Smith and Wesson Model 41

Wow. Look sweet. I am jealous, that is a really nice gun. 10 days is a long time to wait. I think I would go crazy. You Californians are nuts!!!

Mustang51

Congrats on finding such an iconic .22 target pistol! Once you do take possession of it a full range report would be greatly appreciated!

NICE! I'm jealous too. Those are fantastic pistols, and that one is beautiful.

Congratulations!
Try CCI Standard Velocity in her.

I stumbled across one much like it about 7 years ago and had to have it. Paid a lot for it as it was pretty much new in the box. Ended up buying the 5.5 inch barrel for it and put on an ultra dot to boot. Makes a fine target piece and would never part with it. Enjoy it and use it in good health.

Seems like an awful lot of rimfire pistol threads devolve into Model 41 worship.

Let us know how it shoots! I'd love to shoot one some time, see what it's all about.

Beautiful! The one I wish for too. Enjoy!!!

What are they going for now? Was my first rimfire pistol about 1981 or so... bought a "spare" in the late eighties early nineties in case I ever wore the first out... best 425 I spent... and I got dads like new 41 with the compensator etc when he passed... Mine would likely be one of the last to go...

Very, very nice, congrats!

in terms of "what are they going for now?" I did see a brand new one at the lgs..........only one model according to salesperson, marked "s+w performance center", it was priced at $1,545.........kinda steep but 2 bedroom apartments are going for about that much here nowadays. good quality firearms seem to go up and plastic ones slowly come down.........

I recently picked up a 1980 version with 2 barrels, the 7" and the 5 1/2". It is, indeed, a tack driver and I have some work to do to take advantage of it's accuracy,
Here are a couple of targets
This is 38sp brass next to a group shot at 50'


This target is from zeroing the red dot at 20yds shooting off of a range bag. The group on the left by the 0 is 5 shots. These are the best groups I have ever shot with a handgun (and I'm just getting used to it)!

First became enamored by the 41 when I saw how easily you could change barrels and disassemble for cleaning. There are so many variations and options that are no longer available. Comps, oversized trigger guard, Olympic barrel weights, aluminum/steel weights that slide into the barrel, .22 short with aluminum slide, extended sight for short barrels, and many more options. Most of these items have been snatched up by collectors and rarely seen on the market. Personally I prefer the 5.5" barrel.

Nice gun, enjoy!

Rembrandt said:

First became enamored by the 41 when I saw how easily you could change barrels and disassemble for cleaning. There are so many variations and options that are no longer available. Comps, oversized trigger guard, Olympic barrel weights, aluminum/steel weights that slide into the barrel, .22 short with aluminum slide, extended sight for short barrels, and many more options. Most of these items have been snatched up by collectors and rarely seen on the market. Personally I prefer the 5.5" barrel.

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Is that a Herret's National Target stock in the first pic?

They are Herret's

The Model 41 was developed from the get-go for serious Bullseye competition and it fulfilled its maker's aim completely. As John Joseph advised, try CCI standard velocity first-I doubt you'll find any other ammunition anymore accurate or more prone to keeping your Model 41 functioning reliably.

couple of things about my particular model 41:
1) when I first got it I had trouble going thru a whole mag without fte and jams. on advice I tried a drop of automatic transmission oil on the top round of a fresh mag and that seemed to alleviate the issue. as time went by and round count went higher I found the problem kinda cured itself and it runs just fine.
2) just wanting to take good care of it I bought and installed a shock buffer from Gil Hebrand(sp?) for about $10 and now use any available ammo and have had no issues with damage from hi velocity rounds.
this pistol is the most satisfying of any I have owned. it is even preferred to my Browning Medalist bought new in the 1970"s.

DJW said:

2) just wanting to take good care of it I bought and installed a shock buffer from Gil Hebrand(sp?) for about $10 and now use any available ammo and have had no issues with damage from hi velocity rounds.
this pistol is the most satisfying of any I have owned. it is even preferred to my Browning Medalist bought new in the 1970"s.

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Gil Hebard Guns; I don't know if they're still around or not but the business was a great resource for Bullseye shooters back in the day. I, too, prefer my Model 41 to the also fine Browning Medalist.

Swamp Wolf is correct. It was Gil Hebard, a great shooter as well. I think the shop closed as my link to them is "Invalid" currently. Thanks for reminding me of the correct name. Actually shot the 41 last Thurs. and as usual, it was just great.

Very nice piece.
Aw, you guys had to bring up the Medalist. I missed 2 chances to buy one around 40 years ago and have lusted for one since. I had one of the last Belgium Challengers I bought new.
I finally did get a 41 and wouldn't take anything for it. A buddy brought his Medalist (one of the ones I missed out on) to an old man shoot a year or so ago just to make me sick.