MarkAlt
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Perfect little plinker. KC 22 2"...
Snubby Kit Gun
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Cool. Congrats.
Nice!
My snubby kit gun is a 34-1, and the only thing I would change about it is make it an 8 or 9 shot instead of just 6.
My snubby kit gun is a 34-1, and the only thing I would change about it is make it an 8 or 9 shot instead of just 6.
I have always wondered why it took over a hundred years for S & W and Colt and more recently Ruger to figure out it would be a great idea to bore more than 6 holes in the cylinder if there was room for more.
ACORN
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I’ve got a 4” and 5” Mod 63s but my only snubby “kit gun” is an 8 shot Charter Arms Pathfinder. I’ve got a little over $200 in it.
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MarkAlt
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Thanks. I love the 34 and 63. Let a nice old 63 get away many years ago.
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MarkAlt
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I have always wondered why it took over a hundred years for S & W and Colt and more recently Ruger to figure out it would be a great idea to bore more than 6 holes in the cylinder if there was room for more.
I agree. Many fond memories of the JC Higgins/High Standard Sentinal and H&Rs.
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MarkAlt
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Thanks. It's now a Colt standard catalog item, along with a 3". Seems like it came out quietly.
I added the grips (Thailand) but otherwise the 2" model comes stock with a brass bead front. Not a fan of the FO fronts on the 4.25", but easy to change.
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MarkAlt
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Very nice! I've really enjoyed the few Charter Arms snubbies. A "bright" Undercover helps keeps watch in the office.
Exchipy
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Very handy, but takes a good deal of concentration on the basics to shoot it well at distance:
Shot double action, two hands standing at 50 feet. (Please just ignore that flyer 8, like it never happened. That’s what I do.)
Shot double action, two hands standing at 50 feet. (Please just ignore that flyer 8, like it never happened. That’s what I do.)
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SWEET! I know people like to bash Charter arms, I've had a number over the years and the only trouble I ever had was someone always wanted them more than I did.
Guess my snubby kit gun would be my NAA, though truth be told my Kit Gun is a Single six, not concerned about concealing a kit gun. The Mrs. has her S&W 851-1 4".
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Pretty cool thanks for info, I'll say it sure was quiet not a peep on Colt forum so far surprisingly. Had conversation with friend other day that wanted a return of diamondback snub my thoughts were it could easily be done with new KC 22lr platform, who cares about name.
Green Frog
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My very first handgun was (and still is) an aluminum framed High Standard Sentinel Deluxe Snub. These came in 9 shot versions only. Here it was 50 years ago, I’d never even heard of a “Kit Gun” and I had one! How about that? 
beach elvis
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I have 2 34–1’s and what a blast they are to shoot. S&W make a few different .22lr’s and how I enjoy shooting them all, along with my model 48.
crasig
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I have been on the lookout for one of those. What barrel lengths did they come in?
How much do they bring nowadays?
mckenney99
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Back in the 80's I picked up a little Model 34 Kit Gun, 2 inch with a square butt. Bought it for the wife to shoot but later discovered the DA was too heavy for her to pull. The little M34 also suffered from 22LR S&W syndrome, where every fired case had to be driven out of the cylinder, no matter how clean I kept the chambers or what type or brand was fired. That little gun could be very accurate when fired in single action & I put it to good use a few times finishing off rabbits that had only gotten "winged" by the .410 shotgun I had borrowed from my brother in law. Ultimately the M34 got traded in towards something else. Now I kind of wish I had kept it and had the chambers reamed and had the action tuned so the DA was actually usable.
My first .22 revolver was a Charter Pathfinder- completely trouble free, unfortunately I didn’t appreciate what I had and bought a 63, trading away the Pathfinder.
Just had to have the new S&W 63, nothing but trouble, sold off. Then found an older S&W 34, again nothing but trouble, not much better than the 63, went down the road.
Found a S&W 18, although it is of course a K frame, not a kit gun size, way better than the 63 and the 34, but still not as good as the original Pathfinder.
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