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Hello Everyone,
My name is Sam and I am currently living in North Carolina. I recently graduated from Western Carolina University with a degree in Criminal Justice.
Currently, I am in between that phase of my life and getting a job in local law enforcement.

For the past 2 and a half years I have been absolutely obsessed with old smith revolvers. While I am only 23 years of age and my budget is very limited at the time, I own 6 revolvers currently.

I have in my collection a m.30-1, pre m.36, m.60 no dash (bobbed), m.10-5, and a m.66 no dash. I also have a model 18 w/ a 6" heavy barrel but it is currently with my grandfather.

I have an unhealthy obsession with old pinned snubs, they just do not make these guns like they used to. I also have a tendency to buy guns from movies and TV shows I love. I am sure you guys can call me out on a few pieces of modern cinema just by my current collection. Let me know if you can!

I joined the forum because it is clear to me that this obsession with old smiths is going to stick with me. I want to surround myself with like-minded folks who possess more knowledge than I do. I know that there is always more to learn about these wonderful living pieces of history and I want to gain more knowledge about the guns I own and others alike.

Please let me know what you guys think of the collection thus-far. I look forward to becoming an active member of this community!
Thanks
-SammyJoe

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SammyJoe said:
Hello Everyone,
My name is Sam and I am currently living in North Carolina. I recently graduated from Western Carolina University with a degree in Criminal Justice.
Currently, I am in between that phase of my life and getting a job in local law enforcement.

For the past 2 and a half years I have been absolutely obsessed with old smith revolvers. While I am only 23 years of age and my budget is very limited at the time, I own 6 revolvers currently.

I have in my collection a m.30-1, pre m.36, m.60 no dash (bobbed), m.10-5, and a m.66 no dash. I also have a model 18 w/ a 6" heavy barrel but it is currently with my grandfather.

I have an unhealthy obsession with old pinned snubs, they just do not make these guns like they used to. I also have a tendency to buy guns from movies and TV shows I love. I am sure you guys can call me out on a few pieces of modern cinema just by my current collection. Let me know if you can!

I joined the forum because it is clear to me that this obsession with old smiths is going to stick with me. I want to surround myself with like-minded folks who possess more knowledge than I do. I know that there is always more to learn about these wonderful living pieces of history and I want to gain more knowledge about the guns I own and others alike.

Please let me know what you guys think of the collection thus-far. I look forward to becoming an active member of this community!
Thanks
-SammyJoe

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Welcome from New York. Nice collection - I appreciate your passion.:)
 
SammyJoe said:
Hello Everyone,
My name is Sam and I am currently living in North Carolina. I recently graduated from Western Carolina University with a degree in Criminal Justice.
Currently, I am in between that phase of my life and getting a job in local law enforcement.

For the past 2 and a half years I have been absolutely obsessed with old smith revolvers. While I am only 23 years of age and my budget is very limited at the time, I own 6 revolvers currently.

I have in my collection a m.30-1, pre m.36, m.60 no dash (bobbed), m.10-5, and a m.66 no dash. I also have a model 18 w/ a 6" heavy barrel but it is currently with my grandfather.

I have an unhealthy obsession with old pinned snubs, they just do not make these guns like they used to. I also have a tendency to buy guns from movies and TV shows I love. I am sure you guys can call me out on a few pieces of modern cinema just by my current collection. Let me know if you can!


Please let me know what you guys think of the collection thus-far. I look forward to becoming an active member of this community!
Thanks
-SammyJoe
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Are you still living around Cullowhee? Sure is pretty country up there. I'm down the hill a bit from you, about an hour east of Asheville. very nice collection of shorties you've got started. I'm a big fan of the older, P&R guns, too, have a small collection of magnums from 1967 to 1981. Welcome to the best gun forum on the 'net.
 
Hair Trigger said:
Are you still living around Cullowhee? Sure is pretty country up there. I'm down the hill a bit from you, about an hour east of Asheville. very nice collection of shorties you've got started. I'm a big fan of the older, P&R guns, too, have a small collection of magnums from 1967 to 1981. Welcome to the best gun forum on the 'net.
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Hair Trigger,
I am from the Charlotte area of the state! Not far from the SC border/ Lake Wylie area. My family owns an Italian restaurant here and I grew up here in Gaston County.

I really enjoyed it up in Jackson County, wonderful place for an outdoorsman. I spent far too many class hours fishing along the Tuck and Nantahala river haha.
Thanks for the complements on the snubs, cannot seem to stop buying them!
Thanks for the welcome!
-Sam
 
Welcome from Western Massachusetts. With your budding addiction, you should look into the S&W Collectors Assoc. You can find a banner at the top of the page. You won't regret it!
 
Zarr said:
Welcome from Western Massachusetts. With your budding addiction, you should look into the S&W Collectors Assoc. You can find a banner at the top of the page. You won't regret it!
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Hello Zarr,
I will have to check that out then!
Thanks
-Sam
 
Welcome from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
You certainly have a wonderful collection. You'll find knowledge here from the world's experts on S&W.
Good luck in your employment pursuit.
 
lkabug said:
Welcome from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
You certainly have a wonderful collection. You'll find knowledge here from the world's experts on S&W.
Good luck in your employment pursuit.
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Thanks for the warm welcome,
-Sam
 
Welcome from NYC. It's amazing how many smiles you can get after letting someone shoot a classic S&W wheel gun. Good luck on building the collection!
 
Qc Pistolero said:
Welcome from Qc.Ca.
Tell me SJoe,what are the grips on your model 66?
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Hello Qc Pistolero,
These are a set of Hogue Hardwood Conversion grips. My m.66 is a round butt, and these Hogue grips convert it to a square butt grip frame.
Love these grips, just recently bought them and they are super comfortable. Shot 50 Magnums through her just yesterday and these grips did great!
-Sam
 
NY-1 said:
Welcome from NYC. It's amazing how many smiles you can get after letting someone shoot a classic S&W wheel gun. Good luck on building the collection!
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NY-1,
That is what it is all about!
Had a few of my buddies shoot some of my snubs a few months ago and they absolutely loved them. Fed them some light target loads that I reload and the guys couldn't miss.
Even got the gals to shoot a few a piece and they weren't too thrown off by them. ;)
It was a good time.
-Sam
 
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