Well worn picture thread

[C-grunt]

We have many threads containing some absolute beautiful revolvers. How about a thread of the guns that have been run hard?

Here is my European LE trade in S&W 10-6 that came back in the country a couple years ago. She looks rough but works great. Not bad for 220 bucks.

20230317_131644 by chase, on Flickr

 

[dredd]

This should be fun.

I'll try to remember to post my old Model 10 tomorrow.

 

[Armored farmer]

This was under the Christmas tree for me in 1973..
It has been a good companion for 50 years.
My only handgun for about 20 years. she's the real deal. I'm not gonna guess how many bricks of ammo went through it. It was many. My parents talk about several summers in my youth that they would wonder where I was, and stand on the porch and listen or gunshots. True story.
Ruger single six.

 

[Tallball]

This is a "pre Model 10" from 1915-16. It's a little bit loose, but it still goes bang and doesn't spit lead.

 

[Pat Riot]

This is my first pair of Ruger Vaqueros in .357 that I used in SASS Cowboy Action Shooting from ‘98 through ‘05. Thousands of rounds through these guns. None of them “wimp loads”. Lots of magnum loads through them outside of CAS. I sent them back to Ruger for an overhaul and then gave them to my son-in-law.


All my other guns show minimal wear compared to these two.

 

[black mamba]

My old but still VERY accurate model 57, along with a Camillus knife, both born during our bicentennial of 1976.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

That's my old 1925 H&R 22 Special. It's still more accurate in 6 of the 7 cylinders than my newer 49'er made in the 60's. No bluing left on it. Sights are horrible but it still shoots good. Right now, I don't have anything any better.
It hung around my wife's Great, Great, Grandmother's house until her and her son, (my wife's Great Uncle) both passed away about 4 decades ago.
I wish I had a Single Six like Armored Farmer's. I never see them around here for sale.


Armored Farmer said
"My parents talk about several summers in my youth that they would wonder where I was, and stand on the porch and listen or gunshots. True story."

Our Parents had an old 18" School bell from an old local one room School house that was torn down, and they would go out in the yard and ring it when they wanted us to come home. We could hear that thing for miles.
We'd head home when we heard it. Worked really well.

 

[BobWright]

My .45 Colt which has been my daily companion for the past six years:



Bob Wright

 

[bannockburn]

This is the Ruger Single Six that a very good friend of mine gave me some time back. No telling how many rounds have been through it as he bought it used. Got it for running his trap lines and when he retired from doing that, he gave it to me.

Quite a bit of wear and tear on the finish, especially on the grip frame and overall the gun was just dirty and in need of a thorough make-over. Took a bit of elbow grease with Hoppe's No. 9, along with a light touch of Flitz to bring the gun back to life! Finally found at a local gun show a set NOS factory grips for it (the original grips were long gone and the replacement grips were broken as well), and a .22 Magnum cylinder for it.

Turned out to be a pretty decent looking gun after getting all cleaned up!

 

[Armored farmer]

I was in Luckenbach TX a couple weeks ago. It happe8to be Texas independence day and there was a celebration. The Texas Rangers had about ten retired Rangers sidearms on display. I was fascinated to see them. Too stoopid to take pictures. There were SAAs, 1911s and several S&W 19s that I remember. I can tell you that they had their corners rounded off too. They had been carried.

there are people standing in line left of the bandstand. You can see display cases on the tables...thats them...
Dang it i wish i had snapped some pics for you guys!

 

[J-Bar]

S&W M&P .38 Special dates to 1949. Probably an old LEO revolver, carried a lot, rarely shot. One of my favorites for draw/dry fire practice; not much I could do to hurt it!

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

A S&W K-22 Outdoorsman from 1932. Roy Jinks told me this one shipped to the Providence Rhode Island police department and was probably used by their pistol team. Notice all the blue is gone above the trigger where somebody was probably resting their finger during the old Bullseye matches. Notice the incorrect Magna grips. I paid the princely sum of $600 for it because none of the high end collectors at the auction was interested, because of its condition. I have a whole bunch of S&W 22s, but this old baby is still the most accurate.






A S&W Triple Lock from 1907.Serial number is below 200. Not a bit of blue left on it except in the cylinder flutes and a couple of other places. Almost no checkering left on the grips. Again, nobody was interested, so I picked it up for the unbelievable price for a Triple Lock of $650.






A Colt Bisley from 1907. The Case Hardening colors have faded away as well as a lot of blue.






A very worn S&W 1st model Schofield from 1875.






Three S&W #1 Tip Ups from the 1800s. None of them have any blue left on them, the silver plating has almost completely worn of the one at the top, revealing the brass frame.




I'll stop now.

 

[trackskippy]

Do I win?

 

[Anchorite]

If I were not so technologically challenged with this forum (pictures, albums, etc), I’d post a picture of my Smith & Wesson 32 S&W break-top revolver. The top tang is broken off, so it’s not functional really anymore.

 

[stonebuster]

New York Dept. of Corrections trade in Model 10-10 that benefited from a little cold blue & Renaissance Wax.

 

[NorthBorder]

Do I win?

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That looks like one of those magnet fishing rescues.

 

[trackskippy]

That looks like one of those magnet fishing rescues.

Actually, my dad was an MP in Wilmington NC back in the early 60's and took that off of someone that was actually carrying it. Its the only one left of a number that he took off of people and just sat in a box ever since. It looked like that when he took it, and was loaded. It sorta works, but I wouldn't want to shoot it.

 

[JTHunter]

An old .38, an estimated 110-120 years old, and retired as the cylinder no longer locks up properly. I did put some .38 Specials through it before I learned of that problem which is why the shots were all over the target at 25 yds.
Top strap has a simple groove for the rear sight. It was "inherited" in 1999.

 

[dredd]

I've had this since the early 80's.
I'd be willing to bet a LEO carried it before I found it at the LGS.

This is the Slickest, Smoothest, Crispest functioning double action I own. (I only own 5 doubles)
It is the only S&W.
I absolutely love this gun!

It is definitely missing some finish.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

You cant tell from this pic, but this poor .32-20 M&P, circa 1908 actually has a lot of heavy pitting and was "in the white" when I got it. I media blasted it and dunked it in Birchwood Casey, turned out ok I think. Its a little loose, but not dangerously so, and still shoots straight enough.

A lady brought it into my buddys shop, loaded, years ago, wrapped in a pillow case, and gave it to him saying she had found it in her dead husbands effects and didn't want it in the house.
He unloaded it, slid it across the counter to me and said "$100, if you wanna roll the dice on it?" I figured the grips were worth at least that much, lol.

 

[ncairman]

First 32 Long revolver for me and an old as well. S&W1903 hand ejector, 2nd model, 5th change.

 

[Armored farmer]

I have a couple more that are in the right age bracket, but not too worn looking....

The pencil barrel is pretty worn but the heavy barrel has been refinished.

 

[Pat Riot]

Great thread!

Guns with “character” and characters with cool guns.

 

[Tallball]

This was a LE turn-in that I got from GB for not much. It's a 2" Model 10. The trigger is very nice. Yeah, you can tell it was carried a lot.

 

[bannockburn]

Not quite well worn but probably wouldn't win any K frame beauty contests either, (though I like the way it looks, just as it is)!

And yes, I know there was a war going on at the time!