If anyone could help me by explaining what it means to have a revolver pinned and recessed and what are the benefits of having this done?
Pinned and recessed or P&R as it's often referred as, are mostly used to designate a "ball park vintage" of a Smith and Wesson.
A typical conversation between 2 Smith nuts may go something like this:
#1- "I scored a nice P&R 19 for 200 bucks.
#2- Really? Wide or narrow?"
#1 - "Wide with the big checkered spur?"
#2 - "Square or round?"
#1- (Rolls eyes) "Square of course,,like I'd even look at anything else - and it has the original Coco' bolos (said with a very heavy roll of the "o's" for dramatic effect)."
#2 - "What NRA?"
#1 (lieing a bit
) "98%".
#2 - "Box and papers?"
#1 - "Nah" (and frowns deeply - knowing his error [see below])
#2 - "Cool!" (but is thinking - lie'en sack - no such thing as a 98% $200 P&R 19 around these parts.)
Translation - #1 Bought a Smith and Wesson 19-3 with the original over-sized target grips, the wide target trigger and the wide spur target hammer for about $300.00. One side of the revolver is in excellent condition since it sat in a drawer in the bedroom for years and years. However, the other side has been marred by some unknown goo that had accumulated in the bottom of the drawer. Had the revolver been stored in it's original box, along with the instruction manual and cleaning rod, brush and S&W screwdriver, it would have been worth the $300.00 and then some. As it is, it's a $250 "shooter".
As it is, it doesn't matter at all. #1 is overjoyed that:
a.) he has a new P&R.
b.) he thinks #2 is jealous of him.
#1 also lives in absolute terror of his wife. he knows she's going to skin him alive when she finds out he bought another gun. He desperately hopes he made it attractive enough to #2, so that #2 will buy it from him.
#2 meanwhile, is looking at a $400.00 P&R Model 29 - nickel finish - which is flaked badly around the chamber mouths - it's priced @ $535.00. He's doing the mental math of how much is left on his Discover card limit. he's also forming in his mind the description he's going to give to #3 - in the hopes that #3 will keep him from getting skinned alive.
Both plan to meet up later near the jerky table at the gun show where this is taking place.......
#3 isn't there.
His wife saw the Visa bill and grounded him......
