What was your first Smith and Wesson??

[Mike Griffith]

My first S&W was a Model 27 with a 3 1/2 barrel. Closeout price was $145.00. Yes, I still have it.

Good job,

 

[Mike Griffith]

The first was a K-22 Masterpiece (no model number); a gift from my uncle in 1961. My brother and I shot the snot out of it in our teens.

My 4F brother became the caretaker of that K-22 for many years when I went overseas. I got it from him a couple of years before he passed away. It still hides out in my safe.

When I got back from my second year in 'Nam, I bought three brand new Smiths from Monkey Wards: A 28-2 Highway Patrolman 4"; a Model 17-3 K-22 Masterpiece; and a 2" Model 64. All of them are still in the family.

I bought two from Monkey Wards in 1976 and 1977! A model 17-3 and a model 67! Still have them both plus about 13 others!

 

[GaryR]

Hello:
What was your very first Smith and Wesson that you purchased?

Mine was a model 64-5 from a few years ago. I got back into shooting a few years ago.
I have several now, but the 64 was my first and favoriteView attachment 787815

My first S&W was a Model 19-1 that was heavily worked over. Very light springs but surprisingly reliable. Believe I purchased it around 1991. Almost won the "top gun" award in my P.O.S.T firearms class but fumbled a speedloader . Ouch!

 

[smittyOhio]

M-35 purchased through my Dad as I was a too young teenager, that saved long and hard in order to get my first S&W.

Bought from Dayton Gun Headquarters when they were located on North Main St. Dayton Ohio around 1966. Dayton Gun Hq. tossed in a brick of 22LR

Used to go through a brick at an abandoned stone quarry nearly every weekend. I figure I put 20,000 rounds through it and started encountering duds awfully regularly. The ejector rod was worn to bare metal.

Sent to S&W for a fix and installation of a target trigger mid 1970s wearing target stocks modified by me.

Took longer than usual as the S&W service dept. suffered a fire.

Apparently the finish and stocks took a fatal blow as the M-35 returned to me appeared new with full reblueing and a new pair of target stocks.

The original box I shipped the revolver in was replaced with a new S&W box unmarked with any model information.

Still have it, and having subsequently been fired little, it still looks new.

 

[.455_Hunter]

Bought my first at age 21 in 1997. It was a 6" 28-2 almost NIB. Soon figured out it had an out-of-spec firing pin bushing that allowed primers on magnum loads to back out and bind the gun. That why it was in such good shape. Local "famous" gunsmith did a pretty poor job fixing it (Milt Morrison of Qualite Pistol & Revolver- I think he was more worried about selling brass single action grip frames and CAS fantasy crap than fixing a young kid's gun properly). I still have it and it now shoots great, but it still bears the scars of ham-handed "gunsmithing".

Got my second one in August of 1998 as a new Army 2LT. It was a current retail 60-12 snub, the last .38 only variant, and was built on the modernized magnum frame. Those post-MIM, pre-lock guns are truly outstanding. It's a frequent carry gun to this day.