhile and studied it some. It has engraving in a few places where we don't often see it and this is the first...

In October I was fortunate to acquire a 6.5 inch pre-war 38/44 Heavy Duty, one of fewer than 100 known. https://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-hand-ejectors-1896-1961/730379-6-5-inch-pre-war-heavy-duty-letter-received-11-25-24-a.html Today I picked up its much younger relative, a 6.5 inch post...

I'm sure this isn't it but in leafing through some of my letters today that 1973 date did get my attention. I was on my first active duty assignment with VII Corps in Germany when this letter was written. That was about the time I bought my first S&W, an 8 3/8 blue 27-2 at the EUCOM Rod & Gun...

Nothing special about these (except the caliber of course), I've had the 6.5 and the 4 inch for many years but never could corral a 3 inch. Finally did so recently so time for a group shot. Jeff SWCA #1457

A few years ago, at one of the Symposiums, I bought a 6 inch Regulation Police Target in 32 Long which was shipped in May of 1927. If memory serves from previous posts there are only 60 or so of these known. Last weekend I added the 4 inch which is one of the 196 built in 1957. They don't...

I've watched a number of guns sell at auction this year, mostly the RIA auctions as I could handle everything on their preview days. At least a dozen Registered Magnums were sold this year and many other collectible guns and most of them had little or no provenance. The RMs, if they had...

I posted a time or two about this gun but in other folk's threads. Got the letter today so it deserves another thread. It is one of the relatively few post war transitional Outdoorsmans that shipped with a pre war 357 Magnum barrel. Would be interesting to know how many post war ODs shipped...

Nothing very special about these except that we don't see them very often. A Model of 1950 Army which became the Model 22 (S86314). The S&W ad suggests the marketing folks were optimistic about putting new life into the old Model 1917 arguing that it was more accurate than the 1911 Auto...

Found this one a while back and finally got it to the range last week. Great trigger, and lots of fun to shoot. Anybody know how many pre war 6.5 inch HDs were produced? I have in my notes a quote from 1Aspenhill back in 2021 saying "I know of 88 6.5 pre war HDs shipped and 118 4" HDs" but I...

This is the first KST I've acquired, hopefully not the last. It was advertised as a HD with King Super Target rib but with the grooves on the back strap and fore strap it must be an OD. Other than the King stamps on the front sight and rib there are no stamps, that I've found anyway, that...

A few years ago I acquired (at a SWCA Symposium) a factory engraved (Paul Piquette?) 19-3. The dark targets on it didn't quite work. At another Symposium I bought some beautiful Keith Brown Kearsarge stocks with carved oak leaves but they weren't quite right for this gun either. Last week...

I'm happy to have it as I've been looking for a pre war OD for some time. I would usually pass though on a gun with this finish issue but because there is no rust or pitting, just an odd partial blue removal, and it is otherwise in excellent condition, and was accompanied with a pre war OD box...

Sure would like to know the history on this one. It started life as a common military 1917 (SN 98896) and has the usual Springfield Armory stamps (eagle's head) on the cylinder and frame. Beyond those stamps there's not much left to confirm it as a 1917. The barrel, probably a 1950 Army, has...

Would be great if this is an original 5 inch but there weren't many of those so the odds are slim. The finish, typical satin finish from the period, looks good enough to be original to me but I've been wrong before. I can't tell by comparing the barrel to my 6.5 inch but perhaps someone here...

This one won't letter but in many ways it looks good enough, to me anyway, to be factory work. A 5 inch 1950 Target 45 ACP barrel (no SN in the ejector shroud) and a McGivern bead, a 45 ACP cylinder (no SN) and a bright blue finish that is the equal of many of my factory originals. I can't...

I've wanted one of each of the early Masterpieces for quite awhile although any of the later ones are great too. I've had the 22LR Masterpiece (SN K143198) for a long time. The 38 Special (K90302) showed up at the Tulsa Symposium auction this summer, and the 32 Long (K103979) finally arrived...

This old (1913) and finish challenged (but original finish) Triple Lock followed me home this weekend. The Heiser rig came with it. I think the TL may have travelled a few miles in it. Jeff SWCA #1457