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BigFitz

Practically Family
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Warren (pronounced 'worn') Ohio
1928 New Service Target. My Grandfather ordered this gun new in 1928

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I'm a S&W guy myself but that is way cool. Must be fairly rare I would guess. Are those Ropers?
 

Oldsarge

One Too Many
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1,440
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On the banks of the Wilamette
Police Positive rebarreled with a Bankers Special barrel
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Pre model 36 chiefs special Smith from about 1957. This is like the one that Henry Hill beats the piss out of his girlfriends neighbor with in Goodfellas
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Smith & Wesson DA Frontier .44-40 and a cut down 3rd model .38

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Now those are my kind of snubbies! Mmm-mm . . .
 

Oldsarge

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Yeah, with a retired Marine general in charge these days, Colt can't seem to get beyond it's rifles and the 1911 variants. Except for the SAA, their revolvers are nothing but a whisper of history. No wonder S&W outsells them by an order of magnitude. If it weren't for government contracts, the grand old firm would be toast.
 

1961MJS

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,370
Location
Norman Oklahoma
Hi

I've personally never thought about getting a Nickel revolver. Is it worth the effort? I like my firearms Parkerized or at least blued. Of course I may be jaded by the fact that most of the nickel revolvers I've seen weren't in the best of shape.

Later
 

Kirk H.

One Too Many
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1,196
Location
Charlotte NC
Hi

I've personally never thought about getting a Nickel revolver. Is it worth the effort? I like my firearms Parkerized or at least blued. Of course I may be jaded by the fact that most of the nickel revolvers I've seen weren't in the best of shape.

Later

I have a nickle plated Smith Model 12 snubby that I love. The finish is great. But I have run across several other nickle plated ones that were very rough looking. So I would take it on a case by case basis. You can find some good ones out there still.
 

KilroyCD

One Too Many
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1,966
Location
Lancaster County, PA
I posted in this thread a couple weeks ago about getting a 1942 Remington 513T from the CMP that had a radically shaved comb on the buttstock. The buttstock looked more like a tail fin from a 1957 DeSoto. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...s-your-Guns!&p=1354141&viewfull=1#post1354141
I ordered a stock from Numrich / Gun Parts Corp and received a nice ex-military example with Letterkenney Army Depot markings as well as a small white-painted rack number "1" on the left side of the stock. The stock has some dents and dings (I like to call them character marks) but nothing major. Here are a couple shots of the re-stocked rifle.
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DeaconKC

One Too Many
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1,740
Location
Heber Springs, AR
Bob Bettis of the S&W Forum made the following statement: "Guns with "character" and people with "character" share a common virtue. Those who know them tend to call upon them in times of need more than they do guns and people who exude only "value".
 

Oldsarge

One Too Many
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1,440
Location
On the banks of the Wilamette
I posted in this thread a couple weeks ago about getting a 1942 Remington 513T from the CMP that had a radically shaved comb on the buttstock. The buttstock looked more like a tail fin from a 1957 DeSoto. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...s-your-Guns!&p=1354141&viewfull=1#post1354141
I ordered a stock from Numrich / Gun Parts Corp and received a nice ex-military example with Letterkenney Army Depot markings as well as a small white-painted rack number "1" on the left side of the stock. The stock has some dents and dings (I like to call them character marks) but nothing major. Here are a couple shots of the re-stocked rifle.
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As fine a ground squirrel rifle as ever I saw. Well done, sir.
 

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