624 no dash 3 inch

[Chuck24]

Have not been able to find much info. 624 no dash 3 inch barrel.
Serial alw84xx. Are the pachs original. What wood would be appropriate. Approx age and value. Picked up today in a pawn shop for 400. Couldn't leave it. Any and all info greatly appreciated.
Called Horton, right number range but not one of theirs. Any other ideas about what it is?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Sweet deal!
You need a set of these.

 

[ladder13]

You stole it. They came with combats.

 

[31FordA]

That was an incredible deal, congratulations. Even with what a set of combats goes for these days you'll still come out way ahead.

 

[Qc Pistolero]

Got another one like that...even at $50 more?I'll take it!
Qc

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

... 624 no dash 3 inch barrel. Serial alw84xx....

The distributor Lew Horton had 7,000 made on a special order. Yours would of shipped in......

July or August of 1985.​

It would of had wood finger groove grips, as others have shown. S&W called these grips "Combat Stocks". Any grip made to fit a round-butt N-frame would fit.

Lew Horton is still around as a company. If you call them they will authenticate your gun, then send you a nice letter on their fancy letterhead documenting it with some interesting facts. It's a nice thing to have, and they provide it for free.

The product code was 103580, a number unique to that specific model and variation.....

http://smith-wessonforum.com/search.php?searchid=9992827​

These 103580's normally trade hands in the $650 to $900 range, though I've seen them go for more and less. You got an excellent deal

 

[Nemo288]

Chuck24: You got that gun for roughly what we paid for them in 1985! Or a tad less!
I forget what the holsters went for. It was either $25 or $50. Glad I got both when I did.

I was under the impression, however flawed, that there were 5000 of these (and not all of them shipped from Lew Horton).
In addition 1 or 2 thousand were offered with a spiffy (Gould & Goodrich?) holster as there were no 3" N frame holsters common at the time.
The 3" 624 may be the first or close to the first round butt N frame as well.
Some modern off the shelf grips may not fit exactly. I had Craig Spegel custom fit mine to the frame.
The other 624's are square butt.
The Dillon catalog of a few months ago had a centerfold article on the 44 special that had some info near the end about these numbers.
I can never remember them all.
Here's what my 3" LH 624 looks like in it's BLW holster and Spegel grips (sorry the original combats are NFS):
The belt is a Galco 1.75" I wear every day whether or not I am carrying.

 

[BUFF]

Yes, you got a great deal.

The Model 24-3, the equivalent blue steel version of this gun, was the first factory 3 inch, round butt N frame. It was made in 1983/1984, while the 624 3 inchers came along in 1985/1988.

 

[629shooter]

Have not been able to find much info. 624 no dash 3 inch barrel.
Serial alw84xx. Are the pachs original. What wood would be appropriate. Approx age and value. Picked up today in a pawn shop for 400. Couldn't leave it. Any and all info greatly appreciated.

I wouldn't have left it there either. I probably couldn't have gotten my wallet out fast enough.

Enjoy that one.

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[cmj8591]

Not to be a "Debbie Downer" here but you are going to pay almost as much for some original grips as you did for the gun.

 

[SWCinthe920]

Very, very jealous!

 

[murphydog]

You 'may' have a good deal there .

Somewhere here on the Forum is a copy of the original Lew Horton ad for the 624 3". The photo in post 2 and my bad memory seem to recall these had a K frame sized RB grip frame, important to know before shopping and easy to check if you have any K RB stocks to try on it (or if the ones that came with the gun are that style and fit well).

 

[Shark Bait]

You 'may' have a good deal there .

Somewhere here on the Forum is a copy of the original Lew Horton ad for the 624 3". The photo in post 2 and my bad memory seem to recall these had a K frame sized RB grip frame, important to know before shopping and easy to check if you have any K RB stocks to try on it (or if the ones that came with the gun are that style and fit well).

According to the literature of the day, both the 24-3 and the 624 Lew Horton guns were made with the K frame size grip frame, but I find that N frame stocks fit best.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

You 'may' have a good deal there .

Somewhere here on the Forum is a copy of the original Lew Horton ad for the 624 3". The photo in post 2 and my bad memory seem to recall these had a K frame sized RB grip frame, important to know before shopping and easy to check if you have any K RB stocks to try on it (or if the ones that came with the gun are that style and fit well).

Not K.......N....That was a mistake in one of Skeeter's stories

 

[bananaman]

Great deal, and gun you came up with!!! Why couldn't that happen to me? Bob

 

[629shooter]

Both the 24-3 and the 624 Lew Horton guns were made with the K frame size grip frame, but I find that N frame stocks fit best.

Wow! $382 for "the package. In a few more years, people will be wanting that much for just the Combats.

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[Chuck24]

Thanks all for all the replies and info. Monday will contact LH to be sure. Now to find those stocks.

 

[Chuck24]

Wow! $382 for "the package. In a few more years, people will be wanting that much for just the Combats.

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Just started checking, they're almost there!

 

[hkcavalier]

Yep, call or email Lew Horton.

You got a great deal. If you can't find original combats, you can hit up Culina for ones that are likely better than the originals and match well.

 

[TAROMAN]

Mine wears Culinas, too.
Agree they fit and feel better than the factory versions.