Revolver Picture Thread

Very nice of you @Prosecutor , and maybe @Cocked & Locked will post one of his great pictures of his gun wearing the grips, pink shorts optional.
 
I plan to hunt whitetails this year with my 460 or my 454. We don't have boar in Virginia, yet. I prefer non-magnified Optics.

Smith 500
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Smith 454
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Ruger 44
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My 44's
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Ruger 454

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The stable
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Wow, never seen brown ones!
 
Neither have I. Excellent ammo too, the old Nyclads..
 
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There is/was a set of brown ones on Ebay yesterday.
 
Short story of my S&W 940.

I had posted pic of my 3" 940 here back in Feb as part a group photo of my 9mm revolvers. Around that same time I contacted the S&W historian Roy Jinks for a ship date for the 940. When he replied with the date of Oct . 7, 1991 he mentioned that it was an interesting gun. That's his way of saying get a factory letter. Well I got the gun lettered and found out that it was shipped to gun writer and publisher Doc O' Meara in Virginia Beach for research on an article he was doing on the 940.

So I started my search for a 25 yr old article. He had written several books and articles on Colts but I could not find anything regarding this 940 article. Since he had passed away in 2014 I was pretty much running out of resources. Through another forum I met a fellow that knew a son of Doc. I got in touch with the son and he remembered he gun but not the specific article but knew which mags his father wrote for back in the early 90's. To cut this missive short I found that the article was in the June 1992 issue of Guns Magazine. I contacted them and received a pdf of the article with my gun pictured. Another month of searching ebay landed me a complete good copy of the actual magazine.

I realize that this is not as significant as say the Registered Magnum that belonged to Gary Cooper and sold last month for $50,000. But with all the guns we buy, sell and trade you never know what you might find.

Click on the pdf files to see pg 2 of the history letter, mag cover, and article with my gun pictured.

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Short story of my S&W 940.

I had posted pic of my 3" 940 here back in Feb as part a group photo of my 9mm revolvers. Around that same time I contacted the S&W historian Roy Jinks for a ship date for the 940. When he replied with the date of Oct . 7, 1991 he mentioned that it was an interesting gun. That's his way of saying get a factory letter. Well I got the gun lettered and found out that it was shipped to gun writer and publisher Doc O' Meara in Virginia Beach for research on an article he was doing on the 940.

So I started my search for a 25 yr old article. He had written several books and articles on Colts but I could not find anything regarding this 940 article. Since he had passed away in 2014 I was pretty much running out of resources. Through another forum I met a fellow that knew a son of Doc. I got in touch with the son and he remembered he gun but not the specific article but knew which mags his father wrote for back in the early 90's. To cut this missive short I found that the article was in the June 1992 issue of Guns Magazine. I contacted them and received a pdf of the article with my gun pictured. Another month of searching ebay landed me a complete good copy of the actual magazine.

I realize that this is not as significant as say the Registered Magnum that belonged to Gary Cooper and sold last month for $50,000. But with all the guns we buy, sell and trade you never know what you might find.

Click on the pdf files to see pg 2 of the history letter, mag cover, and article with my gun pictured.

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That is very cool. Great post. Really like the revolver. I've been thinking about a 940 but decided against it at 2". A 3" barrel would have sold me, fast.

The rubber grip is probably an Uncle Mike's Combat, right? if so, I may have an extra laying around if you want to restore that to original configuration.
 
That is very cool. Great post. Really like the revolver. I've been thinking about a 940 but decided against it at 2". A 3" barrel would have sold me, fast.

The rubber grip is probably an Uncle Mike's Combat, right? if so, I may have an extra laying around if you want to restore that to original configuration.

Yep, it came with the UM combat grip. When I picked this gun up it had rubber of some sort. I'll check the box and see if I still have it. If not I'll give you a shout.
 
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Hmmm...double action only. Not bad. Looks like a Ruger SP101 barrel. Grip looks great and probably feel great in the hand.
 
Hmmm...double action only. Not bad. Looks like a Ruger SP101 barrel. Grip looks great and probably feel great in the hand.

