S&W Chiefs Special Airweight $213

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I just bought this Chiefs Special Airweight for $213 US (I'm in Canada). It comes with the original box, the S&W papers and the tools. The cylinder and barrel are steel, the frame is aluminum.

There is no model number on the frame under the yoke. It weighs only 12-13 ounces.

The serial number is 680XX.

I think it is a find, a pre M37, 3 screw roundbutt CS, I think it is a 1955.

I plan to shoot only wadcutters or .38 Special LRN through the old girl.

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Really neat find at a great price.:cool:

Ah yes, mild wadcutter loads would be perfect for that revolver. I have a model 36 that just loves Federal 148 Wadcutter rounds. :thumbup:
 
I would’ve tore my pocket off getting my wallet out. Great deal.
I was thrilled last year when I found a model 36 for $325 at a pawn shop.
 
I am confused. I thought that in your neck of the woods that handguns had to have a barrel longer than 4.1" to keep it from being prohibited?
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Those of us who legally owned 4" or less barreled handguns can still legally own them (this is called 12(6)). We can only trade/sell them but only to other 12(6) licenced people. As we age and die the government's plan is for these 12(6) handguns to be submitted to them for cutting up or melting down.

It is a sneaky long term confiscation with no cost to the government. It is very Kanadian.

The prices for these 12(6) guns are dropping every day. My plan is to buy the quality handguns and then try to save them by selling them to buyers in the US. They will have to be US manufactured guns so I focus on S&W revolvers.

It's my way of giving a small finger to the commie Kanadian government.

Remember, any gun registry has only one purpose, not safety for the public but rather to make government confiscation possible.

REGISTRY = CONFISCATION
 
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geologist said:
Those of us who legally owned 4" or less barreled handguns can still legally own them (this is called 12(6)). We can only trade/sell them but only to other 12(6) licenced people. As we age and die the government's plan is for these 12(6) handguns to be submitted to them for cutting up or melting down.

It is a sneaky long term confiscation with no cost to the government. It is very Kanadian.

The prices for these 12(6) guns is dropping every day. My plan is to buy the quality handguns and then try to save them by selling them to buyers in the US. They will have to be US manufactured guns so I focus on S&W revolvers.

It's my way of giving a small finger to the commie Kanadian government.

Remember, any gun registry has only one purpose, not safety for the public but rather to make government confiscation possible.

REGISTRY = CONFISCATION
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I gave a "like" to your post, but this has to be one of the saddest things I have read in a long while. I am a dual Canadian/US citizen, but doubt that I will spend much time north of the 49th. Maybe a trip to my birthplace, St. John's Newfoundland.
 
geologist said:
Those of us who legally owned 4" or less barreled handguns can still legally own them (this is called 12(6)). We can only trade/sell them but only to other 12(6) licenced people. As we age and die the government's plan is for these 12(6) handguns to be submitted to them for cutting up or melting down.

It is a sneaky long term confiscation with no cost to the government. It is very Kanadian.

The prices for these 12(6) guns are dropping every day. My plan is to buy the quality handguns and then try to save them by selling them to buyers in the US. They will have to be US manufactured guns so I focus on S&W revolvers.

It's my way of giving a small finger to the commie Kanadian government.

Remember, any gun registry has only one purpose, not safety for the public but rather to make government confiscation possible.

REGISTRY = CONFISCATION
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If your post doesn't garner a "like" from everyone who reads it -- there's something wrong with that person. :thumbup:

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NIGHTLORD40K said:
Ever think of moving to a free country, like.........Florida?:)

Ya, we may gripe about all the Canuks here, but God knows we need more right-thinking individuals like you, so I will personally vouch for you. :thumbup:

Nice J-Frame!
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Seconded, from a fellow Floridian. Nice snub for sure, and your goal of saving any fine firearms you can is entirely admirable.
 
geologist
The prices for these 12(6) guns are dropping every day. My plan is to buy the quality handguns and then try to save them by selling them to buyers in the US. They will have to be US manufactured guns so I focus on S&W revolvers.
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Your S&W Chiefs Special Airweight is easily a $500+ gun here in the U.S. I'm not sure how you can sell them to someone here but I hope you're successful at it because it's a very worthy endeavor to save these iconic revolvers from government sponsored eradication.
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
Ever think of moving to a free country, like.........Florida?:)

Ya, we may gripe about all the Canuks here, but God knows we need more right-thinking individuals like you, so I will personally vouch for you. :thumbup:

Nice J-Frame!
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I'm a native Floridian and I like the Canadians who come down here as snowbirds. They spend money, drive horribly, are maddeningly polite, pay for property they rarely occupy and pay property taxes for the privilege of having a winter home here in Sunny Florida. The Canadians are good people, it's just that some of them are a little soft in the head and don't understand that for three thousand years of human history, strongarm mobs ruled the majority of people in any given land using intimidation. Governments were nothing more or less than organized crime operations sanctioned by their own ruthlessness. For some odd reason, the world is populated by people who want to go back to that system of licensed terrorism. I don't get it but, that's about what it all boils down to.
 
geologist said:
I just bought this Chiefs Special Airweight for $213 US (I'm in Canada). It comes with the original box, the S&W papers and the tools. The cylinder and barrel are steel, the frame is aluminum.

There is no model number on the frame under the yoke. It weighs only 12-13 ounces.

The serial number is 680XX.

I think it is a find, a pre M37, 3 screw roundbutt CS, I think it is a 1955.

I plan to shoot only wadcutters or .38 Special LRN through the old girl.

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THAT is a very nice little revolver! Nice catch! Saved it from The Chopper (for now).
 
Are US citizens allowed to buy US manufactured handguns from another country like Canada?

Maybe it differs from state to state?

Surely it can't be as simple as that?
 
Im not sure about the penalties (if any) for carrying them across the border southbound, but once here (at least in Florida, and most US states), private person to person sales have no restrictions on the country of origin of the gun.

In FL, I am prohibited from selling a firearm to a person known to me to be a felon, under the age of 21, or otherwise prohibited from possessing a gun. I am prohibited from buying a firearm that is known to me to be stolen.

Thats it. No country of origin BS. No "registration." Technically, Im not even required to exchange names or identification with the buyer/ seller- though its a good idea to do so for your private records.

Now, buying and selling from a dealer is a different story. Some record-keeping is required by the dealer, and there are backround checks involved, as well as residency requirements.

The dealer keeps the sales records at his shop as long as he is in business. Once he ceases operations, he must send his paper forms to the Federal Govt. They are, theoretically, forbidden from assembling a central database of these dealer transactions- though many believe they doing so anyway, illegally and in secret.

Some states are more restrictive, California and New York being the worst offenders.
 
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