If "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

[Mbrgr1]

May we discuss favorite S&W copies? If not, shut me down.


My favorite is an early non import marked Rossi in 32 long.


Internals look almost the same as the real hand ejectors.


Fun shooter and perfect size for carry something.


I think these were one reason for the change from "Made in the USA" to the more worldly stamp?


Thanks

 

[mk70ss]

Astra Terminator .44 mag looks suspiciously like a S&W model 29......

 

[Mbrgr1]

Astra Terminator .44 mag looks suspiciously like a S&W model 29......

Stout looking 44!

 

[mk70ss]

My Taurus model 82 .38 Special looks like a brother of a S&W model 10 heavy barrel.....

 

[SweetMK]

I have never had the opportunity to buy an "imitation"

so,, I am stuck with he few S&W's that I have,,,

I do have a Springfield Armory imitation of a Colt 1911,,,
Does that count??

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I had one of the 4" Rossi copies for a 1903 32 S&L long in nickel. Great gun , traded it to my best friend and some boot for a 1896 Safety Hammerless. 10 years later we are both happy about the trade. (How often can you say that!)

Ivan

 

[sigp220.45]

My late Dad’s little Rossi Model 68 is every bit the equal in fit, finish, and smoothness of any Model 36 ever made.

 

[Mbrgr1]

My Taurus model 82 .38 Special looks like a brother of a S&W model 10 heavy barrel.....

Nice! Like the lanyard loop.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I had one of the 4" Rossi copies for a 1903 32 S&L long in nickel. Great gun , traded it to my best friend and some boot for a 1896 Safety Hammerless. 10 years later we are both happy about the trade. (How often can you say that!)

Ivan

 

[reccpd101]

I had an Astra 44 Magnum with a snub barrel. Bought it cause I couldn't find a Smith 44 with a snub barrel. It was a MUCH better 44 Special than a 44 magnum but I'd have to say the same for every S&W 44 magnum snub I ever fired. There was a time when every one I found used came with box of magnums with 49 rounds in it !!!!

 

[6518John]

My late Dad’s little Rossi Model 68 is every bit the equal in fit, finish, and smoothness of any Model 36 ever made.

Dear lord, don’t send a plague of frogs or locust on Sigp220 for his blasphemy, he is a nice guy and funny too. He has just smelled too much second hand smoke—which is everywhere in Colorado—from their laughing lettuce. Merely send the ghosts of Daniel Wesson and Horace Smith to haunt him for a few nights to teach him a lesson.

 

[Mbrgr1]

It does!, but.......

I have never had the opportunity to buy an "imitation"

so,, I am stuck with he few S&W's that I have,,,

I do have a Springfield Armory imitation of a Colt 1911,,,
Does that count??

Come over to the dark side!

 

[MP-5]

My Rossi 720 44 special with the exception of the coiled mainspring is a very good copy of a S&W lock-works.

 

[Skeptic 9c]

Would my SW9VE count as a copy?
Geoff
Who is easily amused.

 

[rockquarry]

I had a Rossi .22 revolver for a while. It was a stainless gun similar to the S&W 63. It was as accurate as my 63 and just as dependable. Seemed to be a well-built gun. I paid $125.00 for it about twenty-five years ago; sold it about ten or more years later for the same price, I believe.

The biggest drawback to these guns, Taurus included, is that they are copies of more expensive and more desirable guns. That desirability and resale value will never be up with S&Ws or whatever other gun was copied to make a cheaper firearm that looks like the original, even if the copies are of good quality. I prefer to spend a little more initially and get the best I can get and have something that I can easily sell for a good price or trade should I choose to do so down the road.

Buy something other people will always want. Helps to keep the value high.

 

[Golddollar]

Dear lord, don’t send a plague of frogs or locust on Sigp220 for his blasphemy, he is a nice guy and funny too. He has just smelled too much second hand smoke—which is everywhere in Colorado—from their laughing lettuce. Merely send the ghosts of Daniel Wesson and Horace Smith to haunt him for a few nights to teach him a lesson.

Laughing lettuce!!
John, that is hysterical!

 

[Andyd]

Is the finish on contemporary S&W models equal to this S&S Trophy? I have seen many a S&W and many worse than the Trophy, which later was shortly manufactured in Italy on the S&S machinery by Pietta under the name Competitor.




A S&S Medallion in .22 l.r.

 

[Andyd]

Willi Korth had introduced the vented barrel rib on his Sport series revolvers and it was immediately compared to the Python. Maybe it is a knock off but then, I do like the knock off a whole lot better than the original Colt.

 

[rosewood]

I do have a Springfield Armory imitation of a Colt 1911,,,
Does that count??

Probably the most copied firearm in history.

 

[old tanker]

Probably the most copied firearm in history.

Colt brought to market three, of the top four, most copied guns:

The Single Action Army, the Government Model and the AR-15.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, I believe, accounts for the most copied design with his AK-47 and all the derivatives.