Couldn't pass up this model 58

[shawn mccarver]

That box indicates your Model 58 was shipped with Plain Clothes Magnas. The PC Magnas had the rounded bottoms so as to be less likely to print under a covering garment.

 

[Hair Trigger]

Purchased a model 58 with box at auction. Gun's in very good condition. Guessing late '70's manufacture. My question is about the grip. Is it actually the correct one? The seller was unsure & I can't decipher the markings on the box.
Thanks!

Possibly late 1977, but yours is probably somewhere around 1976. N200000 range covers 1974-77, and M58 production ceased in 1977.

The rounded-bottom PC magna is the correct stock. It's correct that the M520 and M58 were the only N frames with these stocks. The ones on the M520 aren't quite as nice, the feel is a bit more squared than rounded on the portion you hand grips. You don't see it easily, but you feel it when gripping them. The M520's weren't manufactured until two years after the M58 was discontinued.

 

[Retired W4]

Purchased a model 58 with box at auction. Gun's in very good condition. Guessing late '70's manufacture. My question is about the grip. Is it actually the correct one? The seller was unsure & I can't decipher the markings on the box.
Thanks!

mudbug, if you are looking for "correct" stocks I should warn you, they are not very commonly seen on the secondary market due to points made above. S&W only supplied them on those two models, neither of which were in production for very long, relatively speaking.

 

[Vtgw938]

OP:

I think you will find a set. I just sold the set I posted (black inserts) a week or two ago for $75 and I have seen them on eBay. There actually is a damaged set on there now. You will be looking for the silver inserts so either from a M58 or M520 of the correct time period will do.

 

[Retired W4]

Now is the time for the OP to join The Unofficial 58 Club. All things 58. This link will take you there.

https://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-r...ial-58-club.html?highlight=Unofficial+58+Club

 

[Xfuzz]

Snagged this off GB near a year ago...1973vintage.
It was strapped with some N frame combats
pealed those and sold them.

Found these on the "bay" for $70.00
Keep looking they are out there.

 

[jeffrefrig]

This is the wood on my M57, OP's slightly older cousin made in '73 I believe by its serial number. Would they also be used on the M58s later in the decade? They look the same but don't seem to fit quite right on that 58; they could just be a little loose. I know yinz said they were supposed to be originally different on the gun but would the frame be different at the grip between the two guns? Wondering, that's all.

 

[peter-paul]

Not to hijack the thread, but my Model 58 also came with similar stocks. Of course, I didn't buy it "new".

 

[peter-paul]

Adding on to this, I took what member @A10 said and replaced those stocks just now with these stag ones that I bought from a member on this forum! They look and feel phenomenal!

 

[Hair Trigger]

This is the wood on my M57, OP's slightly older cousin made in '73 I believe by its serial number. Would they also be used on the M58s later in the decade? They look the same but don't seem to fit quite right on that 58; they could just be a little loose. I know yinz said they were supposed to be originally different on the gun but would the frame be different at the grip between the two guns? Wondering, that's all.

They are N frame stocks and would fit but would not be the correct style. M57 came standard with GA Target stocks, M58 came with walnut PC magna.

 

[moralem]

My 58 and 520……

 

[gwpercle]

Yep, that's one of few times he was wrong. The 58 is everything you need, nothing you don't. Just one person's opinion, of course.

I will have to Second that opinion !

The Motion is Passed

Gary

 

[Truckman]

My 58 and 520……

I notice some slight differences in hammer profiles which I had not seen before...Thanks for that pic......Ben

 

[gunbarrel]

Sort of beating a dead horse here; but attached are photos of the end of your box, mine, and my nickel plated Model 58. It quicky became my favorite revolver. It's awesome. I find the thick Magnas that came with it to fit my hands perfecty.

 

[Hair Trigger]

I notice some slight differences in hammer profiles which I had not seen before...Thanks for that pic......Ben

The hammers should be the same. I think the spur on the M58 in that picture may be bent ever so slightly, or it could be the camera angle.

 

[moralem]

The hammers should be the same. I think the spur on the M58 in that picture may be bent ever so slightly, or it could be the camera angle.

Could very well be, I will have to pull them out and check. The 58 is said to have been a Louisiana Department of Corrections gun so it could have been bent while on duty. There is LDC stamped on the 58.


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[Truckman]

The 58 is said to have been a Louisiana Department of Corrections gun so it could have been bent while on duty.

Cajun heads are among the hardest objects known to modern science...I should know since my Dad was born there......Ben

 

[A10]

Sort of beating a dead horse here; but attached are photos of the end of your box, mine, and my nickel plated Model 58. It quicky became my favorite revolver. It's awesome. I find the thick Magnas that came with it to fit my hands perfecty.

Nice find! I've seen a re-nickel in person but never a factory one.

 

[Frank Black]

They are N frame stocks and would fit but would not be the correct style. M57 came standard with GA Target stocks, M58 came with walnut PC magna.

Agree. If you want to add anything to the magnas and still be "correct," it would be finding the correct size Tyler T-grip on eBay.

 

[Doc44]

What is the origin of the terms "plain clothes" or modified" Magnas? I can't find them in any of S&W's literature. Were they coined by collectors? Just curious?

Bill