A couple of acquisitions
May 6, 2020 16:09:18 #
Can you believe these have never even been loaded since purchase in 1968 or a bit earlier?
May 6, 2020 16:16:10 #
May 6, 2020 16:20:07 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Can you believe these have never even been loaded since purchase in 1968 or a bit earlier?
Oh YES!! Very nice acquisition, I must say!!
May 6, 2020 16:23:11 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Can you believe these have never even been loaded since purchase in 1968 or a bit earlier?
So Frank what was your motivation to buy it in 1968?
May 6, 2020 16:35:46 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
So Frank what was your motivation to buy it in 1968?
I didn't buy them.
A very old friend bought them.
The motivation was the 1968 gun control act. which turned out to be a PITA, but not as bad as it looked.
May 6, 2020 16:36:18 #
yorkiebyte wrote:
Oh YES!! Very nice acquisition, I must say!!
Thank you very much Yorkiebyte
May 6, 2020 16:36:48 #
May 6, 2020 16:46:53 #
S&W made the smoothest trigger pull in those wheel guns. I still have a 1960s K Frame .357 four-inch that shoots like a dream.
May 6, 2020 16:47:46 #
When I was a cop I carried a similar S&W very accurate to about twenty feet. Nice
May 6, 2020 16:57:26 #
May 6, 2020 17:00:16 #
I would like that old of a Nikon F a lot better. Just My not so Humble Opinion. - Dave
May 6, 2020 17:02:45 #
tramsey wrote:
When I was a cop I carried a similar S&W very accurate to about twenty feet. Nice
My twin brother and I were both LEO. When we were both on the same department in So. CA we would take a number of firearms out to the desert or into some canyons and shoot at rocks across a canyon. The distance could be from 100 yards maybe out to about 250 yards. We would try to hit rocks with all of our firearms carried but usually did the most shooting with small 2 and 3 inch 38 Special revolvers. Once we got the range down it was not a problem to hit a man size rock out to about 200 yards. Of course we didn't hit it always right on the first shot but I can tell you those little revolvers are not only for short range shooting. With my Colt .45 ACP and much younger eyes I once shot a 5 inch group of 5 shots at 100 yards and could do it on a regular basis. Aiming at the neck the 230 grain bullet would drop into the chest area.
Thank you for your service,
Dennis
May 6, 2020 17:03:44 #
May 6, 2020 17:06:33 #
dennis2146 wrote:
My twin brother and I were both LEO. When we were... (show quote)
That's some good shooting with a 1911.
When I was younger I was able to put 6 through a paper plate at 100yds but, that was with a .357 with an 8" drain pipe.
May 6, 2020 17:14:17 #
In the late 70s or early 80s, many Smith handguns were in such short supply and such high demand, that it was impossible to find some models at their list price, especially K or L frame models, which had a waiting list and were sold at over retail. (It may have been the Dirty Harry movie and that big model 29 .44 magnum...). Long story short, visiting our local Montgomery Wards store (remember them?), I saw that they had a whole shipment of new S&W handguns including model 27 and 29s in presentation cases at LIST price for their new sporting goods section. I called all my friends that were handgun shooters, and they were all sold within the day. I bought a nice Model 59 9mm for myself... I wish I had bought one of the .357 model 27s or a .44 model 29 for myself, but I was into Colt Pythons at the time.
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