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03-23-2009, 08:14 PM
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Bring back the Escort, only this time in Scandium. I think the Model 61 Escort is one of the best hideout guns that S & W ever made. Small, light and extremely concealable the Escort fits in the front pocket with no problems. I even had a custom molded IWB and a neck holster made up in kydex for the last one I had. It was one of those guns that I knew I shouldn't sell, but… Better to have a "Mouse Gun" than no gun at all.
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04-20-2009, 08:51 PM
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I agree. The Model 61 was a great, little .22 hideout gun.
I've only seen one once, years ago a guy brought one to the local gravel pit at which I was firing.
Didn't get to fire it, but he seemed to shoot it accurately enough: minute of tin-can at about 30 feet. That's all you need for such a tiny hideout gun.
I don't recall that it failed to feed or fire.
I'm uncertain why the 61 died so quickly; were there problems with quality, reliability or was it just too strange-looking to sell well?
Anyone know?
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04-21-2009, 05:33 PM
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I've never had or shot one. So all I know is what I've read. Most of that said reliability was pretty awful.
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04-22-2009, 09:34 AM
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Wife still has here 30 year old Escort. I like the little gun use to carry on undercover as a backup.
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04-25-2009, 04:29 PM
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The one I had was very unreliable. The little Bobcat has it beat all to heck.
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04-27-2009, 09:02 AM
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My escort functions flawlessly with all types of ammo, standard velocity, high vel., hollowpoints. Maybe I just got a good one. I wish Smith would bring it back. I read a cryptic comment somewhere that Smith & Wesson decided that they just didn't want to be in the business of making this type of handgun. Who knows, it probably just didn't sell very well and they made a business decision to drop it.
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04-27-2009, 02:35 PM
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Guys, this thread needs a picture !!!
Here's my Escort, new in box, I never fired it so I can't comment on it's performance, Shoo
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04-27-2009, 02:52 PM
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When they first came out, we "all" ran out and bought one, thinking really small, good back up, maybe carry sometimes off duty.
Not a single one of the bunch was reliable enough to carry. I bought a second, then later a third, and never found one that worked 100%.
A RELIABLE Escort, now that would be a great gun.
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04-27-2009, 02:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by shooboy:
Guys, this thread needs a picture !!!
Here's my Escort, new in box, I never fired it so I can't comment on it's performance, Shoo
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How many rounds does it hold in the magazine?
I saw one years and years ago...looked like a blank/tear gas gun. All I remember is it was tiny and an S&W
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04-28-2009, 10:14 AM
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Model 61 No Dash did have feed problems. So did -1. The last one I had was a -2 and was reliable with everything I put through it.
Standing Knight, the mag will hold 5 rounds of 22 LR
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05-26-2009, 04:54 PM
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I would be first in line to buy one. When I was a kid, my grandfather had one he carried constantly. He always carried it in his pocket folded in a wallet to break the profile. There was also enough room on the wallet for him to sew on a little piece of elastic to hold a spare mag. Not sure what dash it was, but I have many fond memories of rolling tin cans with it in the field behind his house. I don't recall there being any kind of funtion problem with his.
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09-19-2009, 08:12 PM
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Bring back the Escort, only this time in Scandium. I think the Model 61 Escort is one of the best hideout guns that S & W ever made. Small, light and extremely concealable the Escort fits in the front pocket with no problems. I even had a custom molded IWB and a neck holster made up in kydex for the last one I had. It was one of those guns that I knew I shouldn't sell, but… Better to have a "Mouse Gun" than no gun at all.
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This has, for all intents and purposes, already been done. The little 2213 was a little larger, but in terms of design, it was essentially the same pistol as the 61 Escort, but reliable.
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09-19-2009, 10:26 PM
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Sadly, the Escort I had was the only S&W I was unreluctant to trade away. Terribly unreliable.
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09-24-2009, 12:42 PM
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model 61 escort reliability
I still have mine. Very reliable when clean. At least as reliable as my Beretta 21. Bot are picky on ammo, and both want to be clean. But a J frame seems to end up in the front pocket instead.
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