Quintessential s&w revolver and why

Noise and reply deleted. It's a legit question.

I think the gun that pulls it all together is the Model 19. Solid revolver design and good caliber choice in 38 and 357.
 
My vote goes to the Model 29. It is every thing I want and nothing I don't. I think the 6 inch 29-2 is just about as good as it gets. Loaded down to 44 special power it is something you can shoot all day long. Would love to find a really 4 inch.
 
I was thinking the model 10. Then I thought about what made me buy mine.

Model 19 vote here.

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Still looks great even in its work cloths. If some one wants to draw a non specific revolver it would look allot like this one.
 
Man, when you come to a thread where the question has a small handful of PERFECT answers, you're left with nothing to add even though you really, really want to!

And that's when you end up going corny just for giggles.

It is in that spirit that I will suggest the Model 53, the Model 547 and the five-inch barreled Model 60.
 
I have handled one S&W in my life and only know of a few. I did not grow up with them in my environment, so I suppose my experiences are limited, but one model does just say S&W to me and it is the Model 19.

The shape is immediately recognisable to me and the fact the shape is pleasing is an added bonus!
 
This calls for a haiku

Combat Masterpiece,,,
The best handgun ever made,,,
Nothing can compare.

Here are mine,,,
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Stella and Didi.

Aarond

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Even though I own and love it's dressed up brother, I would have to say the Model 19 is first to come to my mind, when thinking S&W. Although, the model 10 runs a close second.
 
When I think "iconic" S&W revolver, I think:
--4" M-19, or
--5" M-27.

I guess one might make a case for the 6" M-29...that is, if one conflates "icon" with "movie prop".
As a 15-year old handgun enthusiast, I watched the original "Dirty Harry" back in '71, but never lusted after a Model 29.

Perhaps, even back then, I "knew my limitations" :)
 
I've seen the Model 10 mentioned often in this thread. Why? What makes it so good?

Not saying it isn't, just know nothing about it.

I confess that aesthetically, it does little for me, but whether a gun is attractive or not to Pond, James Pond does not a good gun make (nor break)! :eek:

I know, I know..... That's hard to believe but it's true, so tell me about the virtues of the "10".
 
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Smith & Wesson made Million of Model 10's, under one name or the other, over the past 100+ years. It's about as simple as you can make a quality revolver. With a hand ejector frame, six shots, fixed sights, and a decent trigger, there isn't much to go wrong. Because they made so many, and kept them so simple they were able to keep the price down in the "everymans" price range. The 38 Special is about as powerful a round as that mythical "everyman" can shoot accurately. The Model 10 is about the perfect size and weight to take advantage of that round.

I've owned a half dozen or so over the years, but sold/traded them off. I realized a few weeks ago that I "needed" another one. I found this one, a 1938 M&P that had been hanging around Ali-Babba's House O Guns for long enough that they cut the price down to something I was willing to pay.



It's got some finish wear, and those rubber grips have to go, but it's a good solid gun.
 
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