Critch
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This is how I view my S&W Combat Masterpieces..
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No argument here... 
the dark times... plastic guns.. lol
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side kid."
bmcgilvray
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And yet, when he went after Vader with his blaster, no hits were made.
He'd have made hits if he'd used a Model 15.
Truth is, everyone needs a Smith & Wesson Model 15. Even folks who don't know they need one. Even folks who don't think they need one. One of the very best handguns of all time, it ought to still be wildly popular and Smith & Wesson ought to be making 'em and selling 'em like hot cakes
Alas, this generation has no taste and no class and the Model 15 is obsolete.
Here's the Model 15-3 that roosts in the safe here. A 1967-68 vintage gun with incorrect diamond stocks on it. Was a cheap gun show purchase years ago that came with Pachs on it. I just stuck the stocks on it to get rid of the rubber and there they've stayed. I keep it on hand to shoot and to remind me of one of the first handguns I ever shot as a kid, either a Smith & Wesson Model 15 or a Colt M1873 "Artillery Model." Both belonged to an uncle. I shot both the same summer of 1968, but now can't recall which of the two I shot first.
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Grayfox
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There is another.
The first centerfire gun I ever owned was a police trade in 15 I bought in the late 80s for $150. Well used and worn, it was still a Smith and it was still a 15. My brother bought one the next day. My father already had one. I have better condition Smiths. I have newer Smiths. I have older Smiths. I have more valuable Smiths. My two 15s will be in the box with me. Arguably the finest revolver Smith & Wesson ever made.
My lightsaber? It's a toy and if it disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't shed a tear.
My lightsaber? It's a toy and if it disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't shed a tear.
sigp220.45
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cgt4570
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Only thing better than my several pre-15's and a 67 no dash is my pre-19 in the same configuration.
Bumpus13
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Yeah, um … I really like my 15 and all, but given the choice I'd take a functioning lightsaber.
Yeah, um … I really like my 15 and all, but given the choice I'd take a functioning lightsaber.
Without the Jedi training two nine year old Apaches would riddle you with arrows and take your horse.
Bumpus13
Member
Without the Jedi training two nine year old Apaches would riddle you with arrows and take your horse.
The force is strong with me.
sipowicz
Member
When someone offers to buy mine I simply use my Jedi mind control and tell them "this is not the gun you're looking for."
It's not the first hand gun I ever bought, but it's the one I've had the longest. Which for a guy who has never hesitated to sell/trade a gun, is saying a lot. I guess I've had this one ten years or more, and have never even thought about selling it. A "dash 2" from 1966.
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I didn't bother unloading my dash 2 for a photo op this morning (it would have felt undressed)...
It's my constant companion always at my side and ready to go if needed...
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Dale53
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A few years ago, I was at our local gun club for a regular meeting. There was an excellent Model 15 on the sale table (police trade-in) for $275.00. A good friend was interested in it but was hesitant to buy. I told him to go ahead and buy it. He was still hesitant, so I told him if he bought it and had buyers remorse, I would take it off his hands at the same price. He bought it. He had a habit of buying something and finding something else in a few days, and would turn over the item for the "latest wonder".
This time was no different. In a week he called me and asked If I meant what I said. Long story short, I bought the Model 15-3 for $275.00. It was everything I remembered (our local PD was a "shooting dept." and once had won the National PPC Championship) - their issue revolver was the Model 15 for a number of years.
At any rate, I took the Model 15 to the range and it was everything I had remembered. I didn't really "need" it but was happy to have it.
Advance a couple of years, and my youngest son and his wife needed a "house gun". I gifted it along with some full charge wadcutters for practice and they were in business! His wife learned to shoot it quite well, too. My son was an excellent IPSC shooter "back in the day" and was quite at home with the new revolver.
He still has it.
Properly loaded, the Model 15 is an excellent field piece and is near perfect for an edible small game gun. This area of SW Ohio was a super area for small game on the small family farms around here. When I hunted grouse in Eastern Ohio and Michigan with my O/U Shotgun, I carried a revolver cross draw for sitting rabbits and wounded and sitting grouse. The Model 15 handles that chore quite well!
Dale53
This time was no different. In a week he called me and asked If I meant what I said. Long story short, I bought the Model 15-3 for $275.00. It was everything I remembered (our local PD was a "shooting dept." and once had won the National PPC Championship) - their issue revolver was the Model 15 for a number of years.
At any rate, I took the Model 15 to the range and it was everything I had remembered. I didn't really "need" it but was happy to have it.
Advance a couple of years, and my youngest son and his wife needed a "house gun". I gifted it along with some full charge wadcutters for practice and they were in business! His wife learned to shoot it quite well, too. My son was an excellent IPSC shooter "back in the day" and was quite at home with the new revolver.
He still has it.
Properly loaded, the Model 15 is an excellent field piece and is near perfect for an edible small game gun. This area of SW Ohio was a super area for small game on the small family farms around here. When I hunted grouse in Eastern Ohio and Michigan with my O/U Shotgun, I carried a revolver cross draw for sitting rabbits and wounded and sitting grouse. The Model 15 handles that chore quite well!
Dale53
VaTom
Member
Form follows function. Some say the Model 15 is the pinnacle of S&W revolver development. All you need and nothing more.
My 15-3 (1974) with a S&W branded holster.
Have had this revolver for six years. Once of the first purchases when I retired and started collecting. Couldn't resist when I saw it in the case at a local auction house. Probably paid a little more than market value at the time as there was another bidder and I outlasted him!!! Holster was in a box of vintage leather holsters sold as one lot from same consignor and I knew immediately it belong to the gun. I didn't need a box of holsters so I saw who bought the box, approached him after the auction and paid him $35 for the holster.
As Forest Gump says "Goes together like peas and carrots"!
My 15-3 (1974) with a S&W branded holster.
Have had this revolver for six years. Once of the first purchases when I retired and started collecting. Couldn't resist when I saw it in the case at a local auction house. Probably paid a little more than market value at the time as there was another bidder and I outlasted him!!! Holster was in a box of vintage leather holsters sold as one lot from same consignor and I knew immediately it belong to the gun. I didn't need a box of holsters so I saw who bought the box, approached him after the auction and paid him $35 for the holster.
As Forest Gump says "Goes together like peas and carrots"!
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