7shooter
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J and G Sales has dozens of Model 64's . Mostly 4 inch DAO but some DA/SA and at least one 2 inch. I've bought Model 10's and 64's from them and have been satisfied.
Happiest purchase?
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J and G Sales has dozens of Model 64's . Mostly 4 inch DAO but some DA/SA and at least one 2 inch. I've bought Model 10's and 64's from them and have been satisfied.
Very nice memory, thanks for sharing.Early 1970s. My 7th birthday. In our hometown of upstate NY, my Dad took me to a small LGS. It was my first time in a gun store. He said, 'pick one'. What a moment.
I picked a cheap plastic .22 knock-off of an AR-15. Thankfully, both my Dad and the gun store owner asked me to pick my 2nd favorite. It was a shiny, deep blue lever action; a Winchester 9422. I was taught carefully how to handle it and use the lever. Told by my Dad and the store owner that it was mine, but my Dad was to hand it to me until I was older.
$99 later, we headed home with the rifle and a box of Winchester-Western Wildcats.
I'll never forget that moment in the store, nor the many times Dad and I went plinking with it. My Dad, a WWII Veteran passed away decades ago. That 9422, pictured below, will always be the prize of my collection.
My favorite
Not the correct time period for this forum, but.......
This 1903-04 vintage 4 screw, SB, 5" 38 HE, target has been the best experience thus far. I bought it with very little knowledge of HE's and a lot of help from forum members.
I have no idea what it is worth nor do I care. I am told the 5" barrel and target configuration is somewhat rare. My satisfaction comes from owning a Smith that is over 100 years old that I can shoot fairly regularly.
The gun is wearing a set of Keith Brown Heritage series grips. These will stay on the gun until I can locate a suitable set of concave factory grips.
Not the correct time period for this forum, but.......
This 1903-04 vintage 4 screw, SB, 5" 38 HE, target has been the best experience thus far. I bought it with very little knowledge of HE's and a lot of help from forum members.
I have no idea what it is worth nor do I care. I am told the 5" barrel and target configuration is somewhat rare. My satisfaction comes from owning a Smith that is over 100 years old that I can shoot fairly regularly.
The gun is wearing a set of Keith Brown Heritage series grips. These will stay on the gun until I can locate a suitable set of concave factory grips.
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coltle6920
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Happiest purchase I made??
I thought it was my first purchase...then I thought it was my last purchase.Maybe it will be my next purchase.Have yet to buy one that didn't make me happy.
I thought it was my first purchase...then I thought it was my last purchase.Maybe it will be my next purchase.Have yet to buy one that didn't make me happy.
I have many happy purchases, but the one that comes to mind is the serendipitous acquisition of my 66-1 2.5 inch. From the regretful moment I traded my first 66 2.5 to a fellow officer for his P220, I started my search for another. It took several years before I found my current one - I plan to be buried with this one. lol
bananaman
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I have a 64-3, myself. What is there not to like about one? I really can't name my favorite purchase. Have made numerous purchases.If I am not happy with a gun, it gets sold or traded away. I don't really have any Smiths that I want to part with. Bob
I've had several that I was happy I bought but leading the list would be the Model 10 2" I bought in 1981. But I'm pretty doggone happy with a whole lot of my gun purchases; that Model 10 just happens to be my first snubbie.
***GRJ***
I've owned a variety of interesting firearms over the years including a full auto WWII era Thompson submachine gun, but this is a very easy choice.
My single happiest purchase has been an original 1943 production Colt 1911 with matching numbers on frame and slide. It was carried in WWII by Captain Edson Hammer in England, France, Holland, and Germany. It was used in combat by Captain Hammer. He smiled when he told me he shot at Germans with my Colt. He said, "I don't know that I hit any with it, but I sure scared the hell out of them." In a later conversation I watched tears run down his cheeks as he talked about having killed men during WWII. I watched him get angry as he talked about how unfair it was for people to ask him over the years if he had killed anyone during the war when they found out he was a WWII veteran. He said they had no right to ask that of him. I watched sixty years of pain wash over the man's face as if the war had been the year before. I won't forget it.
