And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A beautiful Model 60 Chief's Special, tastefully engraved and customized. Very nice. In 1965, Model 60s were the first stainless revolvers produced by S&W and started the tradition of their stainless models beginning with a 6.
Exactly right, Anon. I have an unengraved Model 60 in like new condition that isn't fired nearly as much as it's admired. They're absolutely beautiful little guns.
There's just something gorgeous about an old stainless Smith & Wesson with their very tasteful stock walnut grips. A really pretty combo.
I had an uncle that was the jeweler in a small town. He was also the town gunsmith. He would do the fancy engravings on stainless guns. I have a 45 Colt derringer that he did for me. I shot it once and I thought I broke my hand. I have it in a shadowbox picture frame in my office.
The sharp edges of the trigger will chew up your finger. The sharp ends of the cylinder will chew up the holster. The cheese grater cylinder release will shred everything it touches. The hammer spur hangs up on everything and is a legal liability. The skinny wood grips let the gun move around in your hand, making accurate shots unlikely, and chew up your hand in recoil.
Maybe it's me, but I've never had a gun "chew up" my hand, and I like to shoot 454 Casull revolvers. I guess they could, but never seen it. Have seen hammer bite with a 1911 if not held correctly, though.
I would assume a 454 would have decent grips to start with. Then again, those wood slivers of grips on the J frame must have fit someone at the factory originally, but to fire a box full they are inadequate. I suspect they are a LARGE proportion of the myth that the 2" snubbie is not accurate beyond bad breath distance.
I wanted mine accurate AND concealable. It took some work with various modified grips to find an acceptable fit, but it can do headshots at 40 yards now, double action only, with factory springs and factory ammo, all day long. I did the same on a different brand snubbie, with identical results, which indicates the grips are critical on these little guns. My Smith is an Airweight 442.
A beautiful Model 60 Chief's Special, tastefully engraved and customized. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteIn 1965, Model 60s were the first stainless revolvers produced by S&W and started the tradition of their stainless models beginning with a 6.
Nice BBQ gun
ReplyDeleteYup.
DeleteNo more nor less.
The engraving on such a firearm costs far more than the cost of the gun at the shop. Makes the gun too expensive too actually use.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but anyone buying a custom piece like that is not concerned about cost and does not use it as a working gun.
DeleteExactly right, Anon. I have an unengraved Model 60 in like new condition that isn't fired nearly as much as it's admired. They're absolutely beautiful little guns.
DeleteThere's just something gorgeous about an old stainless Smith & Wesson with their very tasteful stock walnut grips. A really pretty combo.
I had an uncle that was the jeweler in a small town. He was also the town gunsmith. He would do the fancy engravings on stainless guns. I have a 45 Colt derringer that he did for me. I shot it once and I thought I broke my hand. I have it in a shadowbox picture frame in my office.
ReplyDeleteThe sharp edges of the trigger will chew up your finger.
ReplyDeleteThe sharp ends of the cylinder will chew up the holster.
The cheese grater cylinder release will shred everything it touches.
The hammer spur hangs up on everything and is a legal liability.
The skinny wood grips let the gun move around in your hand, making accurate shots unlikely, and chew up your hand in recoil.
Fix the problems first, and then make it pretty.
Maybe it's me, but I've never had a gun "chew up" my hand, and I like to shoot 454 Casull revolvers. I guess they could, but never seen it. Have seen hammer bite with a 1911 if not held correctly, though.
DeleteI would assume a 454 would have decent grips to start with. Then again, those wood slivers of grips on the J frame must have fit someone at the factory originally, but to fire a box full they are inadequate. I suspect they are a LARGE proportion of the myth that the 2" snubbie is not accurate beyond bad breath distance.
DeleteI wanted mine accurate AND concealable. It took some work with various modified grips to find an acceptable fit, but it can do headshots at 40 yards now, double action only, with factory springs and factory ammo, all day long. I did the same on a different brand snubbie, with identical results, which indicates the grips are critical on these little guns. My Smith is an Airweight 442.