Here is my 15-3 from 1975. It was part of my initiation into S&W wheel guns (along with a 686 bought at the same time). It is an excellent shooter, but I don't shoot it near enough. Mmmm, I wonder what I might do tomorrow? My apologies for the bad cell-phone pics.
Model 15 Mania
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bananaman
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Guys, nice 15 pics and info! I don't have a 15, just a shiney 67 no dash from 1973. Good looker and shooter. If the right deal presented itself, would have a 15 as well! Enjoy your 15's! Bob
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My 15-3
My 1971 15-3 Smooth and tight.
My 1971 15-3 Smooth and tight.
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robctwo
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15-1 1961
15-2
15-3
15-4
I think I need that pre 15 from January 1951, my birth month/year
Great shooters, for sure.
My only 15 is a $200 ex-LEO gun from Summit Gunbroker:
My only 15 is a $200 ex-LEO gun from Summit Gunbroker:
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bananaman
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Great shooters, for sure.
Here's my only 15, along with a 67, sort of an "honorary 15".
Beautiful dark grips on that 67! I.ve been looking for some myself. Bob
kbm6893
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Beautiful guns, but does the 15 have the same heavy barrel that the 10 has? Looks kind of like a 19 barrel. For some reason, adjustale sigts just don't look "right' to me in a duty gun.
thomasinaz
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Nice 15s everyone! I learned to shoot revolvers with the M15 in the USAF. Here's my 15-4 with my old SP beret. The ones we carried in the AF were a lot more "used" than this civilian model, I picked up several years ago. I'd love to come across an original USAF marked one now....
Kbm6893: They have tapered barrels unlike the 19's heavy barrel.
Kbm6893: They have tapered barrels unlike the 19's heavy barrel.
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kbm6893
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Nice 15s everyone! I learned to shoot revolvers with the M15 in the USAF. Here's my 15-4 with my old SP beret. The ones we carried in the AF were a lot more "used" than this civilian model, I picked up several years ago. I'd love to come across an original USAF marked one now....
Kbm6893: They have tapered barrels unlike the 19's heavy barrel.
They don't seem to be tapered. The 19 and 66 barrels don't have the bull barrels like the fixed sighted K frames. I've owned a few 66's and a 19, and the bull barrel on my 65, 10, and 64 were much thicker.
thomasinaz
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kbm6893; Look at the barrel, in the pics on this thread, just ahead of the frame. It's thicker at the frame and tapers down to a smaller diameter about an inch or so ahead of the frame. The 19s, etc have a straight barrel which has a similar diameter from the frame to the tip. The beautiful pic of the business end of that nickel M15 in post #50 shows this pretty well.
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kbm6893
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I guess, but it's nowhere near as tapered as the pencil barrel model 10's. The model 10 bull barrel is much beefier than a standard 19 barrel.
Engine49guy
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Barrel comparison (L to R) Models 15-1, 14-2 (4" HB) and 19-3.
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Here's my Combat Masterpiece from 1951. Very accurate and well balanced.
We can't ignore the Father of the 15's, the K-38. They are more than welcome here..
Don't know about you Bill, but everytime I handle one of mine lots of memories come back.
A Model 15 in action. Photo courtesy of the USAF Security Police Museum.
Here is my 15-2 USAF gun that shipped to Robins Air Base, GA on February 26, 1965. A bit off topic but another AF gun photo, an Aircrewman that also shipped to Robins on July 25, 1957.
Pilgrim
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my nice and shiny factory fired only 15-3
mod57
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Here is one more, kinda sad. It is a 15-2 that was brought back from Vietnam. It had been in the hands of an NVA soldier until he no longer had any use for it.
right side
left side
scrubed markings?
Ralph
right side
left side
scrubed markings?
Ralph
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