An older S&W N-frame, a newer Performance Center N-frame or a GP100 with an action job. If the prices ever become reasonable enough again to buy a shooter, a Python.
An older S&W N-frame, a newer Performance Center N-frame or a GP100 with an action job. If the prices ever become reasonable enough again to buy a shooter, a Python.
The choice of revolvers in the 'used' market at local gun shops/pawn shops/gunbroker etc. is fairly extensive, I can see where making a final decision would be problematic. My selection was SW 686... quite happy with it !
It's been a long time since I researched any trigger lock problems on Smith revolvers. Is that mostly a non-issue at this point, or is there still that nagging doubt that it will lock under recoil?
Ruger LCR-X Mine has a XS tritium front sight and with aluminum case ammo it's nearly weightless.
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Smith & Wesson Model 19 sweetness, vintage early 1960s. Will def hold its value, handles 357 for SD. Pinned barrel, recessed cylinders ... no MiM parts = hand fitted by craftsman.
Can get these on Gun Broker for $500-$700 depending on this & that
You want dash model 4 or less, so a Model 19-4 or less
"Retired Assistant Chief Patrol Inspector of the U.S. Border Patrol, famous gunfighter, and noted firearms and shooting skills writer Bill Jordan consulted with Smith & Wesson on the design and characteristics of the Model 19. Jordan's idea for a "peace officer's dream"[2] sidearm was a heavy-barreled four-inch K-Frame .357 Magnum with a shrouded barrel like the big N-frame .357 and adjustable sights. After a year of experimentation with improved-strength steels and special heat-treating processes, the result was the .357 Combat Magnum (later designated Model 19), with the first serial-number gun (K260,000) presented to Jordan on November 15, 1955.[1][3]
The .357 Magnum, four-inch barreled model was standard issue to uniformed officers of the former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as well as Patrol Agents of the U.S. Border Patrol until both agencies adopted .40 caliber semi-automatic pistols."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_19
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* Just Your Average Jewish Redneck *
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Past part-time sales at national firearms retailer, Never came close to breaking even!
Ouch. Yeah, best not to look into the rear view mirror any more! Hey, you have a clean slate to work with.
To answer your Q overall, my recommendation is an older SW in 357 built in the 60's, or, in a modern gun, the Ruger GP 100. I have several of the former, and the GP as well. Can't go wrong with either, thou the early SWs are semi-collectible, as you know
EDIT ... the trigger locks on SWs are a poor design. I say that because they shouldn't undo themselves, no matter how stout the recoil. Is it rare? Yes. But not so rare that if that was a gun in my nighstand, I would check the tightness of that lock after every range session before it went into the nightstand
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* Just Your Average Jewish Redneck *
Participant in Year-Long Gun Fighting Training Program
Competition Shooter in NRA, CMP, IDPA
Past part-time sales at national firearms retailer, Never came close to breaking even!
A S&W Model 38 Body Guard if you what something lightweight. A Model 49 or 649 if you want steel.
S&W 638
S&W 19/66
Ruger Speed Six
Ruger GP100
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