Ever given away a S&W?

[586L-Frame]

I gave a nephew my 1st favorite S&W 686 L-Frame 4" no dash which I babied, to keep as a family heirloom in my memory. Lol!

At the next family function he disappointed me, by telling me he sold it, to buy a Sig Sauer P226 Blaclwater 9mm.

I won't do that again.
586L-Frame

 

[bpeddicord]

I gave both of my sons an airweight J frame 38 special revolver to carry as back up guns. Both bought their own full size pistols.
Once, back many, many years ago, I had a gun dealer that I did lots of business with give me a beautiful S&W model 19-3 simply because I had done so much business with him over the years. I still have that revolver today. The dealer died a few years ago and the business is really in bad shape. Evidently his son didn't have good business skills.

 

[otis24]

Smithhound, that was a beautiful thing to do!

I've never given a gun away, but have done a few gun trades where I've felt like I had given them away afterwards (LOL)!

When my daughter comes of age and is mature enough, I plan to make sure she is well equipped to enter the world. Next purchase is another 642 for the wife.

Then will think about the kids.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Never gave away any Smiths....But I have given away Brownings/Rugers and Remingtons to special family members.

 

[OldDominion]

2 Smiths and a Savage

Well, I gave my wife a 642 LadySmith for a ccw, the one with the soft case, and a 65-6 3" for a pistol class she took with Insights. The one that really tickled me wasn't a Smith, but I gave my Priest a Savage Model 10 in .308 for a deer rifle. He's a real good friend, and was using a tired old Marlin lever gun and he needed something better. He killed 3 deer with it in 6 minutes. Lotsa deer here in Virginia. I had it inscribed "Father Hat Trick." OD

 

[kennyb]

i purchased my first S&W in 1975...a M10 snub...i was 21...carried it off duty...when my son turned 21 i gave it to him

 

[jhde69]

Last year gave the 2 boys 637-2's, the year before model 63 winchesters, the year before that model 62A winchesters, before that Ruger mark 3's. This year cash as one boy is building a rifle and the younger has gotten involved with Ruger target shooting at his gun club.

 

[TexasRider]

Several - but until recently I was more a Colt guy.

But this year I have given two of my guns to new shooters or outdoorsmen to get them started and get and keep new young and older guys (and girls too) coming into the sport.

It is something I have done for some time really. Not just this year. Heck when I had to sponsor closest to the hole golf prizes I generally gave a shotgun. So guys tried harder LOL!

This year I gave a shotgun to one of my younger best buddy's who is a heck of an engineer and a super car buff. But his wife doesnt like guns - you know the story. I took him clays shooting and then gave him a shotgun before dove season and took him hunting too. His wife relented and he also bought a new lever gun and a new Beretta 9mm pistol. He also joined the NRA. He is shopping for a safe too. So he is coming along.

His Dad had died of cancer this year, but his Dad told me that one of the best things that had happened to him was that I got his son shooting. Those old US Air Force guys are like that . And it helped with the buds wife too.

I also took my landscape mans 2 sons on a duck hunt too. They are 14 and 15 year olds. They thought it was GREAT. I let them fire a couple of rounds each with me right there of course. Ear to ear smiles. So for Christmas they received an older Remington 870 pump shotgun in walnut and blued steel in top notch shape from my safe. They got the shotgun, but their Dad is "holding" the gun until I can get them to the shotgun range and until they can do some more learning. I am pretty sure they will be shooters and possibly hunters too.

It is not a lot, but it is moving the ball in the right direction.

All of us may need it now more than ever before.

Merry Christmas to all of you !

 

[JP@AK]

Of course:
Wife
Sons
Daughter
Too many to mention or even remember. The one that stands out was a gift to one of my sons many years back (I think it was the year he turned 22). I gave him my very first Highway Patrolman. It was a standard HP except that it had gone back to S&W to have the trigger worked on - not repairs, just smoothing up and the installation of a Target Trigger. The trigger on that gun moves like greased glass on glass. Smoothest firing S&W I've ever owned. He still lets me shoot it now and then. I get a twinge whenever I see it, but I know it is in and will remain in good hands.
JP

 

[JP@AK]

Next year I plan to give a Victory Model to a friend's son who I have been teaching to shoot well. He's a great kid and loves to come over just to look at my collection and talk Smiths.
The revolver in question has been reblued, but it was in a shipment to the Oakland Navy Yard on August 9, 1943 (so says Roy's letter). It is a great little shooter and I think he will appreciate it.
JP

 

[williamlayton]

I am not sure what happened--at one moment I had a nice M28 and the next it was my daughters and I was buying another, I looked for a PPK the other day and my daughter informed me that it was in her car.
I attribute it to senior moments as I don't want to call my daughter a thief---on the other hand I found some tags that say mine on a few guns in the safe ??
Blessings

 

[Old cop]

Yes, a 36-7 (Lady Smith) to my younger daughter as a CCW when & if she decides to pursue her carry permit. In the interum I'm teaching both her and my son-in-law how to shoot it.

