I couldn't stand it any longer...(long and boring)

[alfsauve]

Nice finds.

One of the things I never understood was when S&W did replace cylinders on the 624, they marked the box instead of stamping the gun. Or at least mark the new cylinder.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Howdy

I like that. There are some folks who cannot understand having a revolver and not shooting it.

I have plenty of revolvers, and plenty of the are Smith and Wessons.

There are some I shoot, and some are 'just for pretty'.

This is my Model 19-3 that I bought brand-spanky new in 1975. Hmmm....45 years ago.

I ain't saying I have never shot it in all those years, of course I have. But I don't take it to the range much these days.

It is pretty much Just for Pretty.



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This has been shot extensively, and remains quite pretty. !!!

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

A few decades back I bought a Colt Army Special that looked well-used and maybe a little not taken care of - but the action felt as smooth as new and the barrel was clean, sharp, etc. in the pipe - and it was cheap ($100). Got it home and took it apart to clean and inspect and found a TYPED note under one of the grips that read, "This gun belong to (name). If it be found, it be stoled." and a return-to address in SD. I lost the note in a move years back and don't recall the name but I did look the fellow up at the time using old newspaper microfiche and he was retired a Pinkerton Man, an 1890's "strike buster," who was found murdered at his home in South Dakota in 1922. No other info was readily available and I never did find a family member.

I've found notes, electric-pencil etching, and all sorts of identifiers on guns over the years. I understand that way of thinking back when no one kept serial numbers and even the makers often didn't keep records; but, in the modern context, a receipt with the serial number or a photo with the number is plenty enough to identify any gun. Not that it matters. Most PD's these days would rather crush a pistol or melt it down that return it. We had a couple of guns stolen in a burglary post-Y2K. They were found in NYC but I wasn't told and neither was my local LEO - until AFTER the NYPD destroyed the guns THEN sent a letter a couple of years later to the local Sheriff letting them know they could close the case. The locals sent a letter letting me know one of my guns had been found but was not "retrievable."

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I wish I had that sorta luck at my LGS... right now it’s one empty shelf after another... unless I want to buy fishing lures or clay pigeons, those are stocked in abundance.

A brace of royal beauties you have found, nicely done!

Stay safe.

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Our LGS's have guns but no ammo. Not much to interest an old steel-n-wood revolver fan, though. Mostly plastic wonder nines and Rambo Rifles. In my opinion, firearms development peaked with the 1911A1 and M1 Garand. We've been going down hill, since.

For a while they were selling anything with a trigger. I took a few snubbies and pocket autos I no longer wanted to sell on consignment (so I could afford TP and spam . They got snapped up quick but now folks only want to buy if they an also get ammo. The owner says he's anticipating a rash of returns when the "crisis" has ended and all the newbies realize they don't want to bother learning how to use their new toy. If it happens, I hope to get some bargain buys like Cajun's.