First sw k model you have owned

[Oldman11]

When growing up my father would not allow a pistol in the house. My uncle always had a shotgun,a .22 rifle and a pistol of some sort. Needless to say he was my favorite uncle as he would let me shoot them. Somewhere along about 1955 or earlier he bought a sw k model .32,again my favorite uncle. Fast forward to today I have his k model along with a few others,a total of thirty one.The k.38,k.22,k.32,19,686, .38 combat masterpiece and others. Eight years ago I sold off close to $40,000.00 because my wife said I had too many,she was wrong. But I still have my sw model .32 from my-uncle. I'm now 74,I would show you pictures but me and computers do not belong in the same house.

[CajunBass]

My first handgun was also a K-frame. A Model 19.

[old bear]

My first Smith and Wesson K frame, was purchased in 1970, a 2" S/B model 10. Sadly it went away years ago.

[joeb]

Actually there's this 65-2 that has been living with me for a goodly number of years coning to me through my father. Great piece except for being stainless which I don't favor.

[Jim Watson]

Still have .22 Combat Masterpiece, "pre 18" that was a very early purchase. My Dad had to pay for it because I was still a minor.

[Grant D]

My first was a 2 1/2" model 66-2 which I will never sell. It gets a lot of CC

[micromontenegro]

My first was a 6 inch model 48 that I got when I was thirteen. I still have it.

[sarge83]

My first K was a Model 19-4 with target grips, still my favorite .357 although a Model 28 is giving it a run for the money.

[Mike Irwin]

My first Smith & Wesson revolver was a .32, but an older I-frame Regulation Police.

I bought that in the late 1980s when I lived and worked in Pennsylvania.

My first K frame had to wait until 1993, when I finally moved out of DC and into Virginia...

A 4" S&W Model 19 in .357, my candidate for perhaps the single most useful and versatile handgun ever developed.

In my K frame stable I now have:

three Model 19s, a 2.5", a 4", and a 6".

A Model 18 in .22 LR.

A Model 12 Airweight in .38 Special

A circa 1920s Military and Police Hand Ejector .38 Special with a 5" barrel.

A circa 1920s M&P in .32-20.



Hard to believe that I only have 7 K frames, as they are such wonderful handguns.

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

1975 was a banner year for me. I bought my first cartridge revolver that year, this Model 17-3. Brand-spanky new it cost $125, which was a lot for a kid in his twenties. Still have the box and all the goodies.






Later that year I bought my Model 19-3. If I recall correctly, that one cost $135. Still have all the goodies for that one too.






Bought my Ruger Blackhawk 45 Colt/45ACP convertible that year too. This one cost a whopping $150. Don't have the box anymore but I still have the little red bag the extra cylinder came in.






Last but not least that year, I bought my first used revolver, a 38 Special Colt Police Positive Special. This one was made in 1952. Nope, don't remember what I paid for it.






Boy, I thought I was the cat's meow with a 22, 357 Mag, 45, and a 38. Turns out it was quite a few years before I started going crazy and becoming a gun acquirer.

[gnystrom]

Mine was a Mod. 64 3". I loved it so much my son shot it and it now lives in his house in TX.

[walks with gun]

When I was 13, I worked on a garbage route all summer and saved enough to by me a old model 10 four inch, I was pleased as punch till I got it home and my dad told me this gun had seen better day's. We went back and dad exchanged words with the dealer and I left with a very clean 5 inch pencil barrel model 10. Dad told me if I really wanted to learn to shoot well, he would keep me provided with ammo. I guess he didn't realize how many rounds a up and coming pistolero could go through. Early that fall I learned to cast and size bullets and how to reload. I feel very fortunate to have such a trusting father who is still one of the oldest and biggest gun nut's I know.

[Driftwood Johnson]

When I was 13, I worked on a garbage route all summer and saved enough to by me a old model 10 four inch, I was pleased as punch till I got it home and my dad told me this gun had seen better day's. We went back and dad exchanged words with the dealer and I left with a very clean 5 inch pencil barrel model 10. Dad told me if I really wanted to learn to shoot well, he would keep me provided with ammo. I guess he didn't realize how many rounds a up and coming pistolero could go through. Early that fall I learned to cast and size bullets and how to reload. I feel very fortunate to have such a trusting father who is still one of the oldest and biggest gun nut's I know.

