stonebuster
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I've been gravitating to more short barrels the last couple of years so would like to see member's favorites 3" or shorter. Not necessarily the "best" or "ultimate" just the one's you own and enjoy for whatever reason.
Love the snubby M15!View attachment 1031884 View attachment 1031888 View attachment 1031890 View attachment 1031891 View attachment 1031892 View attachment 1031893 View attachment 1031894 View attachment 1031895 View attachment 1031898 View attachment 1031899 I like 3" medium & small frame revolvers. Over the years, I had a Rossi for a short time and built a 3" Colt Detective Special out of a late model Police Positive by having the barrel swapped.
2 years ago, I traded for a 3" Taurus 431 .44spl. It was stainless and had a square butt. It was about 34oz and felt like a duty gun due to the size and weight. I sold it but probably shouldn't have.
I went on a rabbit trail of Charter Arms revolvers for about 2 years. I had a blued 3" original Bulldog .44spl and a stainless original 3" Bulldog. Nice balance. I had an original Undercover 38. I had 2 identical 3" Police Bulldog 38+P 6 shot adjustable sights guns made at the factory last year. Timing issues plagued one gun and it was returned twice before they built me a new one. The new one was sent to me with the wrong height front sight so it went back and was corrected. I promptly sold all my Charter Arms and pursued used S&W's.
I bought a S&W model 15-3 about a 11 months ago at a pawnshop for $330. It had originally come from the factory in 1977 with a 2" barrel but someone had put a 6" model 14 barrel on it. I found a barrel on ebay for $25 and my gunsmith swapped the barrel for $40.
I then bought a S&W model 36-3 Lady Smith with a 3" heavy barrel. That is currently my wife's gun.
I bought a model 10-8 with a round butt and a 4" heavy barrel for about $280 if I remember correctly. It is at my gunsmith getting the barrel chopped to 3", with a dovetail front sight and the barrel will have a slabside. He will parkerize it too.
I bought a 4" HB model 64-5 this week for $325. It will get chopped too. The 2 pictures attached are from the internet of what my 3" K frames will look similar to.