What are the rarest Smith wheel guns?

[Toyman]

Post war 32 S&W M&Ps. 2nd model hand ejectors in 44/40 caliber.
3rd model hand ejector targets.

 

[ShowMePro]

4" 327PD comes to mind.

This one?

 

[326MOD10]

315NG.

Last model made before discontinuing the line.

I believe it was mid 500s made so not as rare as some listed but scarce for sure.

 

[rubiranch]

I bought and sold this special order 4" pre-27 shipped in April 1957 back in 2020.
It is my understanding that there were less than 25 of these 4" pre-27 produced.
I think that's pretty rare.

 

[tennexplorer]

Model 1950 Target .44 Specials with 4" or 5" barrel.
Model 26-1 .45 Colt commemorative over-runs that have no markings. Forty produced.
Model 1950 Military with 6.5" barrel.

 

[rubiranch]

I believe the .38 Special
Model 68 is at least
semi rare.

I sold my 68-2 CHP. Is that what you're referring to?

 

[KyJim]

3" model 19
Any model marked 26
Any model marked 20

Not so much the 3" Model 19. I purchased the the new 3" Model 19 (Carry Comp) and, last I looked, it was still showing up on SW's website..

 

[mh51]

Look for a model 28-1....only one known so far!

 

[Frank46]

model 24-3 with 4" barrel??. Frank

 

[18DAI]

Performance Center Pre lock 586-5 L-Comp. Regards 18DAI

 

[RWPBR]

Affordable K 32s

 

[demkofour]

Model marked 23, maybe 25-50 ever built, how many remain?
January 1960 ship date.

 

[skeezix]

model 24-3 with 4" barrel??. Frank

Well then, I guess I have a "rare" gun after all?

 

[Truckman]

Per SCSW4, p. 136:

K-22 Outdoorsman S/N 657624 shipped 6/25/1946...2" barrel, fixed sights...The only factory lettered example known...

...Ben

 

[BAM-BAM]

NO real answer...

Some contenders to look for...............

Only about 5500 pre lock 3" 66s -2,-3 and -4s... about the same number as the Reg Magnums from the 1930s.

True 3"19s from the 1960s..... IIRC...... a few hundred

4" 27s pre 1980 were all special orders....no dash to late -2s

Post Office .22s..... forget the Model # fixed sighted 6" k-frame

Smith would build special guns for Police orders.... like the 3" fixed sighted 19s for the French "Secret Service".

I imagine there a number of one-of a -kind or small batch prototypes that made it out of the factory!
Salesmen guns that never got produced.

 

[bob in texas]

3 inch 19

3" model 19
Any model marked 26
Any model marked 20

I believe he meant the 3 inch 19-2 from the 1960's

 

[deputydon]

4" K32 Masterpiece? I have heard there were only 10 produced.

-don

 

[S&W-Keeper]

Anything that I can't find or have never seen is pretty rare to me.

 

[CH4]

Rare?
Model 56
...any Smith listed on GB, GA, Arms List or the one that I am currently looking for.

 

[growr]

For me it is the one I am looking for....

Randy