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Post Your Very First 5-Screw S&W
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My first 5 screw was also my very first revolver. I was interested in snub-nosed Chiefs Specials and came upon this one for sale. It is a Baby Chief, circa 1953, and of some interest to me, but maybe not to anyone else, is it was owned by the long time editor of Guns & Ammo. Enjoyed discussing it with the guy who was selling it and ending up buying it and really enjoy it. Superb condition and shoots really nice.
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My first was also my first duty gun and first centerfire revolver. A 1920s era M&P that I traded away when I went to work for a department that capped barrel length at 4". As I recall I paid $65 for it. I sometimes took pictures of my cars back then, but not my guns.
Here's the most recent.
Here's the most recent.
A little late to this party.
My 1st 5 screw was this pre-29 bought from Bill Powell in 1998 in Midlothian, TX. Turned out to be my birthday gun as well!
Chuck
My 1st 5 screw was this pre-29 bought from Bill Powell in 1998 in Midlothian, TX. Turned out to be my birthday gun as well! Chuck
This was how I received my first 5-Screw in a trade for a 1911 Bullseye pistol I had lost interest in. At the time I had very little interest in Smith and Wesson revolvers as far as collecting goes, this one gets the credit for peaking my interest, I have hung on to this one.
Even later to this shindig...but I bought my first 5-Screw just last year, the good news is I've acquired several more since.
No really cool story to go with this sweet little Baby Chief, but I think it stands just fine by itself. (Now that I think about it, this one, 12340, was for a time the highest serial smooth ramp known...another has claimed that spot now).
No really cool story to go with this sweet little Baby Chief, but I think it stands just fine by itself. (Now that I think about it, this one, 12340, was for a time the highest serial smooth ramp known...another has claimed that spot now).
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Hey All!
I bought my first two 5-screw Smiths simultaneously around 3 months ago.
Pre-24 6.5" .44Special w/ incorrect Stocks ~97%
Pre-26 6.5" Light Target Barrel .45acp w/ original Stocks ~99%
Still hunting for a decent deal on the correct vintage stocks for the pre-24, so excuse the terrible photos. I'll take more when she is wearing the rights ones.
Pre-26
Pre-24
Cheers! And thanks for letting me contribute.
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I bought my first two 5-screw Smiths simultaneously around 3 months ago.
Pre-24 6.5" .44Special w/ incorrect Stocks ~97%
Pre-26 6.5" Light Target Barrel .45acp w/ original Stocks ~99%
Still hunting for a decent deal on the correct vintage stocks for the pre-24, so excuse the terrible photos. I'll take more when she is wearing the rights ones.
Pre-26
Pre-24
Cheers! And thanks for letting me contribute.
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I don't have the first one anymore, or the next dozen or so I owned afterwards.
The only five screw I've got now is this 1954 K-22 "Combat Masterpiece."
It's been around the block a time or two, even with me. I first got it several years ago, then traded it off to a buddy. A few months ago, I noticed he had it up for sale/trade on a local "gun for sale" board, so I traded with him to get it back. I suppose it will stay with me this time. They're kinda hard to find in any shape.
It's as tight as a tick mechanically, the stocks number to the gun, and it's got just enough "character" I think.
The only five screw I've got now is this 1954 K-22 "Combat Masterpiece."
It's been around the block a time or two, even with me. I first got it several years ago, then traded it off to a buddy. A few months ago, I noticed he had it up for sale/trade on a local "gun for sale" board, so I traded with him to get it back. I suppose it will stay with me this time. They're kinda hard to find in any shape.
It's as tight as a tick mechanically, the stocks number to the gun, and it's got just enough "character" I think.
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The excitement of the first one, I do remember that. I was on a target hunt at the time and this turned up and I grabbed it. 1905 4th about 1,000 after the later hardening process began in 1920. It's going to my son as soon as his groups tighten up with his pre-18.
Stu
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I'd surely like to post a pic of my first (5-screw) S&W....
It was a 357 magnum with a 3 1/2" barrel, that I purchased new at the local hardware store.
I guess it wasn't in vogue to make photos of your pistol back then....
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It was a 357 magnum with a 3 1/2" barrel, that I purchased new at the local hardware store.
I guess it wasn't in vogue to make photos of your pistol back then....
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I picked up my first five-screw from a forum member a dozen years ago -- a K-22 Masterpiece shipped January 1948, serial number K14784. Since all my photos are currently in turmoil, I can't offer an image right now -- but that's a close-up of the revolver's right front frame area up there in my avatar.
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My first 5-screw
I only have two, but here's my first. It's a 1955 Pre-Chiefs that I rescued from my LGS for a surprisingly low price. The stags are from bigmtnman. My other one is a mid 1941 M&P 38.
I only have two, but here's my first. It's a 1955 Pre-Chiefs that I rescued from my LGS for a surprisingly low price. The stags are from bigmtnman. My other one is a mid 1941 M&P 38.
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First 5 screw? Must be the replated .38 M&P from the teens I snagged at my LGS some years ago. Also the cheapest gun I ever bought. Still shoots great and I keep it as a "saturday nite special". No pics, sorry.
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This post war m&p someone thought fit to slap a heavy barrel on, made it out of the country and back at some point. Ugly as sin but the action is unrivaled in its smoothness....
I can't believe this is the first time I've seen this, but so be it. Okay----well, no picture, and no gun either----gone along with almost all the rest of them. David called a couple of days ago, and we compared notes. I said there were nine left, he said seven. He figured Brewster had the missing two, and I haven't heard different; so the mystery must be solved---or close enough.