Yup. The grip is quite comfortable. Well done by Kimber. Trigger feels a bit different than on the two inch. It is DAO; however, it fully indexes about halfway through the trigger pull. You can feel it easily to stage a single action type shot if desired or just roll right through. If staged, the trigger pull is a bit firmer than you would feel in a true singe action situation.
 
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I've got a soft spot for a 3" .357 :D

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Me too....IWB at about 4:00 on my right side :)

That said, I'll probably not load the Kimber with .357. The 3" barrel means that .357 would not be a total waste, but is still fairly small and light so that good follow-up shots would be hard with that load. I'll stick to .38+P.
 
Very nice of you @Prosecutor , and maybe @Cocked & Locked will post one of his great pictures of his gun wearing the grips, pink shorts optional.

Mail carrier dropped off the DeSantis Clip Grip from esteemed forum member Prosecutor yesterday. Thanks you Sir for your generosity. If they don't work out for me I'll pass them on to someone else as you requested.

Pink shorts are in the washer at this moment. Grip pics with the attire of the day will have to suffice at this time.

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Mail carrier dropped off the DeSantis Clip Grip from esteemed forum member Prosecutor yesterday. Thanks you Sir for your generosity. If they don't work out for me I'll pass them on to someone else as you requested.

Pink shorts are in the washer at this moment. Grip pics with the attire of the day will have to suffice at this time.

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Looks like the DeSantis is in good company.


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A Model 60 wearing Jay Scott "Black Pearl" grips from forum member @g-dad.

Had to clean this one good and install some Wilson Combat springs. Whoever owned this revolver before me was a nasty slob and apparently lubed with tar. Here's the after ...
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The grips...
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Smith and Wesson Perfomance Center .44 Magnum 4”
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Colt Python .357 Magnum 6”
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Do you shoot competitions with that Performance Center? Like the Hogues. Of course, I like the revolvers a lot too. Just like practical / comfortable grips on a good shooter.
 
Dad gum... I need to get out of this thread. If I stick around much longer my family will not eat again or live under a roof. Beautiful wheel guns! What is it my wife says? "You have enough... You have enough... You have enough." God help me... :)
 
Dad gum... I need to get out of this thread. If I stick around much longer my family will not eat again or live under a roof. Beautiful wheel guns! What is it my wife says? "You have enough... You have enough... You have enough." God help me... :)

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Do you shoot competitions with that Performance Center? Like the Hogues. Of course, I like the revolvers a lot too. Just like practical / comfortable grips on a good shooter.

I actually don’t shoot any competitions with it....shame because it shoots really well. The trigger on the Python edges it out but not by much
 
No new revolvers today, but some new old stock accessories. Found this NIB Smith & Wesson 09-62 holster for snubs and another set of Jay Scott Black Pearl J Frame grips, just like the set on the Model 60 posted last week. Found a good deal on a second set.

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I used to think that these fake stag grips by Jay Scott looked terrible. Well, I still sort of think that...but cheesy in a classic way. They are part of 60s-70s revolver history. I think this set will look good on a good condition S&W Model 37.

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Jay Scott Co. was owned by Colt so that gives them some retro cheesy class.

I've got a set of jay Scott D frame fake pearl ones with Colt medallions. They look good. Need to take a picture sometime.

Also Franzite grips are retro cool. They go back to the 1950's - 1960's. Franzite products were made and distributed by Chicago Sports.

I've got a S&W pre 27 that shipped to Chicago Sports in 1954. Also have their catalog and a set of their N frame "stag" grips.

Another photo opportunity.
 
Here's the 37 wearing Jay Scott grips

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That talk about a Model 27 got me thinking. I know that I've got one around here somewhere. Here is a 27-5 with Jay Scotts. This one only comes out for range time and usually wears wood target stocks.

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No new revolvers today, but some revolver-related stuff from the Charlotte gun show. A few boxes of Speer .38+P 135 gr, Federal Nyclad SWC, and the oddball Ultramag .38+P 66 gr tubular ammo (cookie cutters) ...and Pachmayr grip with factory Colt medallions. Probably shipped on a Detective Special.

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The only thing that I don't like about buying new guns...is waiting for the to get here. Something sort of cool should arrive later this week. At least, I think it's cool.
 
I think you're right. I looked at the weather forecast.

It is going to be cool later this week
 
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