He brought it home after WWII, and he took it with him to Japan during the Korean War when he was a Major. He stayed in the service until he retired out at a Colonel in the 1970s. He then became a college professor. When he reached his 80s he decided to sell his Colt 1911 along with his bring back Luger and MP40.
I got the Colt 1911 along with the original holster he carried it in during WWII. I have photos of him from WWII, his Korean era foot locker, multiple lighters, books, copies of maps, and military flight tickets showing him at Roswell, NM in the late 1940s. More importantly, I got to meet the man and speak with him. I've owned lots of nice guns over the years, and none of them hold a candle to Captain Hammer's Colt 1911.
My single happiest purchase has been an original 1943 production Colt 1911 with matching numbers on frame and slide. It was carried in WWII by Captain Edson Hammer in England, France, Holland, and Germany. It was used in combat by Captain Hammer. He smiled when he told me he shot at Germans with my Colt. He said, "I don't know that I hit any with it, but I sure scared the hell out of them." In a later conversation I watched tears run down his cheeks as he talked about having killed men during WWII. I watched him get angry as he talked about how unfair it was for people to ask him over the years if he had killed anyone during the war when they found out he was a WWII veteran. He said they had no right to ask that of him. I watched sixty years of pain wash over the man's face as if the war had been the year before. I won't forget it.
He brought it home after WWII, and he took it with him to Japan during the Korean War when he was a Major. He stayed in the service until he retired out at a Colonel in the 1970s. He then became a college professor. When he reached his 80s he decided to sell his Colt 1911 along with his bring back Luger and MP40.
I got the Colt 1911 along with the original holster he carried it in during WWII. I have photos of him from WWII, his Korean era foot locker, multiple lighters, books, copies of maps, and military flight tickets showing him at Roswell, NM in the late 1940s. More importantly, I got to meet the man and speak with him. I've owned lots of nice guns over the years, and none of them hold a candle to Captain Hammer's Colt 1911.
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It would be this 29-3 I bought at a gun show in 1987. It listed for $200...but I had a trade-in. I placed the .380 on the counter and the dealer asked how much I was looking for? I said I'd like to get $180, and without examining it, he grabbed it and put it under the counter, and said SOLD! I gave him $20 and walked away with the 29-3. The .380 was pretty worn out and was starting to have issues...which were readily apparent after a casual examination. Greed got the better of him I think.
diggler1833
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I have had a lot of happy purchases over the years. I can only think of 2 purchases that I really regretted later. One of the great things about getting into the back of the safe and grabbing out a nice firearm is the memories associated with said gun. For me that includes the day that I walked out of the store with it.
I guess if I had to have a "happiest" it would be the old Remington 700BDL in .30-06 that I got many years ago. I mowed lawns and did yardwork throughout the neighborhood for 7-1/2 months to save up for that rifle when I was 14. Mom went with me when I put enough money down to put the rifle on lay-away. Dad went with me when I had enough money to pay it off. I put a Redfield 3-9x on it and spent hours fondling that rifle. I weighed 120lbs at the time, so it kicked the snot out of me every time I shot it. However, every time I got to take it out was a magical time.
I still have the rifle in its original configuration aside from a trigger job and glass bedding. I love gunsmithing on my firearms, but I absolutely want to keep this one looking like it did the day that I took it home.
My most recent happy purchase is the 629-6 classic with 6-1/2" barrel that I picked up about two weeks ago. My grips and Wilson Combat spring kit just came in the mail for it yesterday too.
I guess if I had to have a "happiest" it would be the old Remington 700BDL in .30-06 that I got many years ago. I mowed lawns and did yardwork throughout the neighborhood for 7-1/2 months to save up for that rifle when I was 14. Mom went with me when I put enough money down to put the rifle on lay-away. Dad went with me when I had enough money to pay it off. I put a Redfield 3-9x on it and spent hours fondling that rifle. I weighed 120lbs at the time, so it kicked the snot out of me every time I shot it. However, every time I got to take it out was a magical time.
I still have the rifle in its original configuration aside from a trigger job and glass bedding. I love gunsmithing on my firearms, but I absolutely want to keep this one looking like it did the day that I took it home.
My most recent happy purchase is the 629-6 classic with 6-1/2" barrel that I picked up about two weeks ago. My grips and Wilson Combat spring kit just came in the mail for it yesterday too.
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