Found One I'd Been Looking for...

[Stephen A. Camp]

...at a decent price and in excellent condition.


S&W Model 581. In the '80's I'd owned the stainless counterpart and let it get away...

This one has but a tiny bit of holster wear near the muzzle end of the barrel. Sadly, the factory service stocks had been replaced with Pachmayr's. I stuck on this old, old set of Fitz "Gunfighter" grips that have been relieved to work with speedloaders.

The DA pull is fine and the gun has the "M" stamp indicating that S&W did the modification (replace the "hammer nose" and I believe the firing pin bushing) to prevent possible primer flow when using certain makes of magnum ammunition. (My old 681 did not have the "M" and I'd not sent it back and it worked fine with all of the factory ammo and handloads I tried in it back then.)

In any event the gun shot to exact POA at 15 yards 158-gr. loads as well as with Winchester 145-gr. STHP's in 357 Magnum.

I hope I have enough sense to hang on to this one.

Best.

 

[rdrancher]

Congrats! Very nice score.

Should we be expecting an update to your excellent website?

rd

 

[highorder]

The 581 is a treasure! Enjoy it.

Can I ask what "a decent price" is where you are?

 

[Brian Dale]

Nice find. Congratulations.

 

[BikerRN]

Congrats Mr. Camp.

The 581 is an excellent choice. I look forward to hearing more about this beauty, and perhaps you will do a review on it in the future?

Take care and stay safe.

Biker

 

[keyboard commando]

Sweet

Very nice revolver. There is something about a fixed sight revolver,that makes an all business appearance in a bold way. Enjoy.

 

[Ala Dan]

Congrat's

Very nice find there, my friend. Enjoy~!

 

[bannockburn]

Very nice find; that's another one that you really don't see that often. Good work.

 

[HeavyDuty]

Sweet! I've been wanting a 4" 681 RB for almost 20 years since I saw one at a local store... when I was broke.

 

[Goblin]

L-Frames are the best!!!

 

[sm]

Very nice indeed!

 

[Erik]

Nice 581, one of the great under-rated guns.

 

[DAdams]

Wow

She is a beauty!! I like it. Great find.

 

[papajohn]

That IS sweet! I also carried a 681 on duty years ago, and when my PD switched to 9mm Auto's they offered them to us for $100. I could have bought ten of them for a grand, but I was recently married with two kids and dead broke.

I'm still looking for one, but I kinda doubt I'll see any at that price......

Papajohn

 

[Snubster]

Great revolver. Ditto about the fixed sights making it look all business.

 

[Phydeaux642]

Nice find. I found a 681 this week for $369 at a LGS and passed on it because it had a lot of endshake. A dealer bought it the next day. I sure hope he has it worked on before passing it on to someone else.

 

[DevilDog0402]

Nice find!