 

[Loy Loyola]

Not yet and my kids have no interest whatsoever in firearms. I must have "over taught" them to leave guns when they see them when they were still very young. I didn't frighten them or anything, I just said "if you see a gun in a room, leave the room" but I'll take my lumps from my fellow firearms enthusiasts now.

 

[MDMarauder]

Yes, I gave my father a model 60.-

 

[CoachWillyT]

Giving my boys S&W 9mm's for Christmas this year. Have given them Shotguns, 10/22's, Big Game Rifles and before that sling shots and BB guns LOL. And an LC9 for my wife this year after our house got broken in to. The Boys are now 24 & 21.

 

[pineappleshooter]

I gave a Sigma 9mm to a friend. Does that count?

Sigma-Friend - sounds like an oxymoron to me!

 

[johnsonl]

I gave my cousin a Model 37 last year, she lives alone and wanted some protection. I also gave the 75 year old gentleman that I bought my house from a Terrier in .38 S&W. He can no longer operate his Derringer and needed a revolver. I couldn't take money from someone in need.

 

[CWH44300]

I have a 14 yr old daughter and a 19 yr old son, they are both well equipped for the range and the woods, tomorrow they are both getting NRA life memberships for Xmas, but I really got a smile out of this one.
My wife has a single friend with a 12 yr old son, he is right into guns big time, so we started the safety training and he passed every test I gave him, he shoots with us weekly, mostly my kids guns, about a month ago he was over the house for a shoot and noticed my daughter was sporting a new marlin 22 and the son a new H+R single 20 ga, when he found out they were his...wow...doesn't describe it, I have a new best friend

 

[7shooter]

I gave a 6" Model 17 to my son in law and a Model 15 to my son when he graduated from law school.

A friend ( and cousin ) of my Dad's gave me two beautiful S&Ws ( a 2" deep blue Model 10 and a perfect nickle plated Model 36 ) from her days with the Colorado Springs PD. She is in her 80s and her kids are anti gun. Lucky for me.

BTW, in her youth she was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.

 

[fyimo]

I gave a model 67 no dash with box, paperwork, and the rest of the goodies to my son a few years ago and this year I got it back as he wanted a semi auto 9mm so I gave him a Sig P228 I had as an extra. I had the Sig P228 stolen and then bought another one and a few months ago I got the stolen one back.

 

[bgrafsr]

I gave our son a Model 586, a Model 617, a Model 16-4, and a 20 gauge semi-auto shotgun, but I can't remember the Make. The three handguns were stolen in a burglary, so shortly after that I gave him a Model 64. He will get the rest of the guns & equipment when I move along.

 

[olskool]

yes i did last year. my dad died in 96 in his will he left me a S&W model 30-1 i knew why he did it. he had a lot of guns to be sold when he died but he left me this little smith. he told me when he was a boy that his dad had a 32 S&W but it got missing when his dad died and he was sorry he never got it, that is why he bought this one. and that is why he left it to me.

my brother is a master carpender, he builds sypress and ceder strip boats, he built me one. what we in the south call a sneek boat, for fishing the swamps an local rivers. it is powdered with a modified trolling moto

r. i gave him the smith our daddy left me for payment. i diden't have to give it to him but he always liked the gun and i know my dad would have been glad i did, we are a close family. this is my ceder strip boat.

 

[Loy Loyola]

That boat is beautiful! What is that thing beside the folded chair in the 2nd photo?

 

[Stranglehold]

I gave my twin daughters a pair of Model 63's last Christmas...

But more in line with the what I believe was the original intent of the thread...I gave a birth year Model 17 to a good friend as a statement of thanks and a "welcome home" upon his return from service in Iraq.

Roe

 

[deanodog]

I gave my brother a model 36 and my best friend a model 60
for home protection.

 

[vytoland]

my son turned 40 this year, so i gave him something special........ S&W model 681 (no dash) and S&W model 13-2, 3" barrel.

 

[VaRecon]

Not yet but I did purchase a Makarov for a good friend who is a Marine.
It is sitting in my safe along with 250 rounds waiting for him to come in on leave.

@Olskool The boat is beautiful, and I'm sure your dad would be proud that you shared his heirloom with your brother.

 

[ron farmer]

I have given away at least fifteen (mostly Colt, Smith & Wesson, Remington, Ruger, quality militarys and one Armalite AR 10) firearms and shall give more. Mostly the gifts were made to young shooters who would not be able to get started shooting given the insane prices for quality firearms these days and a few were to friends for self protection.

 

[bronco45]

My brother was the recipient of a 6" 586 I gave him last year. He is 80+ and has taken up the sport of target shooting. He sets his targets at 12 yards and he usually shoots a one hole six shot group. I provide the 38s and he buys lunch. We enjoy this time together and it's been a close association for two brothers who are 18 years apart in age.

 

[mr-mom]

If you don't count the ones given to my beautiful wife and to my sons, I have not given any others away yet. But, reading this thread has moved me to get off my butt and hand out the Smiths I have stored in the safe for my grandsons when I tip over. This way I'll get to share the smiles with them!! Thanks for the idea and a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to all.
Dave