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Awesome, Kid. Looks and sounds like you found a nice one.
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Just to kick this thread back up a notch. 15-4 4" Nice collectable specimen, there.
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It’s here! Went and picked it up this evening after work. Just enough holster wear on the sharp edges to make me not think twice about carrying and using it. Stocks are perfect, not a chip or scratch on them. I had to run down to the dead end road and light a few off just to make sure it worked. Previous owner was left handed I’m guessing, rear sight was cranked over to the left and the first two rounds at 25 yards were about 8” left of center. Centered the blade up and had them landing right on top of the front site at 25. Put 8 in a row in a 1lb propane can that was laying down there offhand from 25 paces, think it’s a keeper. It does shoot a good bit higher with 173gr Keith bullets, probably 4” high, but stacked 6 125gr plated bullets right over the top edge of the blade. Have to load up some ammo and go shoot a pig with it. Sweet classic piece you have there.
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I've got a nice, four inch barrel, Model 15 with a pinned barrel. I have it's twin in stainless, but no pinned barrel (but having the firing pin on the hammer and, naturally, no key hole), and I've got a pinned barrel (four inch) Model 18, which is a Combat Masterpiece in .22 LR. All sweet shooters.
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I wish now that I’d have bought up a shoebox full of 4” Combat Masterpieces 5-7 years ago when police trade ins were available for $250-300. I was more into 38-44s and 357s then and had little to no interest in a 4” K frame 38. A well used 4” adjustable sight K makes a fine general purpose handgun around the area I live. Nothing bigger than a pig and nothing more dangerous than a rattlesnake around so a good shooting 150-170gr SWC load at 900fps will get a lot done out to the 75-100 yard line. Sometimes it’s nice not living in bear country.
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I've owned one blue and one nickel 2" model 15. Both were very accurate and easy to shoot. I never could get over how much I wished they were both round butts and let them both slip away. If I had it to do over again, I'd have sent one off to get the round butt treatment and it would still be with me. I have other irons in the fire these days, but do miss those old K frames.
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those 4 inch k frames seem to be perfect whether they're 22's, 38's or 357's. and the L frame 44 is pretty close
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I've owned one blue and one nickel 2" model 15. Both were very accurate and easy to shoot. I never could get over how much I wished they were both round butts and let them both slip away. If I had it to do over again, I'd have sent one off to get the round butt treatment and it would still be with me. I have other irons in the fire these days, but do miss those old K frames. And I have and carry often a RB 2” M10-5. It’s a great little gun and I wouldn’t want to be in front of me with it but it doesn’t point nearly as well for me with Magnas as a square butt.
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I've owned one blue and one nickel 2" model 15. Both were very accurate and easy to shoot. I never could get over how much I wished they were both round butts and let them both slip away. If I had it to do over again, I'd have sent one off to get the round butt treatment and it would still be with me. I have other irons in the fire these days, but do miss those old K frames. And I have and carry often a RB 2” M10-5. It’s a great little gun and I wouldn’t want to be in front of me with it but it doesn’t point nearly as well for me with Magnas as a square butt. Try a set of these.
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I wish now that I’d have bought up a shoebox full of 4” Combat Masterpieces 5-7 years ago when police trade ins were available for $250-300. I was more into 38-44s and 357s then and had little to no interest in a 4” K frame 38. A well used 4” adjustable sight K makes a fine general purpose handgun around the area I live. Nothing bigger than a pig and nothing more dangerous than a rattlesnake around so a good shooting 150-170gr SWC load at 900fps will get a lot done out to the 75-100 yard line. Sometimes it’s nice not living in bear country. About 10 years ago I passed one of them up. Local store had it back in the days you mention. Orange Co. Sheriffs stamps. Anyway, they had been burgled, and lost this gun. Fast forward to 2007, it was recovered in a Baltimore home invasion. Returned to the shop with a few more bruises, it worked perfectly. I had the $125 in my wallet, but got cheap at the wrong time. Couple days later, I was back. But someone smarter hadn't hesitated.
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Around 1970 in S.E Florida, a LEO (or recruit) could buy a brand new blued Model 15 at Jones Equipment for $80 OTD.
Eat your hearts out.
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Around 1970 in S.E Florida, a LEO (or recruit) could buy a brand new blued Model 15 at Jones Equipment for $80 OTD.
Eat your hearts out. Do you still have it?
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Around 1970 in S.E Florida, a LEO (or recruit) could buy a brand new blued Model 15 at Jones Equipment for $80 OTD.
Eat your hearts out. But wasn’t that recruit making like $175 a month? I almost bet they’re cheaper now than they were then
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Winchestermodel70: I specifically recall buying a Smith& Wesson Model 60 (stainless five shot revolver) in 1969 for $90.00! I do not believe I got a law enforcement discount on that one. Times sure have changed (prices/values/availability). If I only could have "seen" into the future back then. I would have loaded up on Smith & Wesson Model 15's, 14's, 29's, 60's, 48's, 34's, 19's and 27's! Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Didn't buy one as I already had a Model19.
Gross pay was $580 a month, which went to $607 after graduation.
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I would love to find one of the USAF property Model 15s, it was the first centerfire revolver that I ever fired. Qualified with it prior to my initial overseas tour in Diyarbakir, Turkey in the late 80s.
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I would love to find one of the USAF property Model 15s, it was the first centerfire revolver that I ever fired. Qualified with it prior to my initial overseas tour in Diyarbakir, Turkey in the late 80s. i qualified with one of those before i went overseas too. it was a grey, old beater but i still shot expert with it. but i had an 586 no dash at the time so i knew my way around one.
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I've always wondered why the USAF issued the M15 .38 Special instead of the 1911. The military .38 round was so anemic it sure wasn't doing the Air Force guys any favors.
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We had Model 10/M&P's along with 1911A1's in the 3rd ID in 1985. They would put lead where you intended.
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I've always wondered why the USAF issued the M15 .38 Special instead of the 1911. The military .38 round was so anemic it sure wasn't doing the Air Force guys any favors. Weight was the reason. They were planning to do all their business in air-transportable ways, and didn't want the extra weight. Yeah, it makes no sense, but that's the reason. Same thing with the M1 carbines they WERE using when they went to the AR-15s (and then M-16s), It was the Air Force that wanted the M-16s in the first place, then some SF guys got hold of some and decided they liked them. I once shot a possum with some WCC '71 .38 Ball at contact distance, it took all six rounds to kill that danged thing.
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