Price check S&W M-57 blued

[armexman]

Hi all, was $350 too much for this revolver? A police friend called me on Thursday offering some guns for me to peddle at my work and it took two days to decide i wanted this gun. I am wondering if I did good as I have no moulds in this caliber, he did include some RCBS Carbide dies with the Revolver. I think i only bought so I could buy all the necessities to make it shootable

[JudgeBAC]

Excellent price in my humble opinion. I would not hesitate to buy one at that price. The .41 mag is an excellent caliber with plenty of good bullets and molds out there. I have an unusual 212 gr. HB wadcutter mold that really shoots well with trail boss. Good luck with your new purchase.

[Hackleback]

I would be intirested in one at that price...........

[fatnhappy]

I'd be crowing about my latest purchase instead of asking about the price...ifin I could find a decent 57 for $350. I like the .41 a whole lot

[joatmon]

If it's in good shape you done real good, if the cylinder falls out when opened mabe
not so much!

[schreibwy]

N frame smiths are never cheap. If I had the opportunity to buy a 57 at that price I would have broken my hand getting to my wallet.

It will do everthing a 44 will do except kick as hard.

[armexman]

Thank you all!! I now have the S&W in the safe and I believe it will leave when my children divide up my guns. This revolver was bought on my friends payment plan; Pay when I win at the casinos! Seriously I did not pass up on this purchase just because it came with dies. Unfortunately I gave away the 41 brass to a friend that is deep into the 41MAG. I will be borrowing his Saeco mould to cast some 2-3,000 bullets from a hardness which he has found works real good for the M-57. I would like to again thank all whom responded and await mold suggestions for my own use. I was cleaning it earlier and there is no wear that I can discern came from extensive shooting. Hackleback he does have a S&W 460 8.5 With a Burris 3x for $950. Gracias

[BruceB]

The only .41 mould I own for my M-57 is the RCBS 41-210. It casts at 217 grains and .411" in my wheelweight alloy. Since I don't hunt with this revolver, it's sort of a long-range plinker. The accuracy is superb, perhaps the most-accurate revolver I've ever owned. I use 17.5 grains of 2400 as my standard load, which is comfortably below any sort of max load but still amply fast enough for my uses.

I don't mess with machine rests, but I can recognize good shooting when I see it. Quite a few of our members here have fired this revolver and load, and had extremely good results with it.

[Bret4207]

Man I'd of grabbed that gun so fast it'd of looked like magic! Sweet. Maybe some day Ill run across one.

[9.3X62AL]

$350 is a VERY GOOD price, Armexman.

Just after buying my first 41 Magnum in 2003 (BHawk x 6.5"), I ran across a Lyman #410032 SWC mould for it. This is a plain-based design with Keith-pattern drive bands and rounded lube groove, with smaller meplat that specifies a #429 top punch. It shoots VERY well from 800-1100 FPS in the 'Hawk, my 657 x 6", and a friend's late-60's M-57 x 4".

Buckshot provided me a 245 grain Lee 6-cylinder short-profiled SWC a little later, and it has only seen work in the Blackhawk so far. It shoots quite well too.

[Tristan]

Exceptional price, IMO.

If it's in very good or excellent condition, they generally run $200-300 more than that, more's the pity.

- Tristan

[armexman]

Thank you all again, I just finished loading up some SAECO 411,15 BHN, with 8 and 8.5 of Unique to try out tomorrow. I will be sending money to AZ for a RCBS 41-210K and hope to try out that bullet with variations of the above loads. I am glad to report that my hands are not broken from the revolver purchase but from the buying of:shellholders,mold,cases,sizing dies(lee and Lyman) and Hogue grips.

[pearson1662]

Thank you all again, I just finished loading up some SAECO 411,15 BHN, with 8 and 8.5 of Unique to try out tomorrow. I will be sending money to AZ for a RCBS 41-210K and hope to try out that bullet with variations of the above loads. I am glad to report that my hands are not broken from the revolver purchase but from the buying of:shellholders,mold,cases,sizing dies(lee and Lyman) and Hogue grips.

What is the Saeco 411? Is it a discontinued mold?

[mstarling]

The first revolver I bought while I was in college in 1967 was a 6" S&W M57. Cost me $125 used. Was MANY years ago. Is a recessed jug, pinned barrel model. Still have it. I still hunt with it. It still kills deer very, very dead. Longest hit lasered at 124 yards.

I use an old 6 cavity original H&G 6 cavity mold (which I bought new for $37) to make 220 grain bullets from WW. Drive them with H110 or WW296.

Years later I bought a 3" M657 Round Butt that I carry legally concealed when hunting. I figure if a black bear decides to occupy my tree while I am bow hunting he's not gonna like the result.

You have a winner. You'll enjoy it and it will serve you well!

[TNsailorman]

I too had a streak of luck like yours for the same price. I have been a fan of the .41 magnum since the late 60's. I have owned several over the years and the Model 57 has always been my favorite. The Hensley&Gibbs 220 grain mould is I believe the old Keith bullet for the .41. Right now I don't own a mould in .41 as I usually buy my cast bullets in this caliber from Black River. If I decide to cast my own I may get Mountain Moulds or someone else to cut me a 240 grain version of the H&G. Should be about right.

[crowbeaner]

I bought and sold several M57s back when the retail was $337.50 and M29s couldn't be found for $1000 anywhere. It is my absolute favorite sidearm, and I carried a 4 inch P&R barreled one for over 10 years. It shot 1 hole groups with the RCBS 41-210-KT sized .410 and 10.0 grains of SR 4756. I have a brand new 410032 Lyman, the RCBS mould, A 410459 Lyman, and the 410610 gascheck Lyman moulds. Sadly, I no longer have any handguns. I make a few boolits for friends and give out loading advice when they ask. Fine gun, nice price, it will kill anything with 1 or 2 well placed shots, and I am GREEN with envy. Yeah, I know, cardinal sin. I just slapped my hand.

[Three44s]

I picked up a 57-1 (8 3/8) for 365 and a DW Blued 6" full lug also in .41 mag. for 250 in Jan of '05

As a dyed in the wool .44 guy ...... the last thing I was thinking about was adding the .41 to my retitiore ..........

BUT a bargain is a BARGAIN!!

These two gems were 99% and like new ....... original box and wooden grips with the Smith ..... nothing with the "Dan" ........

VIVA fourty something round shooters!!!

Three 44s

[longhorn]

I've been salivating over S&W's lately, for some reason; any N-frame for $350 sounds like a good deal, unless it's been lying in the bilge. If you want to feel really smug, google up the smith and wesson forum.