Smith & Wesson Eye Candy....

[DHart]

I recently photographed some of my more recently acquired Smith & Wessons, so I thought I'd start a S&W picture thread... please show us your Smiths!

Here are some of mine:

Smith & Wesson Model 65-5 .357 Magnum 3" barrel

Smith & Wesson Model 13-3 .357 Magnum 3" barrel

Smith & Wesson Model 686 CS-1 .357 Magnum 3" barrel

Smith & Wesson Model 696-1 .44 Special 3" barrel

Smith & Wesson Model 681-1 .357 Magnum 4" barrel

 

[S&W44]

Here's my latest toy-

 

[GUNKWAZY]

The Long & Short of it....

Here's a couple Big small guns and Small Big guns.
All Made by S&W.

Jeff (GUNKWAZY)

 

[pythonguy]

Excellent photo's DHart, and the guns look to be in perfect condition. You have nice backgrounds and have lit the guns to perfection, it looks professional. Did you use off camera bounce lightingor ambient? That is studio quality stuff and I know of what I speak. Thanks for sharing.....

 

[armedcitizen]

Here are mine, only have three currently.

Newest, 21-4:

Model 65-5:

Model 649:

 

[mec]

their website and catalogue pictures should be so good.

 

[FlyinGN]

heres my S&W 686 distinguished magnum with custom S&W grips. Its an early 90's built one..

 

[Lone Star]

DHart-

You take splendid photos, and I want to steal them to put in my handgun books (to augment the photos taken by the authors) , but you use such dark backgrounds that the grips often don't show up well.

Can you do something about that, and still get the (usually) stainless finish of the guns in good contrast?

Is it okay to print your pix for wholly private use?

Thanx,

Lone Star

 

[DHart]

LoneStar... I am a professional photographer and have earned my living with a camera for more decades than I care to admit to! But it's ok if you want to print them for your personal use. I do ask that credit be given to DHart-Legend Fine Portraits whenever my pics are used on the internet.

Pythonguy... I used floor and desk lamps for lighting. But I have used studio lighting for many years as well, so I know a lot of tricks and techniques and I know Photoshop fairly well also. It isn't any one thing that makes images great, it's the combination of a lot of detailed things all done well that adds up to a great image.

armedcitizen... how do you like the grips on your TR? Are those the stock grips that came with the gun? Do you know who makes them? They look great.

 

[armedcitizen]

DHart,

Yes, those are the stock grips on the 21-4. According to the American Handgunner write up, they are Ahrends grips. I like them--they fit my hand great but some purists are upset that the gun isn't square butted.

 

[PI Rob]

Picture threads are the best! Here's mine: an M66 and my newest baby an M49.

 

[DHart]

armed citizen... I much prefer the round butt to the square butt, myself! There are grips to give the square butt feel to a round butt, but not vice versa.

 

[sabre]

Ok, I'll add a few.....

M28-2


M29-3


M657-5


Bill

 

[Randy63]

Here's a few pictures of my two nicest S&W revolvers:

Here's a pic of my 1935 vintage 6.5" Registered Magnum. This one barely has a turn line.

And here's a couple pics of my 1937 6" Registered Magnum with Roper stocks.

Randy

 

[Black Snowman]

I just have the 646 for S&Ws. Here's a picture from right after I got it.

Family photo w/ my other revolvers.

 

[Hkmp5sd]

Nickel Plated S&W Model 19 .357 Magnum and Stainless S&W Model 649 .38 Special

 

[Hkmp5sd]

but you use such dark backgrounds that the grips often don't show up well.

You can use Adobe Photoshop Elements to adjust digital photos to your liking. This took about 3 seconds.

Original by DHart-Legend Fine Portraits.

 

[DHart]

Hey Sabre... on your M28 and M29 shown above, are those both Spegel grips... they look great. The checkered one looks like it has a little rounding to the bottom rear of the grip... but it's still a square butt frame, right? I'd like to get a pair of grips just like each of those that you show, but I don't know what they're called... thanks.

 

[uabfan]

Just a few...

A PPC gun built on a M14-3, a 19-4 and a M36 nickel

 

[Crownvicman]

Here is my old Smith&Wesson. A M&P with a 6 inch barrel.

 

[denfoote]

My only one!

28-2 four inch barrel.

 

[Gewehr98]

DHart, whose front sight is on your 696?

Because it doesn't look anything like the one on my 696. Did you have it custom made?

 

[DHart]

Gewehr... the front sight is replaceable on these models and someone before me put a Patridge sight in there. Some people prefer Patridge; me, I prefer red ramps. But I take what I can get.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

All pre-numbered N frames. I skipped the K22's.

 

[eagle45]

A 586 I acquired from a friend. Shows a little wear, but is a great shooter.