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My grandfather bought this revolver when he immigrated from Sweden to the Alaskan Gold rush. I has been in the family for ~ 110 years. It is not all original. One of my guitar strings is now the trigger spring.

His 1906 Oldsmobile truck did not last as long.
 
I heard my grandfather used his 30-30 to shoot mountain goats and sell them to the tavern, because he only found a couple thousand dollars in Gold.

There were bank robbers and my grandfather brought them to justice and got his name in the paper.

Then a couple years ago I inherited a newspaper ~~ 1909 Yukon Gazette~~ that said the whole town was deputized and August Magnuson, who worked in the Johnson slushbox, found one of the bags of Gold.

It is amazing how a story can grow in 100 years.
 
I'll add a couple more.

1968 Smith & Wesson Model 58, 41 Magnum. Bonded ivory stocks.





The next one, I just picked this one up a few days ago. It was dull and felt...rought isn't quite the word, but not smooth to the touch. A couple of rounds with Flitz, then some automobile wax, dug around in a junk box and found a BK adapter and it's not too bad. Surface is as smooth as a baby's bottom now.

Taurus 82, from I'm not sure when, but the Taurus webpage doesn't list it. I'm guessing early 80's or so. I had one like it back then and it was a good shooter with the reloaded wadcutters I bought back then.





This one is too with my 125 gr JFP reloads.
 
Since the OP wants only a single favorite, I would have to go with my first quality revolver I purchased, my Model 27. I don't shoot it a lot anymore, and use different grips when I do. but it would be the last I would part with.

 
Made this myself. Cut it down from a 4" barrel, square butt, police trade in.

Smith & Wesson model 64-3.
 

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When I originally got this S&W 28-2, it was a pawn shop special, with a bad barrel, a huge cylinder gap, and more holster wear than blueing. The frame and trigger were mechanically perfect, so I bought it for a project. It sat in my gunvault for about three years, until Wild West Guns openned shop in Vegas. I first talked with Jim West about doing the work, then with their local lead gunsmith, Tim. It has a 12" barrel, Jack Weigand front sight and Black Nitride coating. The engraving on the barrel states, "The right to bear arms shall not be infringed."

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ya'll can laugh all you like, but THIS gun is the perfect pocket revolver in .357


been shooting the crap outta this thing for two years, every week...... it is light, small, accurate and reliable.
 
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