Ladysmith 3rd Model

[tjpopkin]

I received the Ladysmith from Art......
Very nice....
Here is the first photo....working on a composite, but will be until weekend until I get to it....
Terry

 

[Hondo44]

Oh my goodness Terry, that just takes my breath away. Not only in such superb condition but such a rare model! A wonderful photo composition and quality as well.

Thanks for treating us to that one!

 

[gaucho1]

Very refined Lady and photo.

 

[DCWilson]

Extremely nice, Terry. A few months ago I lucked into a semi-rough LS Target that I managed to get working again with a little effort and a spare part. But it still needs more attention before I will feel comfortable firing some low-power shorts or CB caps thought it. Yours looks range-ready right now.

Which brings up the obvious question: will you or won't you?

Either way, that's a beauty.

 

[ar15ed]

that is beautiful!

 

[tjpopkin]

Here is the updated photo composition.....

Terry

 

[Oyeboteb]

I keep wanting to see an image of someone Holding one of these as 'if' in a position of Firing, so I can appreciate how small the Revolver actually is!

I have to say, this is about the nicest Ladysmith I have ever seen!

Let alone a Target Model!

Wow!

 

[opoefc]

Terry, Did S&W do the refinish? Very nice job! Ed.

 

[tjpopkin]

Extremely nice, Terry. A few months ago I lucked into a semi-rough LS Target that I managed to get working again with a little effort and a spare part. But it still needs more attention before I will feel comfortable firing some low-power shorts or CB caps thought it. Yours looks range-ready right now.

Which brings up the obvious question: will you or won't you?

Either way, that's a beauty.

I probably WILL. Deciding on what to feed "her". Most likely CB.
Terry

 

[tjpopkin]

Terry, Did S&W do the refinish? Very nice job! Ed.

The letter says factory refinish, but does not give a date of refinish.

I know what I paid Art, but someone (Ed) give me an estimated value for my insurance. I may never find another Art.
Terry

 

[Hondo44]

Terry,
Very nice photo composite. It's very unusual for the letter to indicate anything about a refinish. I'm surprised at that. Some guns are known to have been refinsihed at the factory before ever being shipped. I wonder if that was the case.
JFYI: it's a ".22 Ladysmith 3rd Model Target (.22 Perfected)" built on the M frame.

 

[opoefc]

Terry, Is there a S&W date code stamped on the left side grip frame? I love these Ladysmith Target models and never cease being amazed at how they could possibly have been assembled by humans! A Ladysmith Target model is the gun I credit with starting me in serious S&W collecting about 60 yrs. ago. I was at an estate auction and bought a nice blued Ladysmith Target for $60, which was a high price at the time. It had a lady's name engraved on the side plate. I displayed it at a later S&W meeting at the Las Vegas gun show at the Sahara in 1970s, and a persistant gentleman insisted I sell him the gun. After a large pile of C notes was offered, I sold the gun to him. He gave me his card. It said "Jack Warner, Warner Bros. Studios, Hollywood, CA," He said the lady's name on the gun was his mistress in the early 1920s in Pittsburg, PA. and he had given her the gun as a token of his affection! Several yrs. later, at the S&W annual meeting in Monterrey,CA., the gun was on Karl Leonhart's table for sale. I had to buy it back and Karl said he had just bought the gun from another dealer in the room, Harrison Carroll. I asked Harrison where he got the gun, but he said he promised the seller not to divulge any names. When I told Harrison the story of the gun, he looked in his paperwork and found the Bill of Sale I had given Jack Warner, so Harrison revealed he had bought the gun from Warner's estate. I still have the gun and the original holster. Every gun has a story to tell! Ed.

 

[Masterpiece]

Is there a S&W date code stamped on the left side grip frame?

Hi Ed,

I can't believe no one has posted the Grip Frame photo that Art G posted in His Original Thread on this Ladysmith back in July so here it is!! As you can see it's dated 3.15 & also has 4569 (Apr 1969?) stamped on the Grip Frame as well!! In my opinion I believe this Revolver "May" have been refinished Twice in it's life as I find it hard to believe that if it was refinished in 1915 that the near 100 yr old Nickel Finish still exists in such pristine condition!! Or I suppose it's also possible that the 1915 Rework Stamp was for some sort of Service Work & had nothing to do with a Refinish at all!! Just my opinion!! What do you think??