What are those loads? They look like Barnes Buffalo Bore loads.
Buffalo Bore DG loads.
What are those loads? They look like Barnes Buffalo Bore loads.
Ahh. Close. Should have known with you.Buffalo Bore DG loads.
And what do we have here??
K-22?And what do we have here??
She looks like she wants me to find a range and give her some lovin.
K-22?
*drooling*On to the 44s.
2nd Model Russian. Shipped in 1875. Caliber is 44 Russian.
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44 Double Action. Caliber is 44 Russian. This one has been reblued at some point, as can be seen by the blued hammer and trigger. The original front sight was gone so I had a smith replace it with an old dime. Shipped around 1881 if I recall correctly.
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New Model Number Three. Caliber is 44 Russian. Shipped in 1895 as part of a large shipment to Japan. Interesting to speculate about how it got back to the USA, perhaps in a GI's duffel bag after WWII.
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44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model (Triple Lock). Almost no blue left on it at all, which allowed me to get it for a bargain price. Very early, very low SN. Roy Jinks says it shipped in 1907, even though SCSW says they did not ship until 1908. Notice the caliber marking. It simply says 44 S&W CTG, nothing about Special. Speculation is that the stamp saying 44 Smith and Wesson Special CTG had not been made up yet.
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44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model (Triple Lock), Target Model. 44 Special.
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44 Hand Ejector, 2nd Model. 44 Special.
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44 Hand Ejector 4th Model. 44 Special.
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That's it for the blued 44s.
I heard an old timer tell me, years ago, every time S&W added a dash and the number hater the dash went higher, most of the time S&W found away to build them cheaper.
I realize every firearm manufacturer has had to find was to cut.cost, to stay in business. If you think about it, Ruger caused the end of the Colt Woodsman. Colt just couldn’t make the woodsman at a price to complete with the Ruger auto 22. Glock, in recent times, has cause them all to have to change their ways. We have gained a lot, but we have sure lost a lot. I much rather have the old stuff. Firearms made back in the day, were some fine stuff. You have a very nice 22/32 yourself. To me they are neat little revolvers.Howdy
If you happen to bump into that Old Timer again, tell him Smith and Wesson has ALWAYS looked for a way to make them cheaper. All the way back to 1857 when they made their first revolvers. (yes, 1857, not 1957). Any company that wants to stay in business must look for ways to cut the cost to manufacture, and S&W is no different than any other successful manufacturing company in that aspect. I could probably site you examples of engineering changes to drive down the cost to manufacture back in the 1860s if I sat down and thought about it.
By the way, nice 'Bekaert'. I have one just like it. Mine shipped in 1940 too. At the top of the photo is a K-22 for size comparison. The 22/32 Heavy Frame Target at the bottom of the photo shipped in 1923.
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