Pics: The New and the Old

[Doc Savage]

Here are some shots of the old S&W pistol that was my grandfather's along with the new Sigma I just purchased.

Crossed Pistols

The obligatory gun and knife shot (we call it my pig sticker)

Robert

 

[Doc Savage]

Here are some shots of the old S&W pistol that was my grandfather's along with the new Sigma I just purchased.

Crossed Pistols

The obligatory gun and knife shot (we call it my pig sticker)

Robert

 

[GIJoe]

Nice but stay with the Sigma!

 

[smith10]

Nice pics.

 

[Doc Savage]

Thanks Smith10.

GIJoe,
Definitely staying with the Sigma. Got it after finding out the revolver was 110 years old

Robert

 

[mm6mm6]

Doc, they're both wonderful! Don't worry about that 110 year old little guy, he'll get the job done.

 

[jim sobieski]

Great pics Doc.

 

[oldwolf]

I have nearly the same revolver but in blue. My father in law gave it to me with a box of recently manufactured ammunition. His father bought it years ago, i figure it was built around 1901. I haven't shot it but maybe I should?

 

[Doc Savage]

Thanks for the compliments on the photos, used to do commercial photography, but engineering paid better

It shoots pretty good. Need to get some fresh ammo though, what I have is from the 70's. Action is smooth and really with all the complaints about the Sigma trigger, I don't think it's any different than the revolver myself.

I'm waiting to send off for my letter. Just hasn't made it up my list yet.

Robert

 

[VigilantVermonter]

I too own a Sigma.

Letter about what?

 

[conn ak]

The Sigma is plastic and machine-made, the old wheel gun by men in aprons with leather gloves and hammers. The old S&W pistols are works of art. Growing up in Hartford (COLT) and Springfield just 20 minutes up I-91, I've seen some great old pistols in museums and private collections.

 

[conn ak]

By the way, I have a rip-off copy of the old S&W revolver you have. I have an old Iver Johnson (Mass.) .32 ,the twin of your S&W. Rossi wasn't the first company to "forge" the S&W pattern.