Leatherhead23
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There's only 11 or so on the list of 'known' nickel Pre19's...
Stu...you still have that list of serials? Is Lee's on it?
Stu...you still have that list of serials? Is Lee's on it?
Early Nickel Combat Magnum
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sbowenjr
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You have the only box I have ever seen for a nickel Pre-19.
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEE!
Wow sir. Thank you. Thank you for this forum!
sbowenjr
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I will look through some old emails and see ic I can find it.
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Pic of the invoice added.
Awaiting Letter.
Awaiting Letter.
Mine is SN K264183. I should probably be ashamed of myself for not lettering it by now. I was lucky and picked it up from an online auction back when Gunbroker and Auction Arms were a new thing. Most of the folks I considered "rich old guys" hadn`t figured out the new technology yet so there were some bargains to be had in those days.
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sbowenjr
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Keep them comming guys. BTT!
BigBill
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Some just don't get it when I say the world famous s&w nickel finish is were it's at. They are awesome.
Inherited Treasure
My father passed away recently and I inherited his nickel 357 Combat Magnum #K264260. He was a Texas Highway Patrolman and Special Texas Ranger from 1959 -1979 and then Private Investigator/Security until he retired in 2013. This was his service revolver and the only handgun he ever owned. It is still in pretty good shape for an all original 50+ years everyday carry weapon.
I am very proud to take over caring for this weapon.
Please forgive the photography, this is the first time I have ever posted to any forum.
My father passed away recently and I inherited his nickel 357 Combat Magnum #K264260. He was a Texas Highway Patrolman and Special Texas Ranger from 1959 -1979 and then Private Investigator/Security until he retired in 2013. This was his service revolver and the only handgun he ever owned. It is still in pretty good shape for an all original 50+ years everyday carry weapon.
I am very proud to take over caring for this weapon.
Please forgive the photography, this is the first time I have ever posted to any forum.
Very nice!!! If your not keeping it, and I hope you do, I'd be interested in it.
I noticed on the same invoice two m27s with serial numbers in the S138xxx range. Serial numbers most usually associated with guns made several years earlier. I wonder if they were stamped M27? I doubt it.
Art Doc
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Wow. There are 11 of them and 6 have been posted (so far) on this thread.
I like the shiny ones.
My nickel 58 also shipped to Jesse Harpe (any info on this dealer?). I guess the shiny ones were popular in Florida.
I like the shiny ones.
My nickel 58 also shipped to Jesse Harpe (any info on this dealer?). I guess the shiny ones were popular in Florida.
geoff40
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Let's make it 7. Here is K264008, one of the 11 on the list. Some of you know, maybe, this gun had a set of Charles Wendell's stocks on it when I got it. The gun belonged to one of Charlie's best friends, who preferred smooth wood versus the oak-leaf classic style he usually carved. The pictured stocks came from one of the Maine gents, not active on this forum too much these days. Much thanks and credit out to him for getting me a set of the stocks that would likely have been on this revolver when it left the factory.
I also got charlie's very own 19-2, an early 63 or 64 nickel 6" gun with a K-frame size set of Kearsarge stocks, with his own initials carved in to them.
I also got charlie's very own 19-2, an early 63 or 64 nickel 6" gun with a K-frame size set of Kearsarge stocks, with his own initials carved in to them.
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geoff40
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Guess I need to letter this hunk of iron, huh?
Throwing this thread up for another round at the top. Great guns, great photos and fun information for those of us who love the Combat Magnums.
Thanks Richard. We sort of new guys always learn something from these older threads. Usually I find myself sending two or three "likes" before I look at the date of the thread.
Hey Lee!!!
I have a great COMBAT MAGNUM presentation case your/my Nickel Combat Magnum would look perfect in.
I have a great COMBAT MAGNUM presentation case your/my Nickel Combat Magnum would look perfect in.
.357magger
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Very nice Magnum.
Always learning something here.
Thanks for sharing it (them).
Always learning something here.
Thanks for sharing it (them).
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