Smith and Wesson 1000M: My first auto!
Smith and Wesson 1000M: My first auto!
No pics for now. It has decent wood on it. 2 3/4" barrel, but from what I've read, the "M" designates a 3" reciever. I'm also wondering how I can tell if it's the old or new production (I'm assuming old). It has screw in chokes and the old style thick brown buttpad. It was too beautiful to pass up. I could've had an 11-48 for the same price, but I just loved the look of the Smith too much. It also has a vent rib. Paid 400 including tax. Did I do okay?
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Re: Smith and Wesson 1000M: My first auto!
No pics 
Oh well, sounds like a nice piece, I don't know about the price, sounds good to me, but I don't track the price trends on these. 
Oh well, sounds like a nice piece, I don't know about the price, sounds good to me, but I don't track the price trends on these. Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Re: Smith and Wesson 1000M: My first auto!
There's a picture of it now.
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Re: Smith and Wesson 1000M: My first auto!
Nice gun blake 
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Re: Smith and Wesson 1000M: My first auto!
S&W 1000 autos and 3000 pumps are solid, well made guns. Many a PD used the pumps for cruiser guns. I probably would have gotten the 11-48 myself; I like the way they come up to the shoulder, just like the Sportsman 58, 1100, 11-87, 870 and 887. If I was buying a duck/ upland/ goose gun today, it would be the 887.
Keep the gas port area clear of all oil, they'll gum up and and cause malfunctions.
Enjoy your S&W 1000, Blake44!
Keep the gas port area clear of all oil, they'll gum up and and cause malfunctions.
Enjoy your S&W 1000, Blake44!
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sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
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Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
Re: Smith and Wesson 1000M: My first auto!
Thanks guys! I love the comfortable weight and the way it draws. Really balanced for an auto.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
~Thomas Jefferson
~Thomas Jefferson