Ever Wonder...
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Green Frog
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Not an L-frame... that's a stainless K-frame barrel with an under lug, the way Smith makes most of the Model 617s, so it looks like he's an "L" when finished, but 616 is all K-frame with all factory parts (altered or not.) The only outward signs of the conversion are Andy's new marking on the barrel and the modified cylinder release I did when we were shooting PPC together. I don't want to "drift the thread" so take a look at http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1980-present/260686-project-616-a.html for all the details. Few guns have ever had their rebirth laid bare the way old 616 has, but he's pretty proud of where he's been and really doesn't mind. In fact, he's sort of a missionary hoping to lead others to conversion!
Froggie
Green Frog
Member
C'mon guys, I know some others of you out there have stories to tell. Step up to the counter, take a deep swig of Hoppe's #9, and let it all out. We're waitin' to hear from you.
616
616
Green Frog
Member
Giz, I thought this thread had such great possibilities when you started it. I think I'll bump it to the top one more time to see whether any more storied guns will speak up. It seems that a lot of folks enjoyed hearing from yours and mine, and the poignant story from Buff's Model 10 was a real tear jerker.
Froggie
Froggie
Guys
I don't have any great S&W gun stories about my two years in SE Asia, although I did carry an issue Model 15 during that time. But later I will write the story of my grandfather's Model of 1905 Target (First Change) which letters to April of 1908. It can tell about a lot of its long life.
Right now, I need to get outside and winterize my place. The cold weather is on its way here in Alaska.
Cheers.
Jack
I don't have any great S&W gun stories about my two years in SE Asia, although I did carry an issue Model 15 during that time. But later I will write the story of my grandfather's Model of 1905 Target (First Change) which letters to April of 1908. It can tell about a lot of its long life.
Right now, I need to get outside and winterize my place. The cold weather is on its way here in Alaska.
Cheers.
Jack
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
I have about a half a dozzen I wish I knew the history on. This S&W american made in 1871 or 1872 would lead the pack. It was found in a old barn being tore down in montanna that used to be a stagecoach stop. The barrel had been cut back. The double barrel is a .50 caliber pin fire unkown maker from in the 1840s. The old collector that gave it to me 45 years ago thought it might have been "a boarding pistol" from probley a pirate as it has two holes that look like it may have been drilled for a clip to wear on a sash or belt. The civil war era remington new model army was refinished before I got it. The winchester 95 carbine in 30/40 is a south west gun and could have been a arizzona rangers (came from there) or a texas rangers gun. I am also showing after them some others I used to own that were stolen from me. Enjoy! (As waitress`s always say.
hkcavalier
US Veteran
I only have one gun with anything remarkable history at all, not a S&W though. Since my father has been gone 5 years I'll fill in the blanks as best I can.
"I'm an inexpensive Winchester 1400 12 gauge rebrand sold by Sears under the Ted Williams name. My owner likely bought me at Sears in Spokane in the mid-1960s while he lived as a bachelor in a cabin in the wilderness near the Colville Indian Reservation. I took many, many ducks and geese (most of these required soaking in wine and herbs to be edible). My last hunt was sometime in the mid 1970s.
Some years later, in 1988, I was stolen along with my 'buddies' and was the only gun later recovered. For over 15 years I served as a home defense gun loaded up with buckshot. Fortunately my owner's fear of needing to use me on a misguided young criminal was never realized.
When my owner passed away in 2008, I became property of his son. While he soon after became an avid bird hunter, I was relegated to the safe as I'm a 2-3/4" gun and my unique adjustable choke is not suitable for steel shot. Coupled with a broken forearm, I'm realize I'm only still around for sentimental reasons. But maybe, just maybe, I'll become useful once again..."
"I'm an inexpensive Winchester 1400 12 gauge rebrand sold by Sears under the Ted Williams name. My owner likely bought me at Sears in Spokane in the mid-1960s while he lived as a bachelor in a cabin in the wilderness near the Colville Indian Reservation. I took many, many ducks and geese (most of these required soaking in wine and herbs to be edible). My last hunt was sometime in the mid 1970s.
Some years later, in 1988, I was stolen along with my 'buddies' and was the only gun later recovered. For over 15 years I served as a home defense gun loaded up with buckshot. Fortunately my owner's fear of needing to use me on a misguided young criminal was never realized.
When my owner passed away in 2008, I became property of his son. While he soon after became an avid bird hunter, I was relegated to the safe as I'm a 2-3/4" gun and my unique adjustable choke is not suitable for steel shot. Coupled with a broken forearm, I'm realize I'm only still around for sentimental reasons. But maybe, just maybe, I'll become useful once again..."
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
I have one gun that I know to be a blood gun. It is this Hi Standard HDM. I traded for it with my old captain-friend Frank. I traded him a old lever .303 savage 1899 for it. Frank was a deputy on a department in colorado time frame 1950`s - 60`s. They got a hot call on a shooting at a filling station. The filling station owner was killed. Frank said they caught the guy right away nearby but couldnt immediatly find the weapon. Finaly he got a ladder and looked on the roof of the station and found it. He said after the trial the judge gave him the gun. Yeah, I know that is unthinkable today.
I bought the fancy carved ivory grips later. A flying goose is on one side and a mountain lion on the other. Love em! Never seen better carveing. They were old when I got them. Anyway frank regretted trading me. Once I found a new HDM for $200s and told him to go buy it for me and I would trade him back but he was too cheap to. That was in the early - mid 70s.
I bought the fancy carved ivory grips later. A flying goose is on one side and a mountain lion on the other. Love em! Never seen better carveing. They were old when I got them. Anyway frank regretted trading me. Once I found a new HDM for $200s and told him to go buy it for me and I would trade him back but he was too cheap to. That was in the early - mid 70s.
Green Frog
Member
I used to collect the letter-series High Standards. That HD Military was the "Model 10" of High Standards. They had a reputation for both accuracy and durability, and the factory claimed to have fired one a quarter million rounds without wearing it out. Love the grips, too! 
Froggie
Froggie
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
Opps! Here is the other grip.
armenius
US Veteran
When I was in Medical School I knew an older resident who had been the Korean War.He owned a nickel plated .36 cal.Colt cap&ball pocket pistol he took off a Chinese soldier..? Dead?.At any rate before they let him bring it home they ground off the firing pin.I would like to have heard that story.
I'd like to hear the tales this Pre-Victory could tell...
