Picked up this 36 today, second Smith arrived via USPS 15 minutes after I left the store. Guess I’ll go again tomorrow. Price was better than anything I was finding locally in the pawn shops. Photos online didn’t look great but it cleaned up a good bit with just a wipe down. I’ll polish it up a bit and give it a thorough cleaning after shooting it a bit this weekend.
10 years to retirement! Just waiting!
February 18, 2025, 05:57 PM
TheFrontRange
Congratulations!
"The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli." - George Costanza
February 18, 2025, 06:20 PM
92fstech
Very nice. You're going to enjoy that little 36. Find some wadcutters somewhere and you'll be surprised how shootable and accurate a snubby can be.
You already know this, but be careful, they multiply. And in your case apparently very quickly!
February 18, 2025, 09:22 PM
ArtieS
Wow, that's nice. A snubbie revolver is one of the holes in my collection. My shortest revolver is 4". I'd love a nice shorty, and that one's beautiful.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
February 18, 2025, 09:27 PM
sigarms229
Nice.
One of the few revolvers I regret selling was a nice early 80's Model 60 which is the all stainless cousin of the 36.
Sometimes, you gotta roll the hard six
February 18, 2025, 09:51 PM
newtoSig765
I really miss my 36, bought new in the late 1970's, sold about 10 years later. It came with a crisp trigger and I could shoot 2-1/2" groups at 75 feet when I tried.
-------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken
I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18
February 19, 2025, 06:05 AM
reluctantpaladin
Congratulations on the new Model 60. I have been a fan of both it and its close kin for years. My favorite load was the now almost impossible to find 200gr lead bullet. Now days it's a 158-gr lead SWCHP.
February 19, 2025, 10:42 AM
SgtGold
There was a 200 grain 38 caliber pistol bullet? Do tell...
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Originally posted by reluctantpaladin: Congratulations on the new Model 60. I have been a fan of both it and its close kin for years. My favorite load was the now almost impossible to find 200gr lead bullet. Now days it's a 158-gr lead SWCHP.
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February 19, 2025, 03:48 PM
reluctantpaladin
Yes Sgt There were at least two flavors, one from Winchester one from Remington