It's a long time ago. I'm either between my freshman and sophomore year of college----or sophomore and junior. I live in St.Louis. I have a lady friend who lives in Tennessee-----about 50 miles from Georgia----right where we live now. But what's most important then is you could buy a handgun in Georgia as soon as you're 18 years old. I qualify.
So it's off to Georgia---or rather Tennessee to visit my lady friend---and meet her parents----oh, and maybe take a side trip to Georgia. Speaking of side trips, we---she and I took another side trip later on-------on our honeymoon (June, 1959)--600 miles out of our way to visit with Herbie Harris in Chicago---and pick up one of those odd ball "pre-war-post-war" .32 Regulation Police Target guns. Herbie had called a few weeks earlier---said, "You call yourself a collector of S&W target guns, I got one you have to have." That's all it took!
So anyway, I found Tennessee, and we found Georgia, and we found this hardware store in Dalton, and they had S&W handguns, brand new in the boxes, stacked up higher than you could reach---no lie, higher than you could reach----in a hardware store---in Dalton, Georgia!! And they had K-22's---and pretty much anything else, but a K-22 is what I'd been dreaming about.
There was one problem---they had them with that funky "satin blue", and I wanted one with "bright blue". That wasn't really the problem, because I could have one of those "bright blue" ones----in about six months, is what they said---to this kid--------you'd think they'd know better.
So off we went with a "satin blue" K-22----back to Tennessee---where I got my clock cleaned by her daddy in a little shooting match. And then back to St. Louis.
Once there I packed up that gun, and shipped it off to Springfield. I asked them to put the "bright blue" finish on it----and to go through it and make it as perfect as can be. It was back in St. Louis in nothing flat----a few weeks. So much for having to wait six months.
It took a long time before I figured out what they'd done to "make it as perfect as can be", but one day I noticed it didn't have one of those dreaded "turn rings" on it. Actually, it did, but it was only about 3/32" long---at the lead into each cylinder stop notch---and this was after it'd had about a half a box car full of ammo run through it. I remember telling Jinks about that one time. He scowled, and said "They never should have done that----it'll skip chambers in rapid double action fire." I didn't have the heart to tell him about half of that half a box car full of ammo was used in rapid double action fire, and it never missed a beat. I didn't tell him that because then I'd have to tell him I never did get to be as fast as McGivern.
My Tennessee Lady friend didn't care for that K-22---too "klunky" she said. She has a 4" Kit gun----and she's keeping it.
Ralph Tremaine
It's a long time ago. I'm either between my freshman and sophomore year of college----or sophomore and junior. I live in St.Louis. I have a lady friend who lives in Tennessee-----about 50 miles from Georgia----right where we live now. But what's most important then is you could buy a handgun in Georgia as soon as you're 18 years old. I qualify.
So it's off to Georgia---or rather Tennessee to visit my lady friend---and meet her parents----oh, and maybe take a side trip to Georgia. Speaking of side trips, we---she and I took another side trip later on-------on our honeymoon (June, 1959)--600 miles out of our way to visit with Herbie Harris in Chicago---and pick up one of those odd ball "pre-war-post-war" .32 Regulation Police Target guns. Herbie had called a few weeks earlier---said, "You call yourself a collector of S&W target guns, I got one you have to have." That's all it took!
So anyway, I found Tennessee, and we found Georgia, and we found this hardware store in Dalton, and they had S&W handguns, brand new in the boxes, stacked up higher than you could reach---no lie, higher than you could reach----in a hardware store---in Dalton, Georgia!! And they had K-22's---and pretty much anything else, but a K-22 is what I'd been dreaming about.
There was one problem---they had them with that funky "satin blue", and I wanted one with "bright blue". That wasn't really the problem, because I could have one of those "bright blue" ones----in about six months, is what they said---to this kid--------you'd think they'd know better.
So off we went with a "satin blue" K-22----back to Tennessee---where I got my clock cleaned by her daddy in a little shooting match. And then back to St. Louis.
Once there I packed up that gun, and shipped it off to Springfield. I asked them to put the "bright blue" finish on it----and to go through it and make it as perfect as can be. It was back in St. Louis in nothing flat----a few weeks. So much for having to wait six months.
It took a long time before I figured out what they'd done to "make it as perfect as can be", but one day I noticed it didn't have one of those dreaded "turn rings" on it. Actually, it did, but it was only about 3/32" long---at the lead into each cylinder stop notch---and this was after it'd had about a half a box car full of ammo run through it. I remember telling Jinks about that one time. He scowled, and said "They never should have done that----it'll skip chambers in rapid double action fire." I didn't have the heart to tell him about half of that half a box car full of ammo was used in rapid double action fire, and it never missed a beat. I didn't tell him that because then I'd have to tell him I never did get to be as fast as McGivern.
My Tennessee Lady friend didn't care for that K-22---too "klunky" she said. She has a 4" Kit gun----and she's keeping it.
Ralph Tremaine
H P Bushrod
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I can't remember my first 5-screw Smith I bought, since I've been collecting S&W's for almost 40 years. I'll go out on a limb and assume it was one of the many early K-frame .38's I've bought over the years. One of my favorite old 5-screws is a old, beat up P.D. marked 2 inch pre-Model 10, C-26710. It's been carried by someone a lot years ago (the right grip panel is worn almost smooth). I wish she could talk...It probably has a interesting history.
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OLDSTER
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1947 (my birth year) factory nickel M&P.
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