Transition thread from P & R

[David LaPell]

Here's one we haven't had, how about a thread of revolvers from the early 1980's where Smith was going from pinned and recessed to none P & R. These guns would be either pinned or recessed, but not both.
I'll start it off with my only example, my Model 57 that is not pinned but is recessed.

 

[fyimo]

This ought to be an interesting thread as I don't own any transition revolvers because I like mine to have both P&R features. If I did buy one I would prefer one like yours with the recessed chambers and sans the pinned barrel.

 

[lhump1961]

Then there are those guns that you can't get P&R like the 3" in the middle. I unknowingly spent quite some time looking for a P&R 3" until I was told they didn't exist in M66. Now if course someone of greater knowledge will probably correct me and tell me that they are out there and I didn't look hard enough or that there are transition models that exist.

 

[Dennis The B]

Two months...

...ago, I bought a Lew Horton Model 24-3. Although built in 1984, well past the "cut-off" date, it has a pinned barrel. Go figure.

 

[Robinett_11B]

Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman.....Recessed but not Pinned.

 

[TDC]

A Mod 60 no-dash with no pin. I ordered this gun new and received it in June of 1982. It was a surprise as it was the first non pinned barrel I had acquired. As I recall, there was no prior notice the P&R features were being eliminated on all S&W handguns.

 

[Mack]

M13-2 no pin.

 

[BUFF]

I have an 8-3/8 inch Model 629 with recessed chambers but no barrel pin.