SuperMan
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1964 Model 57 4"....
Which is your FAVORITE S&W revolver?
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nachogrande
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NOT HAVING THE EXPERIENCE WITH AS MANY...
I like the 640,617, 681 VERY MUCH. For the blue collar price & availability (& personal history for me) the model 10-6 pinned heavy barrel, presses MANY of my like buttons. Hard to find a better feel in hand one, SO FAR. An N frame 45 caliber is on my wish list. Not a fan of the newer J frame ultra lights with the flaky finish.
I like the 640,617, 681 VERY MUCH. For the blue collar price & availability (& personal history for me) the model 10-6 pinned heavy barrel, presses MANY of my like buttons. Hard to find a better feel in hand one, SO FAR. An N frame 45 caliber is on my wish list. Not a fan of the newer J frame ultra lights with the flaky finish.
My favorite gun is the one I carry: a SIG P229 in caliber .357SIG. I carry it wherever I go and have done so for years; there is no rotation. I do have a selection of Bar-B-Que guns which I include in my 'full battle rattle'. That is defined at my house, when I go to the Twin Cities OR to church.
Those guns are presently a .44 Triple Lock with a barrel shortened to 3 1/2 inches, a 24-3 with a three inch barrel, a .38/.44 HD nickel plated with a 4 inch barrel and an original 70 Series Colt Government model with a collet bushing and an after market (I think) hard chrome finish.
That means I've ignored the size and weight of my ordnance when you consider one of that group is added to the SIG automatic.
Regards, Porkie
Those guns are presently a .44 Triple Lock with a barrel shortened to 3 1/2 inches, a 24-3 with a three inch barrel, a .38/.44 HD nickel plated with a 4 inch barrel and an original 70 Series Colt Government model with a collet bushing and an after market (I think) hard chrome finish.
That means I've ignored the size and weight of my ordnance when you consider one of that group is added to the SIG automatic.
Regards, Porkie
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jscott
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Man with a plan. Like it.
I think my favorite S&W handgun might be, the one I haven't found yet. The one that keeps me going into little out of the way gun stores. The one that I'm always "about to find". It's the one that makes me check classifieds everywhere, and stop and turn around to go back in that pawn shop I just passed. And for a short time it's often the one I just traded for, or the one I'm cleaning for the first time.
But then still yet, I start all over again, looking for my favorite one.
But then still yet, I start all over again, looking for my favorite one.
Green Frog
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I just had a Model 16-3 recreated using an original barrel and aModel 14-3 donor gun... but I regard it along with my K-22 and K-38 Masterpieces as one gun... Siamese Triplets if you will. This gun/these guns would have to be my favorite(s.) OTOH, IF I were really limited to an actual, single gun, I'd probably pick my custom built K-frame Stainless 327 Fed Mag for maximum flexibility. I could shoot the variety of 32 straight wall cases available and by reloading do just about anything possible for anything but the biggest monster magnums.
Froggie
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67-6 police trade-in that I got for $260. Smooth trigger, perfect function. It's the only K-frame that I've really bonded with.
It's one I don't have yet so I keep looking
My favorite S&W shtf gun - my hard chromed 1960 model 28 no dash with tritium sights (4" barrel).
My favorite S&W to carry - my 3" model 66-4.
My favorite all around S&W - my 696 no dash.
My most coveted S&Ws that I'd shoot - a pre-lock 3" 686 7 shot, and a 627-3 8 shot.
My favorite S&W to carry - my 3" model 66-4.
My favorite all around S&W - my 696 no dash.
My most coveted S&Ws that I'd shoot - a pre-lock 3" 686 7 shot, and a 627-3 8 shot.
My favorite was a 629-3 3 inch I bought in early 90s until I found the 69 2.75. It is slowly taking over as my favorite. It is not the first gun I would buy, if I had to start over, nor is it the last one I would get rid of, but it is my favorite smith revolver.
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. Wish I had my uncle insteadPaul Bernard
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I have 3 S&W revolvers. a 637 performance center 38 special which sometimes I carry concealed loaded with Hornady High Power +P HP. And a 686 4" 7 shot 357 mag, and a 629 44 mag 6". The 357 was my very first gun. When I took it to the range for the first time I had never shot a hand gun before. I was so nervous I broke out in a cold sweat. Pulled the trigger and felt this rush of the full 357 load going off with all its power. I remember I was so proud to have this gun. I loved it.My latest in less than one year is my 44 magnum. Usually when I'm finishing up at the range I like to load two cylinders with Remington 180 gr. as a wrap up. Its definately an attention getter for sure. Such power with all the fire and glory. LOL! BUT!!!! My favorite is my 357 magnum. I have had it for a few years now and even if I don't shoot it for a while I can pick it up and lay down such a nice close grouping near the bulls eye. A total pleasure to shoot. Was my first gun, may-be that has something to do with it.
Ranger514
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Gotta go with my 66-3 snubby I bought and carried shortly after I started my LE career back in 1990.
Milo Talon
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I have an old pre 19 that I picked up not very long ago. Has a good bit of holster wear but man is it a tack driver. In the short time that I've had it, it has become my favorite. (Hey Birdgun, that 19-3 of yours is a real beauty. I've admired it before over in the Saloon.)
