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That's a very nice firearm. Hold onto it until you can one day pass it down to your own grandson.

I like them both just fine My brother has a 8-3/8" .460. It's a pretty nice sidearm. I like that it will fire a .460, .454 Casull, and a .45LC. I don't have one yet, but am pretty fond of it. I have .500's in the form of 8-3/8", 6.5 ", and 4". I don't know why the porting on the 8-3/8"...

The .44 Mag and the .460 are fine firearms, but the .460 will also fire .454 Casull and .45 LC, the .45 LC comes in handier for plinking. I read some of the threads and will say this of my 8-3/8's .500, although it kicks like a mule, the porting drives it straight back, keeping it level. The...

Smith Model 57 .41 Mag 4".

Personally, I'm not a fan of AR's, but have no problem with whoever has and uses them. If we all had and wanted the same things, what a boring world this would be. My tastes are not someone else's, and that's a good thing. While in the Army, I was assigned and used M16's. They were awfully...

Very nice. Thanks for sharing it. Use it in good health.

Cabelas always seems to have a good quantity of police trade-ins in their libraries. I've considered it, but favor revolvers over pistols, so never purchased one. Speaking of home defense though, my mother just turned 82 last Saturday and has a number of .38's located around her home. Not...

I'm a firm believer of "To each, his or her own". You need to figure out what your needs are and what will best fill them. Personally, when it comes to sidearms, I own one pistol and a whole lot of revolvers from .22 LR/MAG to .500 Mag (4", 6.5", and 8-3/8"). The pistol is a .380 that I...

I'm very proud of your great grandfather. Very proud.

That's kind of funny that you mentioned paying $247.00 for it in 1975. About 1978 I paid somewhere around $270.00 - $280.00 for a Model 57, blued .41 Mag, 6" new. I enlisted in the Army in 1982 and before I left, asked a friend to keep it safe for me, along with some shotguns, one a Mossberg...

I too like the .500. My 8-3/8" is one of the best designed, smoothest shooters that I have. The porting is fantastic. Keeps it level, just need a strong arm to keep it forward. The 6.5" though, gosh it likes to raise up and fire high, and it doesn't like the casings of Winchester Super-X...

I have several Smiths, no Smith snubbys. My closest Smith snubby is a 4" Model 57 .41 Mag with a tight shot group at that range. I love that gun, including the wooden grip. The only actual snubbys that I have are two 2" .38 spl Charter Arms, pretty tight shot groups from that range, and one...

Model 57 is one of them.

J-Frames have their place. I don't have one, but my mother has a 638 that I bought for her, fitted with a Crimson Trace. Its lite weight and has an easy to pull trigger, which she prefers at the age of 79 years old, and sleeps with it under her pillow. She has never been broken into, but...

Well, concealed carry is about being able to conceal something to carry to protect yourself. Since no one is going to see it, hopefully, for obvious reasons, as small as you can conceal that is both potent and accurate. It's about the ability to get the job done, not ability to show off. No...

Good for your daughter. I take my mother and sisters out quarterly to keep them in tune. They prefer .38's but have fired my Model 57 and don't care for it. They won't even touch my Model 29 or Model 500, and that's ok, they aren't comfortable with them. The compensator on the 500 makes it...