Smith & Wesson revolver 1970's

[1 old 0311]

WOW!!!!! Such "RUDE AND INSULTING BEHAVIOR TO ANOTHER MEMBER?" That used to get you a little point.........oh wait! That's only if a new member directs it to an older member. Never mind.

 

[jspick]

Can't anyone have fun anymore? I'm not that old and cranky yet.

John

 

[bobsdad]

I used to be able to buy my cigars at the local GS back in the '70's! No rum though.

 

[s&wchad]

WOW!!!!! Such "RUDE AND INSULTING BEHAVIOR TO ANOTHER MEMBER?" That used to get you a little point.........oh wait! That's only if a new member directs it to an older member. Never mind.

Not true; you don't see posts that have been deleted and the action take. We do not give long standing members a free pass based on their tenure. This forum is dedicated to sharing information about Smith & Wesson products in a civil and courteous manner. A little good natured ribbing is not the same as being rude. When a valued member like Bill (Doc44), an expert commentator, the chairman of the S&W Historical Foundation and a member of the staff offers an opinion, it's best to listen and not argue and contradict.

 

[1 old 0311]

Not true; you don't see posts that have been deleted and the action take. We do not give long standing members a free pass based on their tenure. This forum is dedicated to sharing information about Smith & Wesson products in a civil and courteous manner. A little good natured ribbing is not the same as being rude. When a valued member like Bill (Doc44), an expert commentator, the chairman of the S&W Historical Foundation and a member of the staff offers an opinion, it's best to listen and not argue and contradict.

EXACTLY. As usual Doc had a VERY civil response, however most were not so courteous. Especially the 'usual suspects' that do this on a regular basis and obviously get a free pass from the 'boys club' or they wouldn't continue it. It certainly isn't a case of members who FINANCIALLY support this site who push the envelope, it is usually the freeloaders/deadbeats who start disrespecting others and get to slide on through because they been here the longest.

A new guy who comes here and gets insulted sure isn't going to stick around long enough to donate. I guess you can just sell MORE advertising to make up for it.

 

[Mickey D]

EXACTLY. As usual Doc had a VERY civil response, however most were not so courteous. Especially the 'usual suspects' that do this on a regular basis and obviously get a free pass from the 'boys club' or they wouldn't continue it. It certainly isn't a case of members who FINANCIALLY support this site who push the envelope, it is usually the freeloaders/deadbeats who start disrespecting others and get to slide on through because they been here the longest.

A new guy who comes here and gets insulted sure isn't going to stick around long enough to donate. I guess you can just sell MORE advertising to make up for it.

Really?

Some, including me, donated to this site well before little donation banners were handed out.

 

[jspick]

Life is too short, cheer up have some fun! You ain't too old to have fun are you?

John

 

[Jim NNN]

They were also made at the North Pole. I know this because I received a S&W for Christmas once.

Okay that made me laugh

Seriously, though -
My near new model 36 from the late 60's (early 70's maybe?) had a similar problem with ejector rod/cylinder opening function, but only on one chamber. Gun hasn't been used much in it's life, so the problem wasn't from use. I suspect it came from the factory with that issue.

My friend at the LGS noticed that the end of the ejector rod had been filed down a bit (by previous owner), most likely in an attempt to rectify the problem. He said "Well it's already been filed...do you want me to file it a bit more?"

I shrugged and said "Okay." He did, and it works fine now. No problems at all. Curious, though.

There was a time when I'd sit around and worry about this sort of thing, but I try not to do that anymore.

 

[1 old 0311]

Really?

Some, including me, donated to this site well before little donation banners were handed out.

"REALLY?" Yes really. Has the OP been back? No he hasn't so it is probably safe to say that he will not donate.
I don't know what you do for a living but in business it is much harder to get a customer/member than it is to keep one. Insult the heck out of him and you didn't just loose him you loose the people he will tell of his experience here.

 

[hiram2005]

Oh noes!

 

[BurgerBoy]

Well, I see what the problem is here. You think they mean the island of Cuba.

They meant Cuba, Kentucky here in Western Kentucky.

We also have a Monkey's Eyebrow and a city named Possum Trot here too.

 

[jspick]

REALLY!!!???? Lighten up, Geeeee......some peoples kids!

John


In eastern Colorado there is a cross roads cal "Punkin Center".

 

[aphelion]

Has it occurred to anybody that the OP might be pulling everyone's chain?

 

[ladder13]

Has it occurred to anybody that the OP might be pulling everyone's chain?

Not everyone's.

 

[Buford57]

My hat's off to whoever put the Cuba banner ads at the top of the page.

 

[jspick]

I do think the OP is smarter than to believe that S&W's were made in Cuba! I have the same thoughts as ladder13.

John

 

[mbliss57]

There is also a Cuba NY and .... you guessed it.

 

[Derosa]

Hey folks, I still think Cuba is a suburb of Dallas, TX.; WD 40 is used as a prime lube on belt driven lathes, slide rules and CNC comes in a can from Campbell and hard work is its own reward. Fun is as fun does. We all learn and grow. God bless Texas.

 

[maxshadow]

I am not a Smith & Wesson collector. My brother & I purchased 2 Smith & Wessons in the mid 1970's which were a Model 19 & Model 27. Both of these firearms had problems. Sticky cylinder when opened on the Model 27 & sticky cylinder rotation on the Model 19 which made the hammer hard to pull back. A guy at the gunshop also brought back his S & W 22 magnum, don't know the model and had the same problem as the Model 19. The gun dealer said that S & W is of poor quaility ever since they went to that Cuban factory in Bangor Punta. He never said it was Bangor Punta, Florida. He made it sound like they were mfg. there. We got rid of our revolvers then & that was the end of it until just recently when a guy I work with offered me a Model17, new in the box. I would like to buy it from him but didn't want to run into problems like the above because he said he bought it in the 70's. That was my question. To find out if you S & W collectors knew anything about these problems and if they fell into the same serial number range which I gave in my initial post. Excuse me for my ignorance in saying made in Cuba. Thanks to the few that gave me professional answers because the majority of them just made fun of me. I have been on a lot of forums where on some I participated & some I just read and sometimes I was right & sometimes I was wrong but I was never ridiculed like this. I am glad I don't have anymore S & W questions. I am just sorry that my introduction to this forum resulted in mostly ridicule. I can take a joke as good as the next guy but this got way out of hand. I am not writing this to be arrogant so no need to come back at me.

 

[murphydog]

The gun dealer said that S & W is of poor quality ever since they went to that Cuban factory in Bangor Punta. He never said it was Bangor Punta, Florida. He made it sound like they were mfg. there.

The dealer steered you (very) wrong. Bangor Punta was the name of the now-extinct (Brazilian?) company that purchased S & W from the family in the mid-'60s. Some state quality control went downhill during their tenure; I don't think the occasional bad products were restricted to any particular era, but the ones I've seen personally happened to be after the BP era.

I hope if you have any ongoing interest in S & W that you'll stay involved with the Forum. You'll find lots of great information here. Did you buy the model 17?