[4Sale] S&W non registered magnum

[mike1117]

Snattlerake. I think you are correct. Mark Novak videos on restoration vs conservation are quite interesting on a side note.

 

[grizzlywinmag]

.357 Magnum caliber had just been introduced and S&W made (before the Model 27 was called the Model 27) the Registered Magnum. They were the premier topline model made by S&W and were special order only. You specified barrel length down to 1/8" increments, sights, sight registration, and finish. They came with a registration card numbered to the gun that the owner could mail in and receive a certificate signed by Douglas Wesson.

It wasn't long before S&W decided they were too costly to manufacture and dropped the Registered Magnum and just made the same gun with a set of features and those were the Unregistered Magnums. There were only about 2000 unregistered made before WWII broke out. After WWII they were the Model 27.

S&W didn’t begin assigning Model numbers until 1958. So it was simply called the S&W 357 Magnum. Collector community calls these post war guns pre-27s…even after Model numbers were applied, the Name still applied.

 

[grizzlywinmag]

I doubt Turnbull would take this project on. The grinding is way too deep. And if they did decide to accept the job, it’d probably cost in the several thousands. The real deal is, it’ll never be as it left the factory in 1940. And if you spend as little as $3k to rehab the gun, its value will not be commensurate with the cost. Refinished gun’s value drops considerably, as in more than half.

 

[Navydoc]

I know I will regret it later in life but this one is sold