Here is my 696 (five-shot L frame), 3" .44 Spl. Notice it has no lock. The dark stuff on the font sight is sight-black, left there since my last shooting session.
Yea, that’s a 4 inch tapered barrel 21. Didn’t make a 3 inch. I have a thunder ranch version of the same gun.
<700$, I would have taken it home also.
To bad it has the lock. Mine does also.
Great find
I had the nickel version and it was an excellent gun. I sold it in a fit of stupidity and I've regretted it ever since (particularly when I found out that they only made about 700 in nickel)
I'm used to looking at the 3" K-L frame guns and the sp101, so I guess that my mind just looked at it and called it a 3" and it does have that profile, I just did not really consider the whole size of the gun.
Webleymkv, your twice the man I am just admitting that.
I do feel for you. I found decades ago that if it has 44 special on it, never get rid of it. Don't eat, walk 20 miles to work but never give up your specials. I did once and live to regret it.