Big Bore Belly Gun - got to scratch this one off the list.

[sigp220.45]

It took some horse trading and haggling, but I brought this one home the other day:



A nice, but not perfect, 24-3. I haven't had a gun that says this on the barrel since about 1987:



I've wanted one since I saw it on the cover of Shooting Times. I have the issue somewhere.



No, the barrel isn't pinned. I don't care. It shoots like a dream.





I've been reading threads about these. Mine is an ALA prefix, which may or may not be a Lew Horton gun. Doesn't matter to me.

It came with this El Paso Saddlery holster.



Plus, I saw this at work today:



Life is good.

Anybody else have one?

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I wouldn't care about a pinned barrel, either. I have guns with them and without them. Sometimes I never even noticed until I got the gun home. Sounds like you picked a winner - a little large for my purposes but a great gun all the same!

***GRJ***

 

[RobertJ.]

Very nice! I've always wanted one, I'm envious to say the least!

 

[JAFO]

Ship Rock, New Mexico, drove by several years back. nice pistol also.

 

[75Vette]

Beautiful gun! I let one slip by a few months ago and I'm still kicking myself!

 

[kritter]

checked on mine way back when,
it is a lew Horton..
but been sitting in the safe too long.. it's gonna have to come out to play, soon..

 

[mc5aw]

Too heavy and too large for a belly gun, unless you're Santa.

24 or 624 in 3" ... Score!

 

[CScott]

I drove by Shiprock a couple of hours ago, also while working. As a matter of fact, I pulled off just south of the state line on a dirt road and I put 50 rounds through my Triple Lock 44 just for fun. Where did you get your Mod 24?
Scott

 

[MikeyB]

Gotta love the 24-3. Even better when you have two to love!!

 

[Shorty 45 MK2]

Congrats!

That is a beast of a snubby but a very nice one.

I hope to have a .44 snub someday.

 

[Harkrader]

I really love the look of it in blue steel!
This is as close as I can come. It is a Lew Horton Combat Special, one of "only" 5,000 . . .. I feel so special.

I bought it from a LEO in '96.
It doesn't see a LOT of carry time, but with new defense ammo maybe its day is here.

 

[Harkrader]

BTW, there was a tempest-in-a-teapot "issue" with the 624s. It was battled out elsewhere on the forum in 2009.
Short version, as affirmed by Roy Jinks: some were made with the cylinder long enough to accept .44 Magnum rounds. They were recalled to fit shorter cylinders. When that was done, a red-circled "C" was stamped ON THE BOX! No mark was put on the guns. Luckily I got the box and all papers with mine, and the box has the "C". Frankly, if I had purchased it new I would not have had the cylinder replaced. I load a ton of .44 Magnum cases, much of it at Cowboy velocities, and therefore much of it well within .44 Special pressures. I would have been able to use those in this gun and, "YES," they are marked. Might also add to collector value, though that has never been important to me.

 

[colt_saa]

Congratulations

How can you not love 3" snubbies

 

[alwaysoutdoors]

Very cool. I'm liking 2-3" revolvers more lately.

 

[shouldazagged]

I can't begin to tell you how envious I am.

 

[Peak53]

Now you need it's big brother!

a pair of 24-3s

 

[sigp220.45]

I drove by Shiprock a couple of hours ago, also while working. As a matter of fact, I pulled off just south of the state line on a dirt road and I put 50 rounds through my Triple Lock 44 just for fun. Where did you get your Mod 24?
Scott

Bloomfield Pawn.

 

[StickShift]

I love the combination of the large bore and slim tapered barrel. Nice find.

 

[CH4]

I love the combination of the large bore and slim tapered barrel. Nice find.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I concur!!! wish my 3" 627 and 629 had the tapered barrel.

 

[629shooter]

I concur!!! wish my 3" 627 and 629 had the tapered barrel.

That would be a cool configuration.

Since the M27 has a tapped barrel, it surprises me that the first 627s didn't.