A new "Smolt"

[smithandwesson]

I just saw this "interesting customized" Smolt at one of our local gunshops....it's a new S&W 25 (actually a 25-13) .45 Colt "Mountain Gun" with what looks like new "coke bottle" Eagle Grips with a Colt, yes a prancing pony, medallion on the grips. - just somethings make a guy go hmmm.

 

[JoeHatley]

That is just so wrong... Great gun, nice grips, bad combo!!

 

[SapperLeader]

Smith and wesson gun. check. Colt grips. check. Either one would work by itself, but put them together and thats just wrong.

 

[isp2605]

In the early 70s there were guys screwing a Python barrel on K frame S&W. Made for a great shooter.

 

[stans]

OOOPS!

 

[smithandwesson]

Smython

I thought they called the Python barrel and K-frame combination a Smython ...............oh well.

 

[Majic]

Those look to be Smith's diamond target stocks that someone swap the medallions with a set from a Colt.. I don't beleive Colt ever borderlined their checkering like Smith did nor used the raised diamonds.

 

[Daniel Watters]

I once read that S&W Historian Roy Jinks had a SAA made up with complete S&W rollmarks as a gag gift for Colt historian R.L. Wilson.

 

[MichaelB]

Actually, I have a Smython made for me in 1986 for bullseye shooting. 6" python bbl on a M19 frame. Gorgeous gun, fantastic shooter. Still hanging in the safe, a queen nowadays.

 

[9mmepiphany]

i heard the python barrel on the m-19 refered to as both a smolt and smython. the smolt crowd seemed to be more "working class" while the smython crowd were more "collectors"

the smolt was really a great gun with great balance and handling in a smaller size than the python, or the later L-frame. even nicer was the "couger"...python barrel on a ruger security-six frame

 

[The Rabbi]

Yes, the "dream combo" I heard about was the "Rolt" or "Cruger" which is a GP 100 with a Python barrel. All the strength of the Ruger with the accuracy of the Python.
Whether this falls afoul of Biblical prohibitions on breeding diverse species remains to be seen.....