My Favorite S&W Model

[Mark_Mark]

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bad joke

 

[stonebuster]

bad joke

But great price. I can't say which S&W is my favorite. All different & bought for different reasons. Edit: Defining "favorite" as the last I'd ever sell would have to be the Model 65-2 3 inch 357 but 1965 Model 15-2 is a piece of art.

 

[bannockburn]

Favorite S&W revolver would be none other than my Model 686-no dash with a 4" barrel. Right out of the box it had the lightest and smoothest DA/SA trigger of any revolver I have ever had. Overall build quality was outstanding, as was the gun's balance along with the way it felt and handled.

 

[bannockburn]

If I had to name a favorite S&W, but a slightly more specialized one, then that would be my Model 649. All stainless steel and weighing in at around 20 oz. the extra weight helps to tame some of the felt recoil and muzzle flip you can have with the lighter aluminum alloy frame of the Model 638 Airweight.

The 649 is well suited for concealed carry and is comfortable to wear it all day long without any unpleasantness from being too heavy or too big.

 

[Speedo66]

No C&Rs?
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Love that breaktop!

 

[Speedo66]

My .357 S&W 65 does it for me.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

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My .357 S&W 65 does it for me.

I can never find a 65 but when I do...

 

[Zeabed]

Yes, particularly the 2.5 barreled Plus model.

My all time favorite S&W has been the Combat
Masterpiece (Model 15) which weighs right
about 34 ounces with 4-inch barrel.

The 686 Plus with 2.5 inch barrel weighs in
at 34.5 ounces. It's a weight I like.

But I do favor .38 Plus P loads over magnums.

Ditto here. I have a 1955 Combat Masterpiece with a 4-inch barrel. I've been told it's either a Combat or a Target Masterpiece, by differing experts. And my name is also Ed, but known as Grandpa Ed, not Uncle.

 

[357smallbore]

It's a tie between these two for my love of S&W guns.
My Model 29-2 from 1981 that I got new and my 686 from 1984 no dash model. Got it brand new as well. The guns are flawless in all regards.
To say they are forever keepers is such an understatement.

 

[357smallbore]

My favorite model is the 686. A lot of the S&W old timers don’t care for a full underlug and stainless steel but I think they are revolver perfection. The first S&W revolver I bought was a used 4 inch, no dash. It was wearing Pachmyer presentation grips and came with 44 rounds of 38 special and 44 rounds of 357 magnum. That was in 2014. Since then I have managed to accumulate a few more.
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The 6 inch is also a no dash while the 2.5 and 3 inch are dash 6’s.

I prefer to shoot 38 specials in guns chambered for 38 Special and magnums in guns chambered for magnums. The 686 isn’t going to split a forcing cone and can easily handle anything I load in it.
Anyone else like 686’s?

Love 686

 

[ontarget]

Ditto here. I have a 1955 Combat Masterpiece with a 4-inch barrel. I've been told it's either a Combat or a Target Masterpiece, by differing experts. And my name is also Ed, but known as Grandpa Ed, not Uncle.View attachment 1191143

That is definitely a Combat Masterpiece.
The Target Masterpiece has a 6 inch barrel, and I think the Target could be had with 8 3/8 inch barrel too, but I could be wrong.

 

[cfullgraf]

Favorite S&W revolver would be none other than my Model 686-no dash with a 4" barrel. Right out of the box it had the lightest and smoothest DA/SA trigger of any revolver I have ever had. Overall build quality was outstanding, as was the gun's balance along with the way it felt and handled.

My wife has a 4" 586-0 that she likes very much so we agree.

 

[skoro]

I have a number of S&W revolvers in calibers from 22LR up to 45acp. I'd be hard pressed to name one a single favorite. Maybe the 3" Model 13 in 357mag. All have Tyler T-grips, which make the stocks fit my fat hand so well.

 

[eddiememphis]

29

 

[Mosin Bubba]

Model 10 for me. I think Smith got it right on the first try.

 

[Cokeman]

I do

 

[LV Gun]

My favorite model is the 686. A lot of the S&W old timers don’t care for a full underlug and stainless steel but I think they are revolver perfection. The first S&W revolver I bought was a used 4 inch, no dash. It was wearing Pachmyer presentation grips and came with 44 rounds of 38 special and 44 rounds of 357 magnum. That was in 2014. Since then I have managed to accumulate a few more.
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The 6 inch is also a no dash while the 2.5 and 3 inch are dash 6’s.

I prefer to shoot 38 specials in guns chambered for 38 Special and magnums in guns chambered for magnums. The 686 isn’t going to split a forcing cone and can easily handle anything I load in it.
Anyone else like 686’s?

Love 686’s and 586’s I have both they are just great 357’s .

 

[CajunBass]

To be honest, my 6” Model 28 shown in the box IS a safe queen. I bought it over 3 years ago from an individual and is unfired (except at the factory). Just can’t bring myself to do it….

There is something about a 4" Model 28. They just look like serious business, don't they?

But great price. I can't say which S&W is my favorite. All different & bought for different reasons. Edit: Defining "favorite" as the last I'd ever sell would have to be the Model 65-2 3 inch 357 but 1965 Model 15-2 is a piece of art.

There was something special about those Model 15-2's I think. I had one some years ago that I really liked, but like a numbskull, sold it. I have replaced it though, with one I thought had been refinished but I'll be darned if I can find any evidence of it. It's just a particularly dark blue apparently. The white "pear" grips do nothing to make it look lighter. I suppose it's "one" of my favorites, but then they all are really. It particularly likes 148 grain wadcutters.

Ditto here. I have a 1955 Combat Masterpiece with a 4-inch barrel. I've been told it's either a Combat or a Target Masterpiece, by differing experts. And my name is also Ed, but known as Grandpa Ed, not Uncle.

As stated above, it's definitely a "Combat Masterpiece. Those had the 4" barrel. As an aside, S&W never called the longer barrel models a "Target Masterpiece", simply calling them the "Masterpiece" which came first. The "target" has been added by popular demand by shooters over the years. Later on, at the request of some police departments I understand, they created the "Combat Masterpiece" with the shorter barrel. The Adam 12 cops carried both Model 14, and 15's at different times during the shows run. Very cool, I thought as a kid watching the show (I was a gun geek even then, studying the Shooters Bible a lot more than I ever did any school book.).

 

[lightman]

It would be hard to pick a favorite but it probably would be my Model 57 just because 41 Magnums are less common that the other calibers.

 

[I6turbo]

All things considered, the 686 is my favorite, too. 586 is also fine, but I'm slightly partial to the 686.

 

[Walkalong]

My favorite model is the 686. A lot of the S&W old timers don’t care for a full underlug and stainless steel but I think they are revolver perfection.

I love my 2 1/2" 686 as well. I won't say it's my favorite S&W revolver, but it's awesome for sure.

 

[Walkalong]

The first S&W revolver I bought was a used 4 inch, no dash.

I had one, but, in a fit of stupidity, I sold it.

 

[nettlle]

Besides looks there is a lot to be said for these Smith and Wesson revolvers. My 1954 K22 will out shoot my Ruger Mark ll Target and my (3) 1911's. The action on this 70 year old S&W is smoother and more precise than any other handgun, be it semi-auto or revolver, that I have ever shot.

 

[Palladan44]

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[red rick]

If I could only have one S&W it would be my 6” 686 . That is also the first one that I bought a few decades ago .