Look what's come to stay with us

[jg rider]

Well my boy did it again. He loves to wheel and deal. He swapped a guitar amp. for these five revolvers.

A 4" S&W mod. 19
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A 2" S&W mod. 10. I could really get to like this one.
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[jg rider]

A 5" S&W mod. 27. I read that there weren't many 5" made. I think I could really get to like this one. Wait! I already said that.
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The 27 was the first .357 back about 1935 and fine workmanship went into it. It's hard to tell but the top strap and the barrel rib are finally checkered. Then there was the mod.28 which was an economy version for L.E.
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A 4" and a 6" Colt Pythons. He wouldn't leave them with me for fear that I'd rework them. He needs to learn trust. The 4" looked unfired when I saw it
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[Bawanna]

Must have been one hell of a remarkable guitar amp. Those are all sweet.

[espresso]

I'm sittin here drooling at my computer.

those are some fine guns!

[el_chupo_]

What amp?

[jg rider]

Must have been one hell of a remarkable guitar amp. Those are all sweet.

I don't know how he does it. That car in the background is a 1969 Firebird with a reworked engine. He got that in a swap for I think some musical stuff. I have a 6 spd. 2000 Camaro Z28 that he got for me by swapping 3 Les Paul guitars for it. It only had 22,000 miles then.

[jg rider]

What amp?

I don't know. He travels in the musical world. I believe these guns were from an inheritance to another musician.

[gb6491]

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fc/massbounce.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)Wow, that's quite a haul.

[CJB]

Well.... if the amp was a pre-68 Fender Deluxe Reverb, or a 69 Marshall Plexi, or almost any brownface or tweed Fender, the guy with the amp did get a hell of an amp.

[les strat]

Well.... if the amp was a pre-68 Fender Deluxe Reverb, or a 69 Marshall Plexi, or almost any brownface or tweed Fender, the guy with the amp did get a hell of an amp.

I was thinking the same thing... blackface or earlier Fender, pre-circuitboard Marshall. The guy getting the amp could have made out better depending on what it was.

JG, can you find out for us? Inquiring minds want to know ;)

I know it would take quite a few old Smiths to get me to think about trading my old blackface Vibrolux Reverb

[Bawanna]

For those Pythons and that Model 10 I'd vote for O'

No I wouldn't. Never mind......................

[CJB]

I was thinking the same thing... blackface or earlier Fender, pre-circuitboard Marshall. The guy getting the amp could have made out better depending on what it was.

JG, can you find out for us? Inquiring minds want to know ;)

I know it would take quite a few old Smiths to get me to think about trading my old blackface Vibrolux Reverb

55 tweed super
62 brown princeton
65 bandmaster
66 super reverb
65 showman
66 deluxe reverb
66 twin reverb
Tweed champ
65 tremolux
...more I cant rember!

[CJB]

64 bassman in a 2x10 cabinet....enough amps here for a museum

[jg rider]

I was thinking the same thing... blackface or earlier Fender, pre-circuitboard Marshall. The guy getting the amp could have made out better depending on what it was.

JG, can you find out for us? Inquiring minds want to know ;)Ok! I just got off the phone with my son.
The guy is a Marshall amp collector. So my son gave him:

Marshall NIB Randy Rhoades signature 100W head
1983 JCM 800 cabinet in white tolex finish, what ever that is.


I know it would take quite a few old Smiths to get me to think about trading my old blackface Vibrolux ReverbI read off some of the amps you guys mentioned on this thread and he laughed and said he'd never trade the ones he has.

He's thinking of keeping the unfired 4" Python. Which I think is good choice, but I'd want to swap the Elliason rear sight from the 6" model.
And he likes the model 10 also. Every thing else goes. Knowing him so will the 4" Python and mod. 10 after a while

Here's what he got for 3 Les Pauls. I saw it and wanted it. 22,00 mile on it
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Then the wife got jealous so she had to have her own 6 spd. muscle car. Mine is faster
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His and Hers
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[7shot]

Nice hall...you got a good son there! Hopefully you will be able to enjoy them at the range. I used to own a couple wheel guns myself, both were a S&W 19 and 686. Wish I still had them!

