I'd Sure Like To Have THAT S&W Back

[Llance]

To my BIL because he needed a short bbl revolver, a M-36. years later when I needed one and he no longer needed his I tried to get it back. He had sold it.

A year or so before that I let a 5" M-10 go to another relative. I put a pair of pach's on it because I got it at an auction of guns brought into this country from Mexico. It came without grips and the LGS didn't have any wood grips. Miss that one too.

All of my other S&W's have come to me and stayed by my side. They may be put away awaiting service but they are all still with me.

Llance

 

[A10]

I had a stack of 28s a while back, was trying to get examples from every engineering change. I sold most of them when we downsized to a 5th wheel, just not a good place to have a collection. Never found a -1, would buy it if I did.

The one I miss most was my birth year 6". I was kinda partial to a first year 4" I had too....ah, well.....

 

[growr]

Mine would be the loss of my SW 1911 Billboard Sc due to a thief. Was a great carry gun for me. Now nearly unobtainable.
Randy

 

[Model29-26.5]

The ones I miss are the ones I could have bought, but passed on. Another one of those got away last weekend. . . . .

Jeff
SWCA #1457

Was in on GB?
I let a few go.
I have bought so many this year that I have to relearn patience.
However, here are a few I would have loved.
Two I already have, but not the whole set up..

The 27-2 5" nickel is on the list, and one will come up again when I'm ready to buy, but those other two look like true mint time capsules. The whole thing.

Just a moment...
Just a moment...
Just a moment...

 

[jkingrph]

I never had one of mine get away. At one point my father had I think it was a 2" barrel Model 10 and I could shoot it very well. I told him if he ever wnated to get rid of it, that I wanted it. He forgot and sold it to a friend. I ended up with a 4" model after he died.

 

[Tanners Owner]

M64-2 snub

For me it was a M64-2. I got it to compete in IDPA bug when they allowed 6 shot snubbies. Of course 6 months later they changed the rules to 5 shot only.

I forget the circumstances of my selling it, but I regret it now, as it was the perfect carry revolver for me. An accurate and reliable gun.

Am on the search for a replacement, at a reasonable cost…….

 

[roycohutta]

Model 13-3, 3 inch round butt

Tell us about your favorite S&W that got away and
what circumstances it got away

Model 13-3, 3 inch round butt:

OK, so I didn't actually "own" it. But I was forced to turn it in as we transitioned to SA pistols.

BUT, I should have immediately replaced it at the time.

I'm now looking for one in near-perfect operating condition and at 99%. I'm just going to use it as a night-stand gun after I shoot it a few times.

I recently found a 13-2, 4 inch square butt, but it is not quite the same. I do like the recessed/counter-bored cylinder/chambers though.

 

[Fide686]

Model 13-3 3inch sold for funds for other project but had to spend it for spouses family emergency plane ticket. At least I sold it for more than I paid for it…

 

[Bald1]

My story has a happy ending. First handgun I ever bought. 6" 629-2. I was young and dumb. Sold it to a friend of a friend when I got a TC Encore .243 to hunt with. I went so far as to call it obsolete ( I did say young and dumb). About 5-6 yrs later I bought it back. The buyer didn't shoot it and needed some money and I was all to happy to oblige him.

 

[erikpolcrack]

Years ago I had a Model 25 in 45 Colt. Don't remember what dash it was. I later got a really nice 25-2 45 ACP. I found myself shooting the 45 ACP so much more than the 45 Colt that I sold the 45 Colt to finance another purchase. Boy do I regret that move. Still have the 25-2 45 ACP, though.

 

[Drm50]

This happened in 1968 right out of school, I picked up a K32 and couple boxes of Peter's WCs for a Herters SA 22. Back in those days was heavy into hunting, shot up the ammo and sold K32 for $50, 2x what I had in 22.
Would be a toss up between K32 and few years later got a very nice Russian in 44 Russian. I don't remember what I traded it for but I'm sure it was to my favor.

