Favorite snubbie...649...

[SuperMan]

Bought this early 90s vintage 649-2 about 15 years ago...has been an excellent shooter.

Have a waist pack that is grab n' go....has the loaded gun, 12 extra rounds of ammo, extra .38 Super/9mm cylinder, holster and moon clips for the extra cylinder..

Only ammo carried in it is the Buffalo Bore 158 Outdoorsman for the woods and the HP version for town...both clock in the 1050 fps area...

 

[flgolfer29]

Nice revolver, I'd like to have one.

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[SuperMan]

G. William Davis Concealer IWB Holster, DeSantis speedloader carrier and HKS loaders..

Bianchi Agent R9 up-side-down shoulder holster convertible to OWB

.38 Super at 5 yards...

Great gun...

Bob

 

[Marshal Tom]

I think I had talked to you about getting one recently and having a second cylinder like your's done as well. I had an M&P 340 for many years but recently traded it away and found my 649-2. It's much nicer to shoot being all steel.

 

[pbramlett]

I'm a big fan of the 649, especially the dash 3. I carry one often and find them to be a pleasure to shoot and are quite accurate

 

[CH4]

Never gave the humpback much thought, until I picked up this 49 a few weeks ago for $325. Now I am looking for a 649.

 

[Dio]

That is a fine looking set up.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I EDC a 49 no dash. It's been refinished to look like a 649. I carry Gold Dot Short Barrel 135 grain +P and a belt pouch for an 8 round speed strip of the same. I have the DeSantis speed loader belt pouch and HKS speed loader, but just found no reason to switch.

Ivan

 

[bananaman]

My all time favorite snub is a 10-5. Feels great in my hands and shoots well. It isn't the prettiest, but neither am I! Bob

 

[Norton 750]

My ugliest Smith and Wesson...but also the last one I would get rid of. A 38-2 is the gun I carry when I can't carry a gun. I like the option of single action for a longer shot on the trail.

 

[mic214]

I picked up mine from another member here on the forum. It's one of my favorite carry guns:

 

[Model 15-4ever]

I picked up mine from another member here on the forum. It's one of my favorite carry guns:

Back in the day... the original 649 was my BUG/off-duty gun for many moons. Those little service stocks were not pleasant with factory 158 LSWCHP +P loads. But, it was one of the best shooting J frames I ever had. Shot so well I used it on the 50 yard qualification course and made 59/60.

When we made the switch to pistols, I sold it to buy a S&W 3913. What a fool!

 

[Frailer]

While I don't carry it, I'm inordinately fond of my 649. It's definitely a classic.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Decades ago a business associate started carrying a S&W M38. I thought it was a terribly odd looking thing. As many years passed I grew fond of the Model but never acquired one. Sometime in the early or mid-1990s an Internet buddy offered a M649 for sale for $300. I snapped it up. Presently, it's with me virtually every day.

Some days it rides in a Galco Summer Special on my belt but most often it rides in a Mika pocket holster which has replaced the Galco nylon pocket holster.

I really, REALLY like that gun!

 

[Greymann]

Very nice. I carry a model 49.

 

[Redcoat3340]

Those are some fine guns showing here.

I "loaned" mine to my middle son and its gone, gone, gone forever (along with a .44 mag that was just gathering dust in the safe).

Now if I could only find one that looks like it was mashed in the muck by a herd of Holsteins and priced like an after-Christmas wrapping paper sale I'd be all over it. (I just picked up a model 36 that fulfilled those two requirements and I sure hope it works out).

As a bona-fide Smith fan-boy I shudder at the idea of buying something "like" a 49...but household budgets being what they are, does anyone have any suggestions of similar semi-concealed-hammer-fired-j-frames that might be an acceptable substitute for a Smith? Just wondering.

 

[John Patrick]

Those are some fine guns showing here.

I "loaned" mine to my middle son and its gone, gone, gone forever (along with a .44 mag that was just gathering dust in the safe).

Now if I could only find one that looks like it was mashed in the muck by a herd of Holsteins and priced like an after-Christmas wrapping paper sale I'd be all over it. (I just picked up a model 36 that fulfilled those two requirements and I sure hope it works out).

As a bona-fide Smith fan-boy I shudder at the idea of buying something "like" a 49...but household budgets being what they are, does anyone have any suggestions of similar semi-concealed-hammer-fired-j-frames that might be an acceptable substitute for a Smith? Just wondering.

A Colts Detective Special, Cobra or Agent with the factory hammer shroud is pretty close, but, unless you get lucky, you won't save money.

 

[Retired W4]

Found one in a Dallas pawn shop in the early 90s. Like new for $150. I thought the shop manager was crazy but I was OK with that. My wife commandeered it and she keeps it in her car to this day.