Sets of Smiths??

[HamHands]

The beautiful pics of these pieces of real life, "Functional Art" in this thread is just fantastic. You gentlemen have exquisite tastes!!!

My humble collection of .38Special snubs means a lot to me as each has a specific job and carry use depending on dress and location. 4 Smiths, one Colt all have been solid...

These are my matching "J" frames. I've swapped the Altamont grips out for the fantastic stock Magna's and the "Tyler-T" to make a winning combo grip, no pics yet though... I found myself carrying both of them today... NY reload style because they fit my hand & carry so well in a "Nemesis" pocket holsters and a Bianchi (Model "58" Holster) @ 4:00. Having 2 Bianchi speed strips in my left rear pocket makes for plenty of firepower on tap while still being extremely comfortable. It's Tyler T's for the rest of my "J" and "D" frame snubs here on out!
Old pic with the Altamont's on...

Edit: Here is one pic of my Nickel M36 with Magna's & Tyler combo, manufactured in 78'... Next up a pic of the Blued 77' Model 36...

 

[Walter Rego]

How about a set of Model 1950 .45 Revolvers and a set of 3" Dash 3 K Frame Round Butt Fixed Sight revolvers

 

[Etalksalot]

..that I enjoy. All of them get a rotation to the range. They're all nice shooter grade.
The 19-3 snubbie doesn't go in a holster, it's been shot, but doesn't have a carry mark on it. Also have the matching box, docs, tools in the plastic sleeve. (funny though, the s/n on the stocks don't match the gun. Bummer there)
The rest get carried from time to time hiking, atv riding, fishing and EDC.
Top left then clockwise:
66 ND 6"
19-3 2 1/2"
19-3 4"
617-6 4"
66-1 2 1/2"
66-2 2 1/2
66 ND 4"
66-2 4" w/ TTT
It's funny, I remember the exact circumstance of bringing each of 'em home, cleaning 'em up, being excited to get them to the range.............but I'll be darned if I remember what I had for dinner yesterday.
I guess some stuff is more important to me than other stuff.
There are some beautiful SETS here, I enjoy the pics.
Thanks OP.

Sorry, it's been a while since I've been back! Exactly! I remember the whole story of each, but what I did yesterday?? Who knows!

 

[Etalksalot]

..that I enjoy. All of them get a rotation to the range. They're all nice shooter grade.
The 19-3 snubbie doesn't go in a holster, it's been shot, but doesn't have a carry mark on it. Also have the matching box, docs, tools in the plastic sleeve. (funny though, the s/n on the stocks don't match the gun. Bummer there)
The rest get carried from time to time hiking, atv riding, fishing and EDC.
Top left then clockwise:
66 ND 6"
19-3 2 1/2"
19-3 4"
617-6 4"
66-1 2 1/2"
66-2 2 1/2
66 ND 4"
66-2 4" w/ TTT
It's funny, I remember the exact circumstance of bringing each of 'em home, cleaning 'em up, being excited to get them to the range.............but I'll be darned if I remember what I had for dinner yesterday.
I guess some stuff is more important to me than other stuff.
There are some beautiful SETS here, I enjoy the pics.
Thanks OP.

Sorry, it's been a while since I've been back! Exactly! I remember the whole story of each, but what I did yesterday?? Who knows!

NICE collection by the way.

 

[Etalksalot]

The beautiful pics of these pieces of real life, "Functional Art" in this thread is just fantastic. You gentlemen have exquisite tastes!!!

My humble collection of .38Special snubs means a lot to me as each has a specific job and carry use depending on dress and location. 4 Smiths, one Colt all have been solid...

These are my matching "J" frames. I've swapped the Altamont grips out for the fantastic stock Magna's and the "Tyler-T" to make a winning combo grip, no pics yet though... I found myself carrying both of them today... NY reload style because they fit my hand & carry so well in a "Nemesis" pocket holsters and a Bianchi (Model "58" Holster) @ 4:00. Having 2 Bianchi speed strips in my left rear pocket makes for plenty of firepower on tap while still being extremely comfortable. It's Tyler T's for the rest of my "J" and "D" frame snubs here on out!
Old pic with the Altamont's on...

Edit: Here is one pic of my Nickel M36 with Magna's & Tyler combo, manufactured in 78'... Next up a pic of the Blued 77' Model 36...

