Frank James' .41 Magnums

Joined
Sep 2, 2005
Messages
80
Reaction score
236
Location
St. Louis, MO
In a recent auction, writer Frank James's .41 Magnums were for sale. Since Frank and I shared a love of S&W .41 Mags I decided to bid on some of them. Partially, it was nostalgia because some years ago S&W had various gun writers to the factory for a visit and Frank and i had spent an hour or so talking about the Models 57, 58, and 657. Later, at another writer's visit, he, Walt Rauch, and I had breakfast and discussed the .41 Mag. I did not bid on Frank's Model 58s as i have quite a few of them. I did bid on three of his Model 57s and consequetively numbered pair of Model 657s, one of which had a 5" barrel, though I don't know if it came from the factory that way. Sometimes for prominent writers S&W would ship a special order. I did not get the 657s but did get the three 57s, each of which had some custom work. When they come in I'll post more info on them. If a member of the forum got the 657s, I'd like to know if the 5" gun letters with that barrel length. One of the ones I got has a 5" barrel but it appears to have been altered to that length.
 
Register to hide this ad
Back
Top