Does S&W Use Lew Horton to PROMO ?

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Posts: 7414 (12/30/05 08:20:42) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Hello It has occured to me that custom revolver maker Lew Horton seems to market the types of revolvers that many of us desire. He meets the demand of days gone by, but adds the new features to his revolvers as well. Do you think that Lew Horton and other custom gun manufactures are indeed Promoting revolvers to let S&W Know if there sucess at selling is worth bringing them back to production ? H.D. "HAMMERDOWN'S" Grips... Innovators not duplicators... When you simply want the very best...
Seafarer Mick	Re: Does S&W Use Lew Horton to PROMO ?	#1	[-]
Posts: 111 (01/27/06 19:15:18) Smith Shooter Fanatic Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I sure hope so. I have some stainless guns, but sure miss a nice, NEW revolver in a deep blue or nickel. I am not going to get into the whole lock issue as I don't think all our pissing and moaning will change anything. It is 2006 and not 1966 anymore. So on to now. The decision is do we buy up the reissues of guns like the new offerings from Smith at $8-900 or find an older model for the same price. The Blue Book I have by the computer sure doesn't reflect the prices I am seeing for the good old stuff anymore. I kind of like being the first owner of a new gun, but haven't seen a lot to get excited about. My 57 Mountain gun went right to the gun smith for an action job. I am looking forward to the 50th Anniversary model 29. I sure hope when I see it for the first time, I think WOW now that is nice. Time will tell.
hammerdown7	Re: Does S&W Use Lew Horton to PROMO ?	#2	[-]
Posts: 7414 (01/28/06 03:36:29) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hello Mick The Mountain Gun has me a little excited as well. Maybe ole Mabel needs a Blued cousin.. Hammerdown "HAMMERDOWN'S" Grips... Innovators not duplicators... When you simply want the very best...
ldp9b	Re: Does S&W Use Lew Horton to PROMO ?	#3	[-]
Posts: 29 (02/02/06 23:57:25) Smith Shooter Enthusiast Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi, When I had my 01 license I dealt often with Lew Horton. From their dealer literature , it leaves little doubt that they are Smith's main wholesale outlet and a ticket INTO the Performance Center. They always got and advertised the new additions first and in many cases I don''t think you could do more than stand in line and special order a performance Center model if you were a dealer and didn't go through Horton's. Things may have changes on this end as they seemed to have changed in other areas but as of 2001, this was the case. Or, my perception of the question as the salesman always pushed the Performance Center guns when I called to order something. Lewis
hammerdown7	Re: Does S&W Use Lew Horton to PROMO ?	#4	[-]
Posts: 7414 (02/08/06 08:57:57) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	*Quote:* as the salesman always pushed the Performance Center guns when I called to order something. Hello Sadly this sometimes REMOVES the WORKING man's wallet and budget when they TACK the extra price on this line.. H.D. "HAMMERDOWN'S" Grips... Innovators not duplicators... When you simply want the very best...
LouisF	Re: Does S&W Use Lew Horton to PROMO ?	#5	[-]
Posts: 486 (02/08/06 09:49:41) Smith Shooter Guru Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	*Quote:* Sadly this sometimes REMOVES the WORKING man's wallet and budget when they TACK the extra price on this line.. H.D. Yes!!! I have ONE PC pistol, a 945....More than likely it will be my last...I'd rather have 3 or 4 'regular (used) ones.. My $.02... Louis
hammerdown7	Re: Does S&W Use Lew Horton to PROMO ?	#6	[-]
Posts: 7414 (02/10/06 10:12:42) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	*Quote:* I have ONE PC pistol, a 945....More than likely it will be my last...I'd rather have 3 or 4 'regular (used) ones.. Hey Louis I feel the same way. I see them at Shows often and the prices usually make the vendor take them home. I FEEL the same action can be massaged in a production gun, and would rather have one of them as well. H.D. "HAMMERDOWN'S" Grips... Innovators not duplicators... When you simply want the very best...
poohgyrr		#7	[-]
Posts: 279 (03/01/09 02:36:40) Smith Shooter Guru Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I know Horton has quite a few revolvers I wish S&W would offer, like the blued & nickled square butt snub .44 Special & .45 ACP, and the blued & nickled square butt 3 1/2" 8 shooter .357 (yeah I know, but other than the lock & the price, this is what I've been asking for for years now). Standard production would be great. The longer barrels are fine and all, but I want these for carry and for that I want 4" or less. And on my pistols anyway, I want my butts to be square. John Northern CA Hi Powers & blued S&W .44 Specials "Life brings us sorrows and joys alike, it is what a man does with them- not what they do to him- that is the true measure of his mettle." T. Roosevelt "I can so put both feet in my mouth, just watch!!" Me
hammerdown7		#8	[-]
Posts: 7102 (03/03/09 03:15:45) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	poohgyrr wrote: I know Horton has quite a few revolvers I wish S&W would offer, like the blued & nickled square butt snub .44 Special & .45 ACP, and the blued & nickled square butt 3 1/2" 8 shooter .357 (yeah I know, but other than the lock & the price, this is what I've been asking for for years now). Standard production would be great. The longer barrels are fine and all, but I want these for carry and for that I want 4" or less. And on my pistols anyway, I want my butts to be square. Hello John I know that S&W is Now making the classic model 24 again. It currently is only offered with a 6-1/2" Barrel like the Original model of 1950 that I recently Picked up, But if perhaps you called them and requested a Snub Model they may place on into production ? Who Knows, a few years ago, I never dreamed of them bringing back these model's or the current ones like the 14,17,18,25,27,29,40,42,57 & 58 and if you watch the models they seem to start out with the Loger 6-6-1/2" Length for a year or two, then they Offer them with a 4" barrel later, so perhaps they will offer the .44 Special Model 24 with a 4" tube eventually...H.D. "Yeah, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, ... I shall Fear no Evil, as I carry with me My Loaded S&W"..
jimg11		#9	[-]
Posts: 1021 (03/05/09 18:44:57) Smith Shooter Guru Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I would like a new run of the Model 24 in 3". that Lou Horton convinced S&W to make back in the 1980's. Jim Firearms safety is no accident.
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Posts: 7108 (03/07/09 01:04:38) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	jimg11 wrote: I would like a new run of the Model 24 in 3". that Lou Horton convinced S&W to make back in the 1980's. Jim Hello Jim I see them occasionally come up for sale around here, and they still Command a premium. Lew Horton has come up with some great designs Over the years working with S&W and I want to think if it was not for him, The classic series Revolver's would not have been Re-Created.. H.D. "Yeah, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, ... I shall Fear no Evil, as I carry with me My Loaded S&W"..

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