The model 41

[4T5GUY]

I have had a few 41's. I sold them when I wanted something else. I of course did not get $1300 for any of them. I have always kept all of my Hi Standards.

Anyway, there are many VERY high quality 41's out there, IF you just wait and pounce on them.

I recently got a Bob Loveless Field Gun for, well, umm, $816.00,
and got another matching date, (1969,) 41, 5 1/2" for $850.00,
in very good condition, (one mag, no box.)

The good one's ARE out there.

Jim

 

[moralem]

They are not inexpensive, but you can find early models for under $1000. Skip the new version and find an older model........you just have to be vigilant and pounce with the cash in hand.

 

[mainegrw]

As I posted in another thread, I bought a 41 yesterday, a late 1979/early 1980 vintage with 7" barrel, 4 mags, the original box, paperwork, and cleaning kit, nearly LNIB, for $900 from my local Cabelas, and they had a second one, with 3 or 4 mags, but no box, etc., 1989 vintage for either $950 or $1000. I have sought a Model 41 for many years, and have considered a new one a few times, another LGS has them new for about $1200, but I have always preferred to buy older Smiths when I can.

I cannot speak to the differences between an early 41 and one manufactured this year, but I can speak of the quality differences between some of the current production classic line revolvers vs the vintage models they are patterned after: While still excellent firearms, the newer ones just don't feel as smooth or as tight as the older manufactured models do. Additionally, whereas I know that CNC machining and automation has decreased the variance from one pistol to the next while increasing production quantities and reducing cost per unit, I feel like there is something lost in the feel or character, as well as the fit and finish of a firearm once the human element is removed from the manufacturing process.

Maybe I've just bought into the stigmatism of "vintage equals higher quality," however there is just something different in how the newer guns feel and perform as compared their vintage counterparts. Not necessarily good or bad in any way, just different.

 

[T.May]

I love shooting my 41. I picked mine up a few years ago and didn't know that much about this model at the time. I guess you could say I "lucked" into it. Have purchased a bunch of 22's since that time and the only other one I like even close to the 41 is this space gun. You would have to shoot it to understand...if you aren't familiar with this one.

To the OP's question...If you are patient and look around you can usually find a used 41 for a good price because there are so many of them out there...unless you had to have the new rail...save your money and buy a used one.

 

[OLDSTER]

I bought two at an estate sale last Saturday. I won't tell you what I paid because I don't want to start a riot on here. I definitely got the deal of a lifetime on them. I have wanted a Model 41 since I was a kid. Now I have two.

The 7-1/2" pistol had never been fired as far as I can tell. The 5-1/2" pistol had, but not very much. I have probably had 10 offers to buy them over the last week. I keep telling everybody to look for them at my estate sale

Here are a couple of pics:

How long do we have to wait. Are you in good health ?

 

[DD357]

I'd be patient and wait and see if I could find a used one 850-900 before buying a new one.

 

[Barrie]

DD357 is correct as the difference will buy you a lot of CCI-SV ammo which is the preferred food of the M41's and M46's as well. To me thats the best way to start out with one.

 

[H Richard]

I have owned 3 Mod 41's over the years, and they were good guns, but I could never shoot any of them as well as I did a High Standard Victor. I have switched the last 6-7 years to an IZH35M with a Burris FastFire3, and it seems to work best for me currently. Of course I'm old, eyes are not great, and can't hold the gun steady any longer. But I still like to shoot.

 

[wproct]

They are not inexpensive, but you can find early models for under $1000. Skip the new version and find an older model........you just have to be vigilant and pounce with the cash in hand.

These grips are beautiful! I saw a pair that were almost twins of these on a table at the Des Moines gunshow this weekend for $80 and I passed as I have just hit my gun budget too hard in the last week. I think this is going to haunt me, they sure would have looked nice on my model 41 that has laminated grips on it.

 

[350mag]

I have a New PC and a early 41. They are both superb. My old model model has the cocking indicator and muzzle break. The PC has a rail and wears red dot.


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[Barrie]

350mag I hope you are Not shooting your old one with the muzzle brake on it. They get too dirty too fast and are very hard to clean. I have a false nose on mine which makes it shoot much nicer yet and are fairly inexpensive to obtain as well. If you need one let me know by a pm.

 

[Havanero1940]

My dream 41 fulfilled

In 1957 I saw my first model 41 and knew that someday I would like to have one. I was 17 at the time. Last year I finally fulfilled that dream. I purchased one that was LNIB with all papers that was made in 1986. I paid $1,200 and counted myself as lucky. Since then I have had S&W fit a 7 inch barrel as well, which I prefer shooting with over the shorter barrel the gun came with.
I found that the stock grips were kind of "beefy" for my hands so I carved a set of grips which fit me much better and have a well-defined thumb rest. The grips are burled maple, not the easiest wood to work. The gun in this configuration is a joy to shoot.
This year I made a mahogany case to properly store and display this beautiful gun.

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