Best Classic Revolvers
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You have a great .357. If you like .357/38 Special and you want a blued gun with adjustable sights, then the 19 in either 4 or 6" is a great choice. I have recently purchased a model 14-3, .38 Special 6" barrel and a pre 14 K38 Masterpiece with 6" barrel. For range fun I don't shoot much .357, so a .38 Special works well. If you want the 4", it's a model 15.
If you want to go to .45 then you need to decide if acp or Colt (long colt to some). I have both. Reloading is almost a must for the Colt cartridge. I really like the 25-2 6.5" .45acp revolver.
K38 4 screw from 1955-56
25-2s from 1980 & 75
14-3
If you want to go to .45 then you need to decide if acp or Colt (long colt to some). I have both. Reloading is almost a must for the Colt cartridge. I really like the 25-2 6.5" .45acp revolver.
K38 4 screw from 1955-56
25-2s from 1980 & 75
14-3
coolbreezy
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I just up a sweet older model 29 smith for $450 OTD, IMO it is the epitome of everything a classic revolver should be.
405FileFound
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This will one day be Classic
Yep, this is my S&W 649. There are many like it, but this one has Pachymayr Grips, a red ramp aftermarket site, and bright white paint stained into the rear sight mill. This is the modern offering of the M49 from the old days that has that iconic detective snubby look. OK, so maybe it isn't a future classic. I've had it for a few years and it have a thing for the humpback. SW should make a Bodyguard for in the Airweight and PD models...
Yep, this is my S&W 649. There are many like it, but this one has Pachymayr Grips, a red ramp aftermarket site, and bright white paint stained into the rear sight mill. This is the modern offering of the M49 from the old days that has that iconic detective snubby look. OK, so maybe it isn't a future classic. I've had it for a few years and it have a thing for the humpback. SW should make a Bodyguard for in the Airweight and PD models...
Hammerhead
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How about a modern classic?
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HisDudeness
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Or the Model 64 which is the stainless equivalent. Plenty of these are available at J&G Sales online and priced under $300.00 although they have been converted to DAO by the previous law enforcement owners. I bought the last SA/DA version that they had and I sent it back because it was in pretty rough shape. Small scratches can be buffed out of stainless steel but anything deep and you're stuck with them. You can also buy a new hammer to convert a DAO to SA/DA for around $80.00. With a model 10 PD trade-in you will most likely end up with plenty of spots where the bluing has worn through.
My choices have varied over the preceding 50 years, but I always seem to come back to one of the S&W Model 24's...44 Specials and built before locks, with recessed heads, pinned barrels etc. My preference would be for the 4" model, but only if I couldn't find that Holy Grail of revolvers, a 5" M-24. Accurate, plenty of power with a little handloading and without the add'l wt. of the M-29's thicker barrel. They were Keith's favorites until the .44 Magnum came out, and Skelton's too...I've had the dream of owning one since the late 60's but have never come across a good one at a price that I could reasonably justify.
Years ago, longer than I'd care to admit, I'd found one of the 6-1/2" M-24 dash models, as new, and for a good price. I used it for a year and was teaching my son to reload the cases after we'd burned though a cpl cylinder's full at practice. He was 12 at the time. One afternoon, stomping around on the farm, blasting thistle tops, milk weed pods and stump knots we got into a little contest. In a fit of stupidity, I joked with him that I could out-shoot him at 100 feet, he with his Marlin 39 Mountie lever .22 and me with the .44. Well...there's some real truth in the old saw, "never bet a Colt against a Winchester at distance." He was dead on and I palmed one off into never land...and, over his tearful objections, I gave him that M-24 in payment of the bet. He's still got it along with a Gen 3 SAA, and a 696 all in .44 Special. But a cpl of years ago, he found a replacement...same gun in as new condition, which he gave me for Christmas that year....a good son, and deadly with a rifle....
Best Regards, Rod
Years ago, longer than I'd care to admit, I'd found one of the 6-1/2" M-24 dash models, as new, and for a good price. I used it for a year and was teaching my son to reload the cases after we'd burned though a cpl cylinder's full at practice. He was 12 at the time. One afternoon, stomping around on the farm, blasting thistle tops, milk weed pods and stump knots we got into a little contest. In a fit of stupidity, I joked with him that I could out-shoot him at 100 feet, he with his Marlin 39 Mountie lever .22 and me with the .44. Well...there's some real truth in the old saw, "never bet a Colt against a Winchester at distance." He was dead on and I palmed one off into never land...and, over his tearful objections, I gave him that M-24 in payment of the bet. He's still got it along with a Gen 3 SAA, and a 696 all in .44 Special. But a cpl of years ago, he found a replacement...same gun in as new condition, which he gave me for Christmas that year....a good son, and deadly with a rifle....
Best Regards, Rod
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