Smith 296

[smee781]

So there I am this morning, waiting on my local gun range to open to get some 22 lovin and I have about 30 minutes to kill. I decide to go into a local pawn shop that I have bought from before and look around. In the revolver case there was a smith sitting face down with a tag on it that says 44spl. I ask to see it (thinking it will have an internal lock) When it was cleared and handed to me I see that it is a lock free smith 296 44spl with factory grips and a smooth trigger. (thinking how much I love my Rossi 720) I look at the price tag and ask if this is the best they could do, the lady came back a minute later a says $380 is the best they could do. Soooooooo I put some money down on it and walk out of there a happy man. How do yall think I did? Anybody have any experience with the Smith 296?


Thanks,

 

[Brian Williams]

Great gun, phenomenal price.

 

[Landric]

You did well. If you don't like the gun for some reason after shooting it, you can sell it for more than you paid on Gunbroker without any problem at all.

The only "down side" of the 296 is its kind of ugly, but ugly is fine in a functional defensive gun (which the 296 is).

 

[smee781]

I dont know about ugly, it's kind of like my 649 38spl.

 

[Gordon]

Makes a wonder CCW gun. Put a gun clip on it as the holsters are big though! That gun sells NIB condition here and elsewhere for $600-650.

 

[krs]

Hang on tight!

 

[smee781]

One just sold on gun broker for $675 WOW! I like that pic, I never thought of the gun clip before. Something I may need to look into, how well does it hold the gun in place?