Calling All Snubs!

Model 60-9
Hand Polish done with "Mothers Mag Polish"
Ivory Grips

PRM, I have your Smiths bigger brother...



Jeff (GUNKWAZY)

.22 S&W 317

S&W 19-3 (1975)

I bought one of those, what are they, Smish and Vertens? the udder day. A 640. Also another fave carry is this Cobra with DB grips on it. As close as I'll get to a pre '34 DS.

I don't have any photos stored in this computer, so that will have to come later. If we are including 3" guns, my most notable snubby, due to its rarity, is a 3" GP100 with adjustable sights, which is my avatar on another forum. Admittedly, it is a safe queen for now.

My working snubbies are SP101s, which have ridden in everything from Alessi Ankle Holsters to an Andrews Monarch shoulder rig, but usually at belt level in Sparks PMK holsters, Galco Concealables, or Kramer or Haugen crossdraw holsters, and latter normally used for appendix-position carry, not in the crossdraw position. To be clear, I wear one gun faithfully in the "strong" side hip position, but the secondary will rove around a bit, depending upon clothing; yes, I often tote two handguns.

In the past, I used J-frames more, and regrettably, many were traded away before I learned better than to do that. I still have an "M460" enclosed-hammer J-frame, made when many Performance Center guns were given their own model numbers, and a no-dash M40. Yes, I like my Centennials.

My first snubby, now long gone, was a 1983-ish S&W Model 60. Like many of the Bangor Punta-era guns, it was not well put-together, which turned me off to J-frames for several years.

My second snubby was a Model 66, acquired in 1984 as part of a special deal for police academy cadets, along with my Model 686 duty sixgun. A rather rough gun, it didn't stay around long, either.

My most unusual snubby was an S&W Model 25-2 Effector, in .45 ACP, part of a special run made for distributor/dealer John Jovino in the mid-1980's. This was before I realized that N-frames are really too big for my hands; I could never shoot it fast and well in double-action mode. This one was sold or traded away long ago.

Beautifull 66. geat pictures. i would be proud of that weapon too.

Welmar Tomasz Matusiak
Outsourcing IT Warszawa, usługi informatyczne Warszawa, serwis komputerowy Warszawa

Ok here's my contribution to the thread

Smith & Wesson 10-5 (1977)


Smith & Wesson 36 (1969-1970)


Ruger Sp101 357 Magnum (2010)


Charter Arms Undercover 73820 (2009)

Well, if you're stretching it to 3", this is my Model 60:

A few live at my house

Detective Special 1972

Diamondback 1969

Cobra 1957


yes...I know...I have got to find a new set of grips!!!

S&W 637...




Taurus 905...












Glock 27....



Hey, it's a snub-nose Glock!

Here is one of mine.

Hondo 60 you must have bought yours from the same guy on gunbroker. Mine is a 1963 model.

no pics, but i have a s&w airweight in .38 special. it is currently designated to night stand duty.

Compared to a little more than a year ago...

I love those square-butt 2" Model 10 snubbies! I don't have one, but have handled them, and dreamed. There is something so right about that package of features. I dream of obtaining a Model 13, and having a talented 'smith mount a 2" Model 10 barrel on it, to give me a true 2" K-frame in .357 Mag.

RevolvingGarbage, that is a VERY interesting grip adapter, on a truly interesting snubby! I like it!

Rexster : I love those square-butt 2" Model 10 snubbies! I don't have one, but have handled them, and dreamed. There is something so right about that package of features.

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Know just what you mean. Mine has a set of Don Collins's birdseye maple boot grips on it now, for shootability.

Rexster said:

RevolvingGarbage, that is a VERY interesting grip adapter, on a truly interesting snubby! I like it!

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Thanks! I made that and the grips myself, the grips from red oak, the adapter from something else, I'm not sure what it was, it was in a wood scrap bucket.

Believe it or not, getting the grip adapter properly mounted to the grip is the easy part, getting the shape and thickness right is the hard part. Lots of sanding and filing to get it just right.

thats a new one..
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=552472

RevolvingGarbage

Nothing against the work you did but I thought it was more fun in it's "original" configuration.

Especially the cylinder release.

RevolvingGarbage, You have improved the gun markedly, but I think I agree with Guillermo - the before photo has an ugly charm all its own. It's what we around here would call a "river gun" (a gun you could dispose of in the river without crying too many tears).

I love the electrical tape grips and the case-rim cylinder release!

Bobbing the hammer is a distinct improvement. What did you use to refinish the gun? Do my eyes deceive me, or is that an old RG?

I do love the new grips you've made. Those are seriously sharp grips.

KR

I used to have a Colt D.S. with Hogue finger groove grips. Then my wife "confiscated" it. If I'm good, she lets me take it to the range about once a year.

The "re-finish" in this case was a "remove finish". It is indeed an RG, an RG40 to be exact. The guns frame is zinc alloy, and if you remove its finish, it shines up like nickle at first then fades to a dull grey as its exposed to air. I thought about trying to paint it, but I decided I like the dull grey color, and it fits the gun well.

I liked the case head cylinder release also, but I lost the original when the screw came loose and it fell of in the woods one day. Ive attempted making a new one a few times and whenever I'm almost done with the dremel work, I mess up and the bit marrs up the case head. This has happened to me twice now!

The thumb-piece I have on it now I also made myself. Its cut off a solid aluminum block, drilled through with the dremel, and then filed and sandpapered to shape.

my 36-1 purchased about 1976 for wife. sits in safe . wil sell next gun show in fort worth.

I have a old Charter that I pocket carry.