 

[oink]

I miss my first duty gun, a 66. I traded it in to fund the purchase of a new 4" 686 when they came out, which I also miss. At the time I didn't attach any sentiment to guns other than as tools. Now I wish I had my first duty gun. The 686 I later traded off after it spent too much time soaked in salt water when I was on the boats. I wish I still had it too, even with it's salt damage. The 686 I replaced just a few years ago with newer but still pre-lock version, which shoots great. I love a 66 and I love a 629 but a 686 is pure joy to shoot.

 

[bananaman]

Had a 3" Model 65. Traded into a 586, 4" no dash. Thought the 586 made more sense. A forum member still has it as I do the 586. Bob

 

[old bear]

Tell us about your favorite S&W that got away and
what circumstances it got away

Just to list a few:
Factory nickel 4" M-19-2
Well done 38/44 cut down.
And the list goes on and on

Happy holidays all..

 

[Hair Trigger]

Tell us about your favorite S&W that got away and
what circumstances it got away

Two of the three S&W's I had and sold. I bought the M66 in 1978 about a year after buying a 6" M19-2. I traded the M19-2 for the M66, and kept it until 2005. I bought the M459 new in late 1987 and sold it in 2005 also. You can see that the M66 is a no-dash made in 1971. This is an old photograph I made for insurance purposes right after I bought the M459, which was made the year I bought it.

I don't know what was going through my mind when I sold them, I can only plead temporary insanity. I know the guy well that I sold the M66 to and have asked several times to buy it back, but he's smarter than I am and won't let go of it.

 

[cometpx4]

Model 64PC

I think they made 500 of them. It was all black, with a 3" barrel, single power port, night sight, in .38 only. It was made by the PC in the era where that actually meant something. It looked like the Kcomp they have out now, but it was a 64.
I stumbled upon it at a shop (since gone) that was a few miles from the Springfield factory in like 2004/05. The reps would come in and give the owner the first crack at cool stuff that I really never saw anywhere else. This revolver had a trigger like butter, and to this day was the most accurate Smith I have ever owned.
Since I traded it back in 07, I have seen one on Gunbroker in Texas, and the guy wanted like $2,000. I actually thought about bidding on it but was a little leary about dumping that kind of money on it without seeing it.
Of the dozens of Smiths I have traded away over the years, that's the one I would want back.
Does anyone have one or has anyone ever seen it ?

 

[beach elvis]

My face is pinching in pain as I type this…

A 6" 29 Classic from the 80's with blue cardboard box and all the case candy.
Target trigger, etc, unfired.
Had a nasty issue show up with my car and had to sell her to bankroll the fix. This was back around 2000.
Lord, how I'd love to get 'er back.
Wound up buying a 629-4 Classic DX later to soothe the pain a bit.

 

[wproct]

I've posted this several times. Mine would be my 617 no dash 6 inch bbl full target hammer and trigger with wood S & W combat stocks.. I had owned this revolver probably 15 years when I had a wild hair and sold it to buy another gun. The gun I bought with that money soon proved not to be what I thought it was and I was sick. I had one opportunity to buy a revolver later with all the features that I described and I failed to pull the trigger and buy it. I finally replaced it with a 617-1 in 4 inch bbl length but doesn't have the wood S & W stocks or the full target hammer and trigger. It's a very nice revolver in it's own right.

 

[mod57]

I have only lost one S&W. A 586 no dash that I bought in Jan of '85. Fired 25 rds of Federal 125 gr hollow points and put her away because I was being deployed. The wife ran into some financial issue while I was gone and sold the 586 and a polished nickel Colt Government Model. I haven't been able to directly replace either yet. I don't morn the Colt too much but the Smith haunts me.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

S&W Model 19 2 1/2 inch in factory nickle with RR/WO.

As a career cop I bought/sold/traded a lot of handguns.