New Smith&Wesson Revolver

American Handgunner | TEXASPROUD

[TEXASPROUD]

For all of the old farts out there that know a good revolver can settle a social fracas as well as a pistol, I got good news. Smith&Wesson is going to reintroduce the Model of 1950 .44 Military to be known as the Thunder Ranch Special Model 21-4. This will be a blued N-Frame, round butt, skinny barreled, fixed sight, .44 Special. I currently have an old Model of 1926 .44 Special, as well as an adjustable sight 6 1/2" Model 24 and a 4" Model 624 .44 Special. This retro model will bring us back to a simpler time, and for those from the Southwest, give an opportunity to own one of the more popular guns used by Southwest Peace Officers. I know the .44 Maggie can do more, has ammo interchangability, has more power etc., but for those more relaxed times you'll be able to slip on a hand tooled(basetweave) El Paso Saddelry Tom Three Persons holster, belt, and slide ammo carrier. Buffalo Bore bullets makes a .44 Special load that sends a 250 Keith bullet at 1000 fps from a 4" barrel @ SAAMI pressures. An ideal companion for the woods, the desert, or the jungles of New Jersey.(something for Mr.Benchley @ DU) The gun will be a standard item, not from the custom shop, so it should be affordable. I know there are better weapons out there for us to get to our rifles, but I for one am looking forward to acquiring one of these. Keep your powder dry. TP

[Shryke]

Clever photoshop of the .50 magnum, hehe. Can you imagine trying to fire a BMG round from a pistol? Ouch.

[Quilla]

I fell for it! LOL

[Jaysun]

It should look similar to this, right Tex? This is the Model 29 from 1955. It made famous by Clint Eastwood in the "Dirty Harry" films.

[Zavien Doombringer]

not a Photoshop, it is an actual 500

Look at the source of the photo...

[joesnuffy]

I have....they are no longer owned by that Limey toilet bowl company....the people responsible for the big brown nosing are history...

Yeah they still add some PC safety features...that are not only useless but dangerous to getting the weapon into action in a timely manner...imo

But their new line of SC handguns are also designated by the letters PD (Personal Defense)
so S&W publically confesses and promotes the notion that handguns are for protecting human life...bottom line...

[RagingBull]

S&W was owned by a foreign company when they sold out to the gun grabbers. Since then, they've been purchased by an American company and they seem to be restoring their former glory, so most people have stopped boycotting them.

[activationproducts]

BMG=Browning Machine Gun

[flashbunny]

Actually, ruger hasn't really stood firm. Bill ruger was the one who initally brought up the idea to ban high-cap magazines around 1989 in order to protect his rifles from being banned (and to protect his handguns from the then-new glock wonder 9's being introduced).

Ruger, S&W and now glock have all done different things to protect themselves but in the process showed a willingness to screw gun owners and the 2nd amendment.

Oh, and add olympic arms to the list for introducing a .223 pistol which lead to the banning of .223 AP ammo - even when they were warned by the gun community of the consequences!

[Zavien Doombringer]

That's no BMG, that's a BFG :)

[Shryke]

Look at his picture again. Chambers have been elongated to house actual .50 BMG rounds. Big difference.

[TC Rider]

I want one!

Dittos on the El Paso Saddelry leather, I have a 'Street Combat' for my 625 and a 'Double Agent' on order for my Colt King Cobra.

[Zavien Doombringer]

I was refering to my photo, to the other one...I think that one is hillarious. Imagine shooting that sucker...

[Jaysun]

Sorry. That was a bad picture.

[Dead Corpse]

I'd still like to get ahold of a S&W 1026 for my carry gun.

[Zavien Doombringer]

OOOoooo, I like!

[TERMINATTOR]

Browning Machine Gun. I think that's not a REAL gun. It would probably break every bone in your hand, and several elsewhere. Surgery may be required to remove the front sight from the shooters forehead.

[Atlas Sneezed]

We drove the traitor Smith out. This is a new guy. He's all for the second amendment.

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I'm willing to let it go, but keep in mind that the new owner put money into the pockets of the devil. If we were to boycott until the liquidation sale, then future companies would know that even if they got caught doing a nasty deal with the devil, they could always find buyers, and get a solid price for the company by pointing out that it didn't take long for Smith to recover from the worst gun boycott ever.

A boycott isn't about making US feel better, it is about teaching a powerful lesson that prevents future sellouts.

Buy Smith now, and you make future sellouts by other companies more likely.

[petro45acp]

BMG stands for "Browning Machine Gun." This caliber is reserved for hearty souls firing Barrett rifles and hitting things at ranges normally associated with indirect fire weapons (mortars, artillery, nuclear weapons)!

Odd little note. The expression "the whole 9 yards" has nothing to do with football. I comes from the belted ammunition (.50 BMG) used in the P51 Mustang. When you "gave him the whole 9 yards," you fired all the ammo in the belt.

Cheers,

[Eric in the Ozarks]

or be blinded by the five inches of blue flame.

[Cobra64]

Clever photoshop of the .50 magnum, hehe. Can you imagine trying to fire a BMG round from a pistol? Ouch.

Looks like a revolver to me. Not a pistol.