For anyone interested in Pre-war S&W .357 Magnum revolvers, you might be interested in the threads I have posted both here on CGN:
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1835488-The-Penultimate-Non-Registered-Magnum
and also on the Smith and Wesson Forum, which I have spent a few days restoring the photos because my photo hosting site wasn't up to par and I had to change them all over. Things are better now.
It's a long thread in it's original form, about how the 2nd last Non-Registered Magnum from S&W left the plant in early 1942, went to Guadalcanal and later Bouganville and then served in Latin America with the CIA before retiring to Mexico with it's original owner.
It's a good story about a neat revolver and at least the photos in the original thread that came from me (and I am the current owner of the firearm) have been restored to their original glory.
Until 1974, Mexico had fairly decent gun laws and there are thousands of older-style S&W revolvers still there. Most are "illegal" under the caliber restrictions that remain in place since that time and almost none are registered, and thus, not really in any great danger of confiscation. Registered Magnums and Non Registered Magnums that sell for a premium in the U.S. (and that the Liberals want to simply ban here in Canada) rest quietly and are available for around a thousand dollars CDN if you are able to stumble upon them. I have several in my safe (down there, not up here) quietly waiting for me to return. In the meantime, I have a "safe-keeper" keeping them oiled and safe from any harm.
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1835488-The-Penultimate-Non-Registered-Magnum
and also on the Smith and Wesson Forum, which I have spent a few days restoring the photos because my photo hosting site wasn't up to par and I had to change them all over. Things are better now.
It's a long thread in it's original form, about how the 2nd last Non-Registered Magnum from S&W left the plant in early 1942, went to Guadalcanal and later Bouganville and then served in Latin America with the CIA before retiring to Mexico with it's original owner.
It's a good story about a neat revolver and at least the photos in the original thread that came from me (and I am the current owner of the firearm) have been restored to their original glory.
Until 1974, Mexico had fairly decent gun laws and there are thousands of older-style S&W revolvers still there. Most are "illegal" under the caliber restrictions that remain in place since that time and almost none are registered, and thus, not really in any great danger of confiscation. Registered Magnums and Non Registered Magnums that sell for a premium in the U.S. (and that the Liberals want to simply ban here in Canada) rest quietly and are available for around a thousand dollars CDN if you are able to stumble upon them. I have several in my safe (down there, not up here) quietly waiting for me to return. In the meantime, I have a "safe-keeper" keeping them oiled and safe from any harm.
