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Here's my 10-5 (1977), in 2-inch, now wearing Don Collins birdseye maple grips. Love this little revolver.

My 10-5, the classic snub, wearing Don Collins bird's eye maple.

Yes, another vote for the Model 10. And wadcutters. With practice, anyone can place three rounds inside a dinner plate at six feet. A snub is light, sure, dependable--and it's hard to grab away.

My (no longer unfired) 25-2.

For me it's my pretty S&W 10-5--practical, accurate, and reliable. My nightstand gun, wearing Don Collins's bird's-eye maple stocks.

Here's my S&W 10-5 (1977), now serving as my nightstand gun, wearing birdseye maple stocks by Don Collins.

The Model 10 is the premier, no-nonsense .38. Here's my 10-5, a serviceable nightstand revolver. I've dressed this one in bird's-eye maple.

The Model 25 is arguably the finest large-bore target revolver ever produced--superb balance, trigger, accuracy, and looks. Those who know them will pay plenty to acquire one, and, because they're relatively scarce, the best examples are costly. But, sure, they're still to be had. My 25-2...

The S&W Combat Masterpiece was a standard LEO-issue sidearm for many years. Fine gun, but there are lots of them out there. At 85% with Pachs, even if the lock-up is good, it's a $400 handgun, if that.

Congratulations on the acquisition of a classic all-around revolver--supreme looks, balance, versatility, mechanics, and accuracy. Here are my two 15-3s (blue, 1971, and nickel, 1977) along with their big brother, my 19-4.

Yep, the S&W 686 and the S&W 617 do complement each other really well. Love the six-inch barrel, too. This duo is wearing the same size tiger-maple grips by Ahrends. I have an early K-22 (1947) and an A-series model 41 (1982), and, for what it's worth, I shoot the 617 better than either of them.

Very nice, Iggy. But not .45 ACP. :cool:

My 25-2 is the absolutely perfect complement to my 14-4. For my money, there's no better balanced, better shooting, or better looking pair of target revolvers.

Had this one out this morning, so I thought I'd take a picture. The bird's eye maple grips are by Don Collins.

That's really a very nice K22. I have a 1948 5-screw, too, with the one-line address. You don't mention a number. Mine is K 1700x--close to 1947. The side-plate screws testify to someone's having carelessly tried to get into the works, which may partly account for the excellent price...

The Model 19, as others here have suggested, is worth looking for. Writing at Gunblast.com, R.K. Campbell says this: "If ever there were a revolver of excellent, almost perfect ergonomics, it is the Smith and Wesson Model 19 Combat Magnum. He calls it Smith & Wesson's Best Pistol. Here is...

Post some pictures when you can. I wouldn't have refinished it, but to each his own. You write, "...but I'd just assume it not look like this." You mean, "I'd just as soon it not look like this." It's an idiomatic expression.

Well, today, I'm gonna say my 14-4.

The Model 10 snub is a fine shooter. My 10-5 wears Don Collins birdseye maple boot grips these days... Here's an excellent essay on the Model 10: http://www.snubnose.info/docs/m10.htm

With patience, he and you should be able to find a shooter-grade Smith K22 in good shape--blued, in 6-inch. Sure, the S&W Model 17 is always in high demand--but that's for a reason. It's the most accurate and best looking .22 LR out there.