What are the purposes of each, and what locations do you carry which?

 

[scout II]

How about a set of S&W model 19-7's?

 

[ColtCool]

Not snubs but I can throw in a "set" of Jets in their boxes......8 3/8, 6 inchers, 4 inch

 

[Etalksalot]

How about a set of S&W model 19-7's?

Very nice! I like that, 3 of the same dash number!

 

[Etalksalot]

Not snubs but I can throw in a "set" of Jets in their boxes......8 3/8, 6 inchers, 4 inch

Wow! That's very cool! I was watching videos on those the other day online.

 

[S&WsRsweet]

Some very nice sets of beautiful revolvers on this thread no wonder it keeps coming back

 

[Green Frog]

It really depends (as previous posters have shown) on what your definition of “set” might be. I’m on my iPad right now, but on my laptop I have my “set” of “little guns”... a pre-War Terrier, a post-War transitional I-frame 32 HE Snub, and a Baby Chief, each one an example of the small snub genre. I also have a 1948 vintage K-22 and -38 to be grouped with my newly recreated Model 16-3. Not actually a true “set,” but as close as I’m likely to come in that department. I guess for me, the important criterion is to put together a grouping based on some unifying theme (in my mind, at least! ). I’ll post pictures when I get back to my laptop.

Froggie

PS Picture of "trifecta" added... clockwise from top; Baby Chief, 32 HE, Terrier. Finish not as bad as picture makes them look... bad lighting.

 

[jmclfrsh]

Every time I see some of these snubbies, it reminds me of Broderick Crawford and the show “Highway Patrol” I used to watch sometimes as reruns with my grandpa I n the early ‘60s.

I can still see him drawing and holding a snubbie...

 

[Green Frog]

Here’s my “set” of K-frame Targets... two vintage 1948 Masterpiece revolvers, the K-22 on top and the K-38 on the bottom, both all original including grips, and with the -22 showing much more use. In between is my K-32 homage, assembled using an original K-32 barrel on a Model 14-3. It is “shod” with a new pair of Altamont Roper-style grips in American Walnut. To be a “real set,” this last gun would have to be in the earlier style with lighter barrel and narrow rib, but it is what it is and I’m just glad to have gotten as close as I have.

Froggie

 

[jb28]

That's very cool. I never knew that about the ribs. I had read that they tried to match the weight etc. of the set. I just didn't think about how they did it. Learned something today.

Oops, in reply to Tom K's post.

 

[Etalksalot]

Every time I see some of these snubbies, it reminds me of Broderick Crawford and the show “Highway Patrol” I used to watch sometimes as reruns with my grandpa I n the early ‘60s.

I can still see him drawing and holding a snubbie...

I absolutely love that show!! It was on MeTV earlier this year, it's awesome!

 

[Etalksalot]

It really depends (as previous posters have shown) on what your definition of “set” might be. I’m on my iPad right now, but on my laptop I have my “set” of “little guns”... a pre-War Terrier, a post-War transitional I-frame 32 HE Snub, and a Baby Chief, each one an example of the small snub genre. I also have a 1948 vintage K-22 and -38 to be grouped with my newly recreated Model 16-3. Not actually a true “set,” but as close as I’m likely to come in that department. I guess for me, the important criterion is to put together a grouping based on some unifying theme (in my mind, at least! ). I’ll post pictures when I get back to my laptop.

Froggie

PS Picture of "trifecta" added... clockwise from top; Baby Chief, 32 HE, Terrier. Finish not as bad as picture makes them look... bad lighting.

That's all I'm looking for. Whatever anyone feels is a set. Like a bunch of models in the same finish or the same model in multiple finishes, or a group of same size frames, or a group of snubs, or a group in the same caliber or the same caliber in different frame sizes, or the same model in different dash numbers. It's pretty open to interpretation.

 

[daddio202]

Identical post war M&P's one in nickel one blued.

 

[CajunBass]

I don't have "pair" pictures of mine, but if you don't mind pairs of singles.

4" Model 66-1



4" Model 19-4



4" Model 27-2



4" Model 28-2



4" Model 15-3 "38 Combat Masterpiece"



4" K-22, "22 Combat Masterpiece"



And they all have 4" barrels.