[DeaconKC]

I love that 27 and 19! Both are gorgeous! If you ever decide to part with either let me know! The 5" barrel was the most common length on the 27 and the 4" is the most common on the 19 as well. Any dash numbers on them?

[jg rider]

I love that 27 and 19! Both are gorgeous! If you ever decide to part with either let me know! The 5" barrel was the most common length on the 27 and the 4" is the most common on the 19 as well. Any dash numbers on them?

They're not mine to sell. My son has to make the decision.

I also like the 27, but I don't know why.
I look at the mod. 10 and I think **** Tracy, Sam Katchem. I don't know why. (Ah come on!, **** is a name LOL :))
I look at and hold the mod. 19 and think it balances really nice.
Years ago I did a lot of turning 4" square butts into round butts. What a nice balance that made!
Knowing my son he will sell or trade them all off eventually. He's a musician, but also a salesman at heart. The only guns he's kept are the ones I've customized for him.
Right now he likes the 4" Python and the mod 10

The mod 10 is a -5
The mod 19 is a -3
The mod 27 is a -2
Do you know anything about manufacturing dates?

I know what Zoot Suiters were, but what did they have to do with guns?

[DeaconKC]

New shooting sport, think CAS in the Prohibition Era.
http://www.zootshooters.com/
And the guys over at Smith and Wesson Forums can give you some very good ideas on actual dates with the serial numbers.

[Krusty]

Sweeeeet

[jlottmc]

Those make my britches stick out in front.

[Barth]

A 4" and a 6" Colt Pythons. He wouldn't leave them with me for fear that I'd rework them. He needs to learn trust. The 4" looked unfired when I saw it
http://kahrtalk.com//attachment.php?attachmentid=6236&thumb=1&d=1344908346


Was the seller on crack?

[Sage]

Damn, the only thing that ever follows me home are stray cats and dogs. Wish I were kidding.

[jg rider]

LOL, When my son was emailing back and forth with this guy. Here's some pics of items he had. There was more from his inheritance of guns. There were more mentioned but he never sent pics.

[espresso]

OMG....I'd need my inhaler if all those guns suddenly fell in my lap.

[muggsy]

OMG....I'd need my inhaler if all those guns suddenly fell in my lap.

I'd swallow my inhaler if they fell into mine. :)

[Bawanna]

Kind of sad that fine guns like these usually get passed on to folks who really don't appreciate them.

In this case they found a proper home although how long they live there is apparently subject to debate, but usually not the case.

[jg rider]

Kind of sad that fine guns like these usually get passed on to folks who really don't appreciate them.

In this case they found a proper home although how long they live there is apparently subject to debate, but usually not the case.

I'm sorry if I made it seem that this last batch of guns were also in the trade, they weren't. They were just other items that my son could have picked from. He didn't chose any of them.
My son's been trying to get back in touch with this guy because there's supposedly 4 more gun safes that the now deceased father had at another house in Bend. The guy isn't responding.

[Bawanna]

I'm sorry if I made it seem that this last batch of guns were also in the trade, they weren't. They were just other items that my son could have picked from. He didn't chose any of them.
My son's been trying to get back in touch with this guy because there's supposedly 4 more gun safes that the now deceased father had at another house in Bend. The guy isn't responding.

I was referring to the guy your son got them from. The son obviously doesn't appreciate the guns. I'm thankful that your son got some nice ones and hope they are loved and appreciated either by him or whoever he blesses with them.

[OlympicFox]

Ain't that the truth. I was thinking about getting a Colt Python - until I priced one. Makes several of my 1911's look like steals.


Must have been one hell of a remarkable guitar amp. Those are all sweet.