Your Most Carried S&W

[zzclancy]

Neatest

September '52 Baby Chiefs Special.

I think that's the neatest custom I have ever seen. Too nice to carry.

What gold coin is inlaid in the grips and who did it for you? Very nice.

 

[bronco45]

This one for town!

 

[bronco45]

My favorite, for the country.

 

[Marshal Tom]

M&P 340 in the pocket or my .9mm Shield on the belt.

 

[Pig Hunter]

66 no dash 2 1/2" or 625-8. Or both.

 

[daglockman]

I have carried my Shield a few times concealed IWB, and my 442 once on my ankle, but have carried my 500 in it's case to the range more times that I have CCW'd my Shield and 442.

I am a GLOCKman for my carry gun.

 

[DeafSmith]

S&W 642. Carried very often especially when I wear my jogging cloths. Otherwise I pack a Glock 26 in a cross draw, in the winter.

I go by the summer/winter, main gun/backup, and little gun/big gun concepts.

 

[Old Corp]

I'm a terrible example of sticking with one (or two) guns that you carry and shoot regularly. Depending on mood, time of year which dictates apparel, destination (staying local, going to town, or hunt club area).

BIG difference in Summer carry here where it can be 90+* and 88% humidity and today, when it's windy and 39*.

With all that, have to say I've enjoyed the M640 I picked up when so many here were getting the used ones from Centerfire. Very good value, and great revolver.
A 3" M65 sees a lot of carry time.
And a few kept duty guns from years ago were almost a part of me for
almost 30 years combined, a M66 4", a M1076 and a M4566. We saw alot of mess together.

 

[spdguns]

My 642 hands down. It's beat all to heck from being carried.

 

[Watchdog]

Now that Winter is (finally!) here, this little guy comes along in the pocket of whichever jacket/coat I'm wearing when I'm out walking with the dogs or whatever else I'm doing that requires a coat. It's carried as a backup to my regular carry pistol.

 

[swagmeister]

My 4" Model 586-4 .357 loaded with 180 grain Black Talon hollowpoints. Should solve any problem!

 

[one eye joe]

MOST CARRIED AND SHOT FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS IS THIS NO-DASH M686, FITTED WITH A 7 ROUND CYLINDER @ S&W.......

THE COMBATS WERE SWAPPED OUT FOR THIS REFINISHED PAIR OF PC MAGNAS, WITH A TYLER-T GRIP ADAPTER.......

IT HAS BEEN TREATED TO A "DELUXE TUNED ACTION" PACKAGE BY DENNIS REICHARD @ SAND BURR GUN RANCH. HE IS MASSAD AYOOB'S GUNSMITH OF CHOICE, FOR S&W REVOLVERS......

I CARRY IT IN A CROSSDRAW, BY LEFTY LEWIS AT BELL CHARTER OAK CUSTOM HOLSTERS........

 

[oink]

OK, I'll try this.

The gun with both the most carry hours on it and the highest round count would be my 6" 629. It doesn't currently get carried and not shot much either. It's kind of tired.

Second place would be my 669. It looks it.

Third place for round count would be my 6" 686 but not carry hours although it has quite a few.

Third place for carry hours, and a bunch of them, I'll call a tie (sorry but they're not a Smiths). They would be my Glock 23 and my Kel-tec Pf9. The Pf9 doesn't have a large round count but the G23 has quite a few. But they've both been largely replaced by:

The gun I carry most currently, by far, my Shield 9. Sorry, it's not a revolver.

If I'm working in the bushes and woods on my lot it's my old model 60 loaded with shot. However it hasn't been a heavily carried gun since I got my 669 back when they first came out.

I do plan to carry my 69 more. I am currently qualified with it.

I have put a lot of rounds through my 17 but it doesn't have any real carry hours.

 

[ABPOS]

I'm sort of blown away by some of the revolvers in this thread.

What was that I saw a 642 that is Nickel? Or what. Can you put a high polish on a 642? I think I saw a 60 on the last page that looked like it was super high polish too. Or maybe another thread....

An N frame that someone carries with a matte blued cylinder and a stainless frame? Or AL, not really sure which. That wonderful chiefs that is parked with the trigger guard relief.

A square butt 36 that looks like it has been putting the hurt on something for a long time. Love them square butt J's.....

I meeeeaaaaaaannnnn, there is some seriously good stuff in here. And interesting.

 

[ABPOS]

I have a few thousand dry fires plus who knows how many rounds that smoothed the actions. I like shooting them more than my 36 which has less trigger time. My 37 is pretty good also. The 442s get more use so they are a bit more smooth. None have been made lighter.

Are you saying you actually prefer shooting the lighter framed 437 over a steel framed 36? You have to fill me in on how that can be. I would think a Steel framed gun would be a more enjoyable experience. I actually don't have a steel j frame but always feel like I want one.

 

[haywood]

Are you saying you actually prefer shooting the lighter framed 437 over a steel framed 36? You have to fill me in on how that can be. I would think a Steel framed gun would be a more enjoyable experience. I actually don't have a steel j frame but always feel like I want one.

With the Hogue or Pachmayr Grips I would rather shoot my 442s. The light weight doesn't bother me with good grips. My 36 is a 1981. It has the nerrow trigger and front sight. The newer 442 has a wider trigger and bigger front sight.

 

[ScubaSig]

Currently I have two in rotation depending on how I dress, a Ruger LC9s Pro or a 3913

 

[ABPOS]

With the Hogue or Pachmayr Grips I would rather shoot my 442s. The light weight doesn't bother me with good grips. My 36 is a 1981. It has the nerrow trigger and front sight. The newer 442 has a wider trigger and bigger front sight.

Aaaaaaah! That makes total sense. I really like the feel of my trigger on the 442 also. It's smooth. I think I prefer it to the grooved one on my Model 19. The grooved one on my Colt DS is not comfortable to me.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

I think that's the neatest custom I have ever seen. Too nice to carry.

What gold coin is inlaid in the grips and who did it for you? Very nice.

Thanks. Not too nice to carry. It's great! The only problem is nobody else ever sees it when I cc!

It's a $5 American Gold Eagle I bought in 2000, the year I retired from the Air Force.

Our very own "TheShootist1894" did the metal and refinish work on the Chiefs. A friend of Shootists redid the hammer and trigger's case hardening, and another friend of his etched my Chiefs' stripes on the side plate.

Craig Spegel made the grips and inlaid the Gold Eagle in them. As his request, I had a jeweler weld a gold post on the back to give Craig more than the coin's flat surface to glue into the grip.

A retired Navy Chief friend of mine calls it the ultimate vanity gun. Yeah, I guess.

Another forum member made the leather it rides in -- obviously before the Chiefs' redo.

 

[ABPOS]

You made it your own. And that is super cool.

A side note: I don't quite fully understand these holsters that expose the trigger. Would you mind explaining to me the reason or utility of this? I would think it would be wise to cover the trigger.....