Most "representative" S&W revolver?

[RABULL]

The Model 10 M & P......

 

[4864]

As much as I love and enjoy my Model 28's and 629 I am a die hard K Frame nut. The Model 10, 15, 13, 19, 64, 65 and 66 are all hard to beat. Then you have the rimfire K Frames as well. The K Frame is just a fine and long serving representative of Smith & Wesson hands down.

 

[M29since14]

As F.T. said, it is not my favorite but only the .38 M&P/ Model 10 fits the criteria. I tend to think of S&Ws from the outdoorsman's perspective, which would point me toward a Model 29, but S&Ws first and foremost are killing machines. That is why the Model 10 is the representative model of what they have produced the most of. S&W has certainly made more elegant, more complicated models that would look better on the cover of that book, but that was not the question.

 

[keith44spl]

The Lawman's Arm

I'll go the 27...

I just have to go with the "Three Fifty Seven Magnum" 3 1/2".

She's all business, baby!

Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[Fishslayer]

Even non shooters know that Dirty Harry carried a Smith & Wesson. "The most powerful handgun in the world."

I'll vote N frame .44 Mag.

 

[wbraswell]

I'll go with the M&P .38 special (any regular barrel), with the .357 Magnum in 2nd place. I say the M29 and M19 are a little too "Johnny come lately" to be representing the history of this fine American company. Heck, they've only been around 55 or so years!

 

[Fishslayer]

Off topic, but this has me confused...

"Model of 1950 Target. .357 Magnum?"

Thought that was .45ACP w/6.5" tapered barrel?

 

[M29since14]

Off topic, but this has me confused...
"Model of 1950 Target. .357 Magnum?"
Thought that was .45ACP w/6.5" tapered barrel?

Here we go again. Don't let Saxonpig know that someone called a 357 Magnum a "Model of 1950."

 

[MikeD49]

Wow! what a great question, A personal favorite is the M27, but the cover of your book, no doubt 4" M&P.

 

[keith44spl]

Here we go again. Don't let Saxonpig know that someone called a 357 Magnum a "Model of 1950."

Ah, havin' a little fun...While I still can. Y'all jest keep them cards and letters. ~smiley~

probably should've read; .357 Magnum Model of 1950

Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[M29since14]

Ah, havin' a little fun...While I still can. Y'all jest keep them cards and letters. ~smiley~

Oh, go ahead and send them cards and letters, folks. I have heard it said that Dave can have kind of a thick hide if the situation call for it.

Much as I like the target models, including the ".357," I still say the .38 M&P is the representative Smith & Wesson.

 

[redlevel]

Of course, to some, The Bodyguard is THEEEE S&W Revolver!

 

[28Shooter]

No question about this one - 4" tapered barrel Model 10.

 

[scorvers]

My vote goes to the N-Frame, either 27 or 29. Everybody saw the Mdl 10 carried by the real police, but never gave it a second thought. The 27 and 29 on the other hand were made famous by the DH series of movies. They were/are the pinnacl of S&W craftmanship. They are beautiful and functional. They are "manly" guns. They shoot "manly" Magnum calibers that were the height of hangun calibers in their day.
If I was picking the picture to put on the cover of a book on S&W's, I'd have to go with a 27 in 4" with wood stocks. It would grab the attention of the schooled and unschooled.

 

[Faulkner]

A 4 inch M&P or model 10 is what comes immediately to mind when someone refers to a genaric Smith & Wesson revolver.

 

[GF]

Of course, to some, The Bodyguard is THEEEE S&W Revolver!

Wow. The very definition.


a·bom·i·na·tion

1. anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.

2. a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc.:

GF

 

[David LaPell]

Another vote for the 4-inch Military & Police (Model 10) with the taper barrel. What is the dash number up to now?

 

[ladder13]

Of course, to some, The Bodyguard is THEEEE S&W Revolver!

Uglier than Quasimoto

 

[medic15al]

This better as a Bodyguard example?

The lock is an non functional display.

 

[yankee7809]

Harry Callahan said model 29 and that's good enough for me.

 

[oldman45]

My vote or opinion would be either the Model 19 or 66 with a four inch barrel.

The .44 was never a gun that appealed to everyone while not being able to be shot by many but the .357 was a gun that everone wanted, anyone could shoot and the lines of it are instantly recognizable.

 

[BOB THE PALINDROME]

Model 10 4".

I concur definitely the "most representative".

 

[W.V.Martin]

Model 10 4" tapered barrel!!!

 

[Rule 303]

S&W Model 10

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