Some Combat Masterpiece eye candy

[Al W.]

Wow, that was an amazing trip through CM history.
I have 1 from 1954 .
Its a beautiful thing and more accurate or easier to shoot than my model 14.
This tutorial makes me regret leaving it home on my vacation .

 

[Green Frog]

Again, nice work and the connections to world events gave a unique perspective. Except that part about you being in the 5th grade when I graduated from high school...

I just went back and reread this newly reopened thread. Talk about feeling old... I had already been teaching for over 15 years in 1989! I'm old enough to think of stuff that happened in the 1990s as "recent."

About the only improvements ever made on the Combat Magnum were reaming them out to 357 and making them out of stainless steel. Yep, I think of the Model 66 as the ultimate evolution of the breed.

Froggie

 

[max503]

"This is my Combat Masterpiece. There are many like it, but this one is mine." And I've thrown in a picture of my 19 just for kicks. If you look close at the 19 there is dust in the grips. I had just picked it up from a Trump-hater who figured it was time to get rid of his guns. I got the 19 and a Bersa 22 for $350 total. I must have good karma.

 

[Laketime]

Great thread,glad to see it back up.

 

[turnerriver]

General Van Orden and his wife Flora of Evaluators Ltd. claimed to have proposed the idea for the Combat Masterpiece to Carl Hellstrom as shown in this letter to Hank Sloan ( followed by Hank's reply ). The box insert accompanied revolvers shipped by Evaluators. The Van Ordens claimed to have originated a number of good ideas, they were accomplished promoters and marketers.
Whoever came up with the idea did us all a big favor.
Regards,
turnerriver

 

[ericrlarson]

Amazing! I'd be happy to own one CM. Soon! Real soon!

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Well, there is a world of difference between 1949 and 1969 but 1959 has the winner.

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And I want to know which model S&W Elvis P had under his coat when he visited with President Nixon! Or was it a dreaded "other brand"?

 

[mooshoo]

so put a fat kid in a candy store those are some awesome smiths!

 

[sophie]

Great thread, and the pictures of all those nice Combat Masterpieces, and the way you showed the pistols with the news articles happening in our every day lives at the time just blows me away. I am amazed and in awe of this thread and enjoyed it from beginning to end.
Thank You for your time and effort and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

 

[D Brown]

One of the best threads I've encountered on this forum. Engine49guy has a gift when it comes to information packed (and historical) narratives!

 

[Baxter6551]

Amazing post Engine 49 !!! I'm sure many others would like to read it again. Happy 4th to all.

 

[jimmyj]

All the Gold is in a Bank in Beverly Hills and all the S&W Model 15s are at Engine49guy's house.

 

[jbtrucker]

Thanks for sharing your collection and history, my two CM's 18-4 and 67-1

 

[toad67]

Amazing, thanks for sharing.

 

[jpage]

There's medication that can help ( or buy another M-15)

 

[SWFan27]

Or perhaps a Christmas tree for 4" S&W Combat Masterpiece fanatics ?



Enjoy !

That is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Is that what Heaven looks like?

 

[Oldbird13]

Feel like I just took a 1 semester history class at S & W University. Extremely well done!

 

[RKmesa]

A ton of fun to go back and re-read this most wonderful and informative thread!!! I LOVED IT!!! Probably one of the VERY BEST threads living on the Forum. Thank you Engine49guy. The only (very minor) lack in the thread that I see is that the CM is also a beautiful canvas for the engraver's art, so here are a couple of additions (a 5-screw and 4-screw pre-18):

 

[22hipower]

Those carved stocks are incredible, as are the guns of course.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[SS336]

Wow, that pair is beautiful. I do like that 5-screw an awful lot.