Just a nice find 15-3

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Yesterday was a beautiful day here I cant believe I am saying that it was 7 degrees but the sun had power. It just seemed like a good day than it got even better. I deal with a Large awesome sporting goods store Jays in Clare MI.
I was dropping off some info and as usual I stopped and checked in the used guns and there she was.
Not a safe queen but a very nice shooter grade 15-3
It was 300.00 plus tax (I cant buy a Taurus for that)
I have a few 15s but...



One gun I truly regret selling was a 15 with 8 3/8in barrel. I bought new in 87 or 88 (when I was a Ladd) I couldn't hit a barn with it my friend could. I should have kept it. I have come to believe that 15s with a 4in barrel just balance wonderful. When I take out a new shooter I usually bring a pre model 18 a model 15 and a Glock 17L I think it really shows quite a range of our sport without huge kickers.

It topped off a good week. A local shop was holding a nickel Buckmark target. I picked that up
If I was a Bond villain I would be Nickelfinger
I love Nickel guns
My favs are
Series 70 Colt 1911 with onyx grips (a true Bar B Q gun)
Nickel Python
Nickel 29 4in
Hank

The search for more continues I hope I never loose that special feeling of what I think is a really great find
Hank
 
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I hope I never loose that special feeling of what I think is a really great find

I've gotten that feeling for almost 50 years now and I'm pretty sure that if it ain't gone by now,it ain't goin'. :D FWIW,I'd have been on that Model 15 like a duck on a Junebug! Congrats!
f.t.
 
Officer, stop that man! He stole that fine revolver! :D

Great price on one of my all-time favorite guns. I paid that over ten years ago for an unfired one from an estate consignment.
 
Nice 15-3, looks to be an early 70's gun with large frame ampersand ?

If you post the serial we can give you an approximate DOB.
 
I would have bought that in a heart beat, even if I had a whole slew of 15's! You did quite well! Don't have a 15, but do have a 67 no dash from 1973. Great shooter. The only thing that I found at Jay's in Gaylord was large pistol primers. It was their last box! Enjoy the 15! Bob
 
Thanks for all the response
I would like to say that THIS forum (I am on a few)
has much Wisdom and its great that the precident has been set "if you cant say something nice or useful keep it to yourself"
It makes it a good place to be

No not running for anything

the Ser # K9963xx

Looking at the Stand Catalog of S&W judging be the grips newer than 68 I assume the mid 70s

Hank
 
Model 15's are nice

Nothing wrong with having an extra 15.

I have a 2" and a 4". I had a 6" barrel Model 15 once (they only made it for a short while) and like an idiot sold or traded it! I doubt I'll see another.
 
You did better than good :)

A week ago I paid $599 for a 15-3 LNIB with papers tools box and felt I got a good deal.


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I feel relatively sure I need my head examined but a couple years back, IIRC, I sold a like new 15-3 to a member here. Absolutely the most accurate hand gun I've owned. Why I sold it is still a mystery. If I could do it all over again.....

 
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Great score. I like the .38 Special caliber and am partial to revolvers in that caliber; not so much the .357's to fire .38's. Just me.
 
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