Christmas S&W model 15

[Tomahawk674]

I actually bought this months ago but my wife and I agreed to treat it as a Christmas present, I yesterday was my first time shooting it. It is my first S&W wheel gun. The pictures don't really do it justice, it is in great condition and mechanically perfect. It is a 15-3. Put 100 rounds through it.

 

[cfullgraf]

Nice looking Model 15. You will enjoy shooting it. The blued 38 caliber K-frames are some of S&W's best in my opinion.

 

[Rexster]

Sweet! Enjoy!

A couple of days before Christmas, I traded a couple of disused compact Nines, for a well-preserved 2” S&W Model 64-4. Seems we both had a good Christmas week!

(Compact Nines tend to vex my aging right hand, whether I am shooting them righty, or running the slides with my right hand, while shooting lefty, so the offenders are being traded-away.)

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Widely considered the best all-round .38 revolver ever made. Congrats!

 

[J-Bar]

You will likely find that S&W revolvers are like potato chips; betcha can’t stop with one.

I couldn’t.

 

[.455_Hunter]

Excellent!

My 15-3 is a lot more "experienced", but still shoots like a laser.

 

[ECVMatt]

That is a beautiful gun! I am glad you are enjoying it.

Happy New Year to you!

 

[UncleEd]

Widely considered the best all-round .38 revolver ever made. Congrats!

It truly is.

In a sense, as the Combat Masterpiece,
it is the father/mother/godparent
to the vaunted Model 19.

 

[Bush Pilot]

You can never have too many Smith 15s in the stable.

 

[Walkalong]

It is my first S&W wheel gun.

You picked a classic, and a beauty.

 

[DMK]

I agree with Walkalong. You have fine taste and chose your first revolver wisely.

I think the Model 15 is a very special handgun. My 15-3 was not my first revolver, but it is absolutely my favorite revolver. Yours is also a very nice example.

They call it the Combat Masterpiece for a reason. It may not be the best combat gun anymore, but it is still a masterpiece.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Only thing I would do is add a Tyler or BK grip extension but you have a great revolver on your hands, Dad used a model 10 as his coup de grace gun on wounded deer that a shotgun didn't put down and for snakes, not much a model 15 can't do

 

[Reloadron]

Those are sweet revolvers. I look at them as a Model 10 with adjustable sights. I think it was two years ago my daughter called me about getting a gun for her husband. She asked me what she could get for $200 so we decided to help her out and I snagged a nice Model 15 from a friend.



I like it so much if another comes along....

Congratulations on a fine revolver and enjoy it.

Ron

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Id love to find a snubby M15 someday to go with my 4".

Ive only ever seen one IRL and I was broke that day.

 

[murf]

beautiful gun! can't beat the combat masterpiece for accuracy.

enjoy,

murf

 

[Nacho Man]

Id love to find a snubby M15 someday to go with my 4".

Ive only ever seen one IRL and I was broke that day.

One day it will happen.
I just happened to stop by a lgs were someone decided to trade in grandpa's Smith toward a 1911.
Got it for $449 plus tax a few years ago.
Have to admit, it was one of my better scores.

 

[NeroM]

Nice revolver, very nice !
Envious !
M10 and M15- not sure what it is about them ?
They have a certain soul.
A couple mile stroll about the back 40 this afternoon with an M10.
Just usual tracks in the snow- distinctive foot print of a nice buck I couldn't seem to get in my site during deer season. Snowshoes are all white. Fox trot prints. Big Bobcat tracks. Kept M10 holstered the whole time, however knowing it was ready to speak if needed.

 

[hanno]

Congrats on the Christmas present, very nice revolver.
My 15-3.

 

[35 Whelen]

Very, very nice!!

Shows some use, but I'm really fond of mine too!! I got it a year or so ago for around $300, so win, win.



35W

 

[PapaG]

That was my first centerfire handgun when I was sixteen. So far back it wasn't a 15, it was a Combat Masterpiece. I've missed it for years and last Feb I managed to find a mint replacement. Good catch.

 

[Master Blaster]

Very nice I am keeping an eye out for a k38 combat masterpiece, as I already have a target masterpiece, and a model 14-3. I like the earlier 5 screw guns if I can find one.

The 15-3 is an excellent firearm. And a great example of a blued S&W K frame.

 

[Thomasss]

Yep. Did the same thing with a Colt Trooper III, .357 mag, 4 inch. She didn't know what to get, so I said "wrap it" and it will be fine.

 

[anothernewb]

K-frames are my favs.

 

[Pat Riot]

Very, very nice!!

Shows some use, but I'm really fond of mine too!! I got it a year or so ago for around $300, so win, win.

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35W

Thanks for posting that photo. Nice revolver.
I was considering some bonded ivory panels for a model 10 and wasn't sure how they would look. I think your model 15 looks very nice.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

Not a Model 15, but its immediate predecessor, a Five Screw K 38 Combat Masterpiece that shipped in 1953. I was able pick it up for $750 a few years ago. This has satisfied my itch for a Model 15. Notice the 'speed' hammer, an early style short throw hammer.