Let's see your blued S&W's!!

I have a few blued Smith & Wesson revolvers:

A 3” Model 13 wearing Hogue grips and a 2.5” Model 19, with Pachmayr compacs, both in .357 Magnum. I carried the Model 19 as an on-duty back-up gun and as an off-duty for several years in the early 1990’s.


My Great-Uncles M&P .38 Special wearing sterling silver grips with Mexican symbols in copper. This was his duty gun when he retired from Las Vegas PD in 1965.

And a couple of rimfires:

A Model 17 .22 LR at top and a Model 48 in .22 WMR at bottom. The Model 17 belonged to a female bullseye shooter who used it as her rimfire gun, the DA and SA trigger pulls are amazing for a rimfire revolver. The Model 48 is giving me some fits, it bound up the last time I took it shooting and started not wanting to fire. I’m sending it back to the mother ship in Springfield for a diagnosis and repair as soon as they're no longer Covid-closed.

Smiths offer a huge variety of models, sizes and calibers to choose from. I have more Smith revolvers than any other revolver brand, I find the older models to be awesome examples of the old-school gunmakers craft and I’m sure you’ll get hooked like a trout once you start nibbling on them.

Stay safe.

Now THATS a nice collection of S&W artistry!

Stay safe.

It’s hard to beat blued steel and walnut!

Here's my pile-o-M19's:

A few beauties..........!!!

A few more...

Love this 586.

M15-3


M17-?

M19-2

M57-0

M36 square butt

M1905 M&P

M10 6"

1947 I-frame hand ejector, 32 S&W long,

Top is a 1957 Model 28 and lower is a 1973 28-2.

Model 57

17-2. My only current non-J frame S&W.

Old 3inch barreled 36

I've only got a few left out of I don't know how many I've owned.

19-1 from 1961-62,



15-2 from 1966



19-9 from 2018



24-6 (44 Special) I think it's from around 2006 or so. I looked it up once, but forgot.



Don't let anyone tell you today's blue guns aren't nice.

Went stainless/aluminum alloy quite a few years back but still have a blued one around, even if it's a wartime matte blued finish:


This one's my wife's:

Just a few more..!!! A 586-8 and a 29-2

If I knew how to post pictures on this forum I would be glad to share my blue steel S&Ws with you. I seem to be smart enough to reload and visit forums such as this but not smart enough to post pictures. Oh well...

Dave

Just a couple for now, a 6" 25-9 .45 Colt and a 4" 28-2 .357 magnum:

Ttrl

Model 10-5 found it rough and made it into something I’ve always want to own. It’s a lot of fun out to 4 yds. But even more fun just at 2 yds.

SW351C said:

Model 10-5 found it rough and made it into something I’ve always want to own. It’s a lot of fun out to 4 yds. But even more fun just at 2 yds.

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That’s cool!

I bought an old Victory Model .38 Special off GB that someone had done something similar to. The Parkerizing was polished off and it was reblued, the only real difference from yours was the one I bought had the half-moon front sight reattached onto the chopped 1 3/4” barrel. It was a good looking conversion and I intended to remove the front of the trigger guard like a “Fitz Special”, however...

The online seller neglected to inform the bidders (like me!) that it was made using a hogged out .38 S&W cylinder... I didn’t notice that until I fired six rounds that split the cases and got stuck .

I was so pissed I bought a used .38 Special cylinder for cheap off eBay, had a S&W armorer friend fit and time it and I consigned it at a LGS for almost enough to cover my costs.

Yours looks much more functional!

Stay safe.

Only pics handy on this 'puter ... I favor 15s and 19s ...

Model 29 44 mag circa 1976/77