ArmyMedicDad
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Model 40 in nickel
Favorite J Frame Ever Made?
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My first 442, a pre-lock late (Sep.) 1996 model year, CBA ser.#.
After getting rid of my Walther PPK/S that I carried previously as a patrol back up, this 442 replaced the PPK/s as my duty backup gun. Carry is in a nicely secure and quite comfortable DeSantis ankle holster.
After getting rid of my Walther PPK/S that I carried previously as a patrol back up, this 442 replaced the PPK/s as my duty backup gun. Carry is in a nicely secure and quite comfortable DeSantis ankle holster.
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Rick_A
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Might want to wipe it down every once and a whileMore dust than wear.
It's either in a pocket or on the ankle. It gets lint.
SC_Mike
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The 640 in .38 works for me. I've only got three of them so far.
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SpartanDCI
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My first handgun at the ripe age of 5 was a Pre34 S&W Kit gun with blued 4 inch barrel, so I guess it was actually an I frame, but what the hell. It came from Evaluator's Gunshop down in Quantico and I could only handle it with an adult around. It was as accurate as a rimfire rifle, and no other kid I knew had their own S&W - which was a big thing growing up.
My Dad got it for me since I longed- maybe even lusted after his Government issued S&W 5 screw Centennial Airweight, which also had an alloy cylinder, which was quite rare. It
seemed to weigh less than the 5 rounds of ammo that went into it, but when firing it with custom grips made by a US Government armorer - it would plop every round into the 10 ring at 25 yards. The pistol would lock up from the bullets working loose sometimes, so it was not uncommon for some operators to run work loads into a crimping die for a slightly tighter crimp. My Dad carried that pistol in his baggy suit front pocket from the 1950's until he retired from the G in the early 1980's. I wish he could have taken it with him, but he was given a Browning High Power he carried in SE Asia instead.
I did not like my old man's Airweight firing indoors as much as outdoors, but I do remember shooting it as a kid in the basement pistol range at the US Treasury HQ next to the White House as a yungin..........years of dust would rain down from the firing lanes as it was fired.
The Secret Service agents used to shoot S&W model 39's, snubs and snub magnums with Super Vel ammo, along with Uzi's and Thompsons when I shot there with my Dad and his co-workers, but I always though my Old Man's pistol kicked up more **** than the bigger shooting irons.
Good times!
My Dad got it for me since I longed- maybe even lusted after his Government issued S&W 5 screw Centennial Airweight, which also had an alloy cylinder, which was quite rare. It
seemed to weigh less than the 5 rounds of ammo that went into it, but when firing it with custom grips made by a US Government armorer - it would plop every round into the 10 ring at 25 yards. The pistol would lock up from the bullets working loose sometimes, so it was not uncommon for some operators to run work loads into a crimping die for a slightly tighter crimp. My Dad carried that pistol in his baggy suit front pocket from the 1950's until he retired from the G in the early 1980's. I wish he could have taken it with him, but he was given a Browning High Power he carried in SE Asia instead.
I did not like my old man's Airweight firing indoors as much as outdoors, but I do remember shooting it as a kid in the basement pistol range at the US Treasury HQ next to the White House as a yungin..........years of dust would rain down from the firing lanes as it was fired.
The Secret Service agents used to shoot S&W model 39's, snubs and snub magnums with Super Vel ammo, along with Uzi's and Thompsons when I shot there with my Dad and his co-workers, but I always though my Old Man's pistol kicked up more **** than the bigger shooting irons.
Good times!
629shooter
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If I have to pick one, I'll go with the 640-1.
lonestarjeff
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M36-1 & M37, both were purchased new by my father in 1980(ish). He gave me the 37 & kept the 36 for himself. He passed away in '02 , so I brought it home with me. The 36 has a set of Pachmayer's on it now.
ironhead7544
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Of all the ones I have owned, the M36 with 3 inch HB, SB, and 1/8" sights was the best.
bearpugh4570
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3 in mod 36 for me.
gunnerbern
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36-6, about the most perfectly balanced shooter with the 3" full lug barrel, and adjustable sights.
greenmachine
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I'm a little light on J-frames. The three that I have are my favorites though and NOT just because they are the only ones I own. The 60-4 and the 36-6 with full lug barrels and adjustable sights make them perfect shooters. That grooved target trigger on the 60-4 is so sweet! My third is a four inch 34-1 that I bought new in the early 70's.
The only other J-frame that could possibly interest me would be the 60-18 in .357 with a five inch barrel and (you guessed it) adjustable sights.
The only other J-frame that could possibly interest me would be the 60-18 in .357 with a five inch barrel and (you guessed it) adjustable sights.
When there is a bump in the night, this is what is at my bedside.
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greenmachine
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BE Mike, model number please. I need to look for some J-frame speed loaders.
shouldazagged
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The very lightly-used 640 no-dash .38 Special I purchased and treated to a polish of the internals and installation of an orange insert in the front sight blade. Put a set of Pachmayr Compacs on it and have pocket-carried it every day for fifteen years in a pocket holster (virtually no lint
).
Mine is one of about 5000 factory-etched "Tested For +P+", but S&W wasn't eager to talk about that and I haven't lettered it.
I prefer the heft of the all-steel J's with the ammo I favor for SD.
).Mine is one of about 5000 factory-etched "Tested For +P+", but S&W wasn't eager to talk about that and I haven't lettered it.
I prefer the heft of the all-steel J's with the ammo I favor for SD.
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