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Model 16-4; Is it Worth it?
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U202731
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I inherited a 16-4 with 6". Matching box with papers and tool kit original grips .Glad I looked at this forum.Now have an ideal about what its value.
kthom
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Walk off grand slam, Sir! Congratulations!
M3Stuart
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Good for you! Outstanding piece! 
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I have had mine about 10 years...love it!
S&WsRsweet
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Looking looking looking ,k32 not finding not finding not finding no k32 , ok now you have done it now you have made me cry. Seriously the k32 is one of those guns that people who are old school handgun hunters (like myself) is legendary. I have only run across a couple and they were just too nice and pricey to tote out in the sticks ,i have shot my friends a bunch and he isn't much of a friend as everytime I offer to buy it which is everytime we go to the range he just laughs . Congratulations you are never going to have buyers remorse on that one.
Green Frog
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One of the smartest moves of my life was ordering a 6" Model 16-4 as soon as they were announced. I probably got one of if not the first one in town. 
One of the dumbest moves of my life was selling it a year or so later... after all, I could always get another one since they were current production.
I've successfully had Project 616 built (a 4" stainless homage to the Model 16) and am currently having an homage built to a Model 16-3 using an original barrel and a Model 14-3 as a donor platform. If I had been smart enough to hold onto my original Model 16-4 I would have saved a couple of thousand in parts and gunsmithing!
Froggie
One of the dumbest moves of my life was selling it a year or so later... after all, I could always get another one since they were current production.
I've successfully had Project 616 built (a 4" stainless homage to the Model 16) and am currently having an homage built to a Model 16-3 using an original barrel and a Model 14-3 as a donor platform. If I had been smart enough to hold onto my original Model 16-4 I would have saved a couple of thousand in parts and gunsmithing!
Froggie
Jerry in SC
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The local gun shop closed the 16-4's out not long after S&W stopped producing them at $299.00. Hindsight is always 20/20.
My LGS had a 16-4 6" NIB with the original Combat stocks for $925 so I immediately put it on hold with a couple other pistols. Last week he got another 16-4 this time it was a 4" version also NIB but with standard S&W target stocks for $1095. Thinking it would go good with the 6" revolver I bought it also. I'll post photos when I pick them up. When it rains it pours.
Congrats X 2...
With weather like that, I'd never complain again.
If I were you, I'd be tempted to convert the 6" to .327.
Congrats X 2...
With weather like that, I'd never complain again.
If I were you, I'd be tempted to convert the 6" to .327.
Jack, the 327 Magnum is one of my favorite revolver chamberings so I'm really thinking about it. Now I have to find a good gunsmith to do the work.
Here are a couple photos of my Model 16-4s. The end label for the 6" states "Full Target" and that one has the target hammer, trigger and Combat stocks. The end label on the 4" states "semi target" and only has target stocks. Both are near NIB.
My question is are the target grips on the 4" correct or should it also have combat grips?
My question is are the target grips on the 4" correct or should it also have combat grips?
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I put a set of the proper Combat grips on my 4" 16-4 this afternoon, I love the feel of these better than the target grips. It's funny how Smith with come out with a great revolver in an interesting chambering and nobody wants one so they stop production. Now years later they are in demand.
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S&WIowegan
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The answer is NO. The 4" guns also came with square butt Combats. Previous owner probably "harvested" the combats and put run-of-the-mill targets on it. Oh well.
I bought a 6" Model 16-4 when they first came out. I really liked the looks. I've not shot it much since factory ammo is scarce. I do handload for it but rarely shoot it. Doesn't kick hard enough.
Did all 16-4s come with black rear sight blades?
daddio202
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Definitely worth it! Great buy! To find any 16-4 now for under $1000 in nice condition is pretty tough. Not only did you find one in nice condition but also with box and tools. I think you stole that one. Enjoy
Bullseye Smith
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I have had 4 of them, sold the real ones for $1200 plus, the other two are parts guns. First is a retired model ten with a 13" barrel and cylinder that I shot Bullseye with - Have $300 in it, shoots better than me. In a ransom rest it will shoot one hole with fifty rounds at fifty yards. The second one is a model 19 that a guy shot 128 grain in it and blown the barrel off it. It has a 4 in barrel and a cylinder from a 14 with sleeves in it and moon clips. They are worth every dime + a 1000 to me.
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