Here`s a small amount of S&W porn for Billstryker. I`ve always been a Colt fan, but years ago, after marrying my True Love, I bought her a S&W model 60. It was the only Smith wheel gun in the house for 32 years.
I got bit by the nostalgia bug last year and remembered a Smith model 31 that a long dead friend had. It fit in my hand well and was a hoot to shoot. I hit the local gun show and, lo and behold, I found one! Great shape, and reasonably priced. Whipped out the wallet and stuffed the gun in my pocket. Made it all the way to the other side of the show when, shazam!
Here sits another S&W I`ve always been interested in. A sweet little model 34! You could tell that it had been fired, but judging by the cylinder grove, it sure wasn`t much.
The gentleman had a price of $375 on it, but my wallet was thin after the first purchase, and besides, I like to haggle. Wound up paying $325 and got a nice Safari holster with it.
After I bought it, the guy gave me the history on the gun. It came out of an estate of a little old lady in Northern Michigan. She would strap it on twice a week to go out to fill the bird feeders. She had a lot of bears that would come up in her backyard, so if one got too close, she`d pop a round off into the air to scare `em!