Introducing myself...

[SnidelyWhiplash]

I'm a new member here and hope to participate some and learn.

I'm a retired federal LEO...worked in and around DC and now live in AZ and loving it.

To be honest...I'm much more into collecting Colt firearms but own a few S&W's as well as other makes...often times it's whatever hits me at the moment that strikes my interest.

The S&Ws I own at present are:

Model 19-4...the first handgun I ever purchased (back in the late 1970s)
Model 29-3 Lew Horton Special
Model 4046 (only because I was issued one...I consider it the "Boat Anchor Model"...never liked it.)
Model 41...the most accurate .22 I own.
Model 66 snubby...wanted a M19 snubby but the price of good ones is simply too high.

I've owned others...some I liked and some I didn't. For most of my law enforcement career I was issued a Model 64...super handgun. I was an instructor for the agency and when a shipment of new revolvers was received I test fired them and picked out this one for myself.

Don't know how often I'll be stopping by but I hope to as much as possible.

 

[Toolguy]

Welcome to the S&W Forum, SW!

 

[C Islander]

Welcome from Ohio!

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[pmanton]

Hi from Salome, AZ.

 

[otis24]

Welcome from Chamberlain SD!

 

[D Brown]

Welcome to the Smith & Wesson Forum from Central Florida!

 

[Bob L]

Welcome to the Forum from SW Ohio. Glad to have you aboard! Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[StrawHat]

A hearty Buckeye welcome from Ashtabula County, Ohio!

Kevin

 

[Delta Expatriate]

Welcome from down south in Mississippi.

 

[sophie]

Welcome to the forum from Texas.

 

[mrsig]

Welcome from Tampa.

 

[Babysitr]

Welcome from Southern Illinois to ya, Snidely!....If you're Snidely from the Colt Forum, you'll be a great addition here also!

 

[M29since14]

Snidely Whiplash, eh? Makes me a bit envious. I may have to see if I can change my name to Professor Fate. Welcome on board. I think you’ll like the place.

 

[G-Mac]

Welcome from Central NY!

 

[coachray]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Valmet]

Welcome to the forums from Richmond, Va

 

[JH1951]

Welcome to the Forum from SC Pennsylvania. Glad to have you here.
(Did you take Nell with you? Did RCMP quit chasing when you left Canada? We gots to know...)

 

[AJframe]

Welcome from South Carolina

 

[BB57]

Welcome from NC. I worked in DC for 4 years and out of DC for 8 years before reaching escape velocity, and I have no desire to ever return.

I also lived in Prescott AZ for a couple years back in the early 1980s before the Phoenicians and progress discovered and largely ruined it. Still, infinitely better than DC.

 

[OLDSTER]

Hi from the sunny beaches of North Dakota

 

[URIT]

Welcome aboard from coastal North Carolina.

My first revolver purchase for duty was a model 15. Nine years later, 1977, I bought a model 19-4 4-inch nickel that I carried until I pulled the pin in 2001. Both were great!

I started buying Smith pistols when I lived in Buckeye, AZ before moving to NC. Once in NC, I had to buy a large gun safe to safeguard my growing accumulation of Gen3s.

I agree with your description of the 4046. That said, I favor the DAO model 3953 and 4053 for carry options, and love shooting most of my collection.

Enjoy your time on the time!

 

[Heinz]

Welcome from the South Carolina Piedmont.

 

[Greymann]

Welcome from New Mexico.

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[SnidelyWhiplash]

Thanks to all for the warm welcome!

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Welcome from Southern Illinois to ya, Snidely!....If you're Snidely from the Colt Forum, you'll be a great addition here also!

I'm the same guy. I love the Colt Forum...many super people there. It looks like the S&W Forum is much the same...I'll enjoy it.

 

[Narragansett]

Welcome from Rhode Island. You have come to the right place for advice on how to empty you wallet and bank accounts, and keep them that way

 

[mdf9183]

Welcome from Bastrop, Texas

 

[husker51]

Welcome from the Great Plains of Nebraska!

 

[lkabug]

Welcome to the forum from the Commonwealth of Virginia.