What a great story. Thanks for sharing that. Makes me think about my own Dad.

[walks with gun]

Thanks much, Dad had a stroke several years ago, but is fighting his way back, still danged good with a rifle and loves handguns, now I'm doing his reloading for him. Luckily we only live about a quarter mile apart, and spend a lot more time together, now were getting things lined up for turkey season.

[BigJimP]

I've had a pre model 10 Victory model since about 1965, it belonged to an uncle originally.

Since then I have added a number of model 19's ( all Nickel ) and 66's ...in 4" and 2 1/2".. and a model 18 ( .22 )

I like the K frames a lot ...but the N frames have a special place in my heart ( model 27's especially ).

[Real Gun]

My 19-4, which recently got a replate on the cylinder. Mahovey's Metalife made it look like new. Don't shoot full power in this gun, but it's always 357.

My Combat Masterpiece Model 67 no dash. Good shootin' 38.

[jetinteriorguy]

First was a model 14-3, a real tack driver. It even makes me look like a competent marksman. Then came my model 67, almost as accurate but a better trigger and for me more fun to shoot. The 67 goes to the range every time.

[P5 Guy]

My ex wife inherited it from her step father on his death. She left it behind when she moved out.
I had a Model 19 4inch with a round butt, I do not remember the dash/revision.

[Sevens]

My first was a 17-6, Christmas gift from my Mom on the first Christmas after my Dad passed away. I was 16 years old and my eyeballs nearly popped clean out of my skull when I opened the present.

Interesting note on the 17-6 is that S&W elected to change the barrel in mid-engineering change! Yes, I likely didn't word that well but my point is that my 17-6 has the typical K-22 ribbed target barrel while many (more?) of the 17-6 wear the heavy full-lug barrel. One fellow on the S&W forum had the best explanation I have yet heard... I'm going to have to go search and find that explanation. S&W has often made us scratch our heads but this one in particular seems plain silly to me. The different barrel is, in my (logical?) opinion a -massive- change in the revolver but apparently not enough of a change to warrant a dash-7.

Of course I still have it!
These days I have nine K-frames, two of which are safe queens. My oldest one is a 6" Hand Ejector M&P 1905 4th Change in nickel, built around 1917, which I specifically bought at a gun show for the select purpose of shooting -- to replicate the fun of shooting my family heirloom revolver, a nearly exact same Hand Ejector from 1921 that's in far better condition. My Grandfather bought that in 1923 and gave it to me as a high school graduation gift.

All of my others are post-WWII, including a 1956 pre-Model 10 that was turned in to a PPC sweetheart, likely in the late 70's or early 80's.

[Jimbo-Indy]

Mine was a used 19 no dash, 6". That got sold to finance a new 686 which was later sold for medical bills. Many years later I picked up a well used 4" pre 10 which was later replaced by a 95% pre 10 (1936) 4". That revolver was sold to purchase my current 6" model 19-2. Always have to have at least 1 K frame around.

[Eazyeach]

My first was a K22 masterpiece. Still have it. I think I have 3 now. K22, 66-2 snubby and a 4inch 19-3. Make that four I have a 15-2 nickle I almost forgot about. My 19-3 is dead nuts accurate. Love me some k frames.

[Buzzcook]

In 75 I got a K frame iirc it was a Victory. Got it in trade for something and later traded it away without having shot it.

Fast forward to 09 and I picked up a M-617.

[357 Python]

My first K-frame was my 4" 10-8. Granted it is only a fixed sight gun but it is also one of my best shooters.

[burr527]

A Model 15 Combat Masterpiece bought in 1968. Still have the box and bill of sale..under 100 bucks!

[fotojake]

Just bought my very first S&W late last December, a model 64. I wanted something with fixed rear sights after owning and selling a Ruger NM Blackhawk .357. That gun's rear sights were quite wiggly and it was a little on the heavy side. Sold it and got the model 64. Quite the shooter.