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  • doc540
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2008
    • 1515

    Trust 'ol doc On This One - S&W M41

    I'm new to this ".22LR target gun" thing, but let me tell you...this Smith Model 41 is more accurate and has the best trigger of any pistol I've ever shot.

    Hoooly Moooly!

    Got it last Sat., and within a few minutes of getting familiar with it, I was making little steel piggies scream, "PIIIING" and fall right over at 50 yards.

    And, I'm not that good of a shot, period.

    You can pick them up used for about $650-$950.

    If you happen to run across one locally in that price range, just go ahead and snag it! They ain't gonna get any cheaper as time marches on.

    1980 with box and goodies!


    Last edited by doc540; 06-11-2012, 10:44 AM.
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  • #2
    cudakidd
    Veteran Member
    • Apr 2007
    • 3296

    love mine and if one is good two is better!

    TURNING and turning in the widening gyre
    The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
    Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
    Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
    The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
    The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
    The best lack all conviction, while the worst
    Are full of passionate intensity.

    William Butler Yeats 1865-1939

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    • #3
      2nab
      Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 421

      If anyone has one for sale PM me. I've shot almost every .22 pistol I am aware of but not the Smith 41. I've eyeballed them for years I think its time I have to have one.

      I'm glad you are enjoying yours. Hopefully, soon I can also join the ranks of happy 41 shooters

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      • #4
        22popnsplat
        Senior Member
        • May 2008
        • 1042

        I have to agree , since i picked up a model 41 my Rugers have sat in the safe . they come in two barrel lengths and you can easily pick up the barrel length you dont have on line . the barrel changes in a couple of minutes and i have thought about a second one and just leave a red dot mounted on it .

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        • #5
          Tank 57
          Veteran Member
          • Jul 2009
          • 4146

          Love mine,does need a little care.Doesn't like to be dirty.Wolf match target is incredible in mine.First box was so good,I thought about stopping because the target looked so good.

          Shoot it the most of my .22 pistols.When I want to shoot a lot of rounds without worrying about cleaning,the Ruger MKII and MKIII come out.

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          • #6
            doc540
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2008
            • 1515

            Originally posted by 2nab
            If anyone has one for sale PM me. I've shot almost every .22 pistol I am aware of but not the Smith 41. I've eyeballed them for years I think its time I have to have one.

            I'm glad you are enjoying yours. Hopefully, soon I can also join the ranks of happy 41 shooters
            Watch 'em on Gunbroker.

            To the vigilant goes the prize.
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            • #7
              Spdjunkie
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2006
              • 1972

              S&W 41 + CCI SV = FTW !

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              • #8
                evolution1974
                Member
                • Sep 2009
                • 265

                Here's my late 70's vintage S&W 41 with a 7" barrel. I also picked up a 5" barrel to go along with it. Switching the barrels can be done in thirty seconds. The 41's have one of the best stock triggers in the market. My other 22lr handguns are lucky that I believe in the saying that "variety is the spice of life". Otherwise, they would never come out of the safe.

                Doc, your preaching to the choir. I didn't know what i was missing until I had a chance to shoot my S&W 41. The cost of admission is relatively high but it was worth every penny to me.



                Last edited by evolution1974; 06-11-2012, 9:47 PM.

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                • #9
                  doc540
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 1515

                  Nice pieces there!

                  Regarding cost, a nice, used M41 can be purchased for about the same or less than many, run-of-the-mill 1911's, and we know how many of them are getting bought all the time.

                  I'm just sayin'.
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                  • #10
                    cudakidd
                    Veteran Member
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 3296

                    For the 41 Check out the Clark Barrels, I have one and it's great for mounting optics.
                    TURNING and turning in the widening gyre
                    The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
                    Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                    Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                    The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
                    The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                    The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                    Are full of passionate intensity.

                    William Butler Yeats 1865-1939

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                    • #11
                      RandyD
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Jan 2009
                      • 6673

                      Originally posted by cudakidd
                      For the 41 Check out the Clark Barrels, I have one and it's great for mounting optics.
                      I agree. The Clark barrels are very accurate, and having a red dot or scope on the pistol enhances accuracy.
                      sigpic

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                      • #12
                        IPSICK
                        Veteran Member
                        • Nov 2005
                        • 4259

                        Originally posted by doc540
                        Nice pieces there!

                        Regarding cost, a nice, used M41 can be purchased for about the same or less than many, run-of-the-mill 1911's, and we know how many of them are getting bought all the time.

                        I'm just sayin'.
                        Except for 1911s in the same price range you might have to spend $300-500 more on it to get the kind of trigger you get on a S&W41.

                        P.s. I hate you all, I am trudging along with my Ruger 22/45.
                        "When you get the (men) to the range, you just get the men. But when you bring the (women) to the range, you get the (whole family). And that's what's going to save our 2nd Amendment."--Dianna Liedorff

                        "Since self-preservation is the 1st law of nature, we assert the...right to self-defense. The Constitution...clearly affirms the right of every American...to bear arms. And as Americans, we will not give up a single right guaranteed under the Constitution." --Malcolm X

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                        • #13
                          MasterrEugene
                          CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                          CGN Contributor
                          • Oct 2010
                          • 1021

                          is this similar to the smith & wesson 22A?

                          Also, is the gun blued?
                          Acts 2:38

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                          • #14
                            -hanko
                            CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                            CGN Contributor
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 14174

                            Originally posted by MasterrEugene
                            is this similar to the smith & wesson 22A?

                            Also, is the gun blued?
                            Only that they're both .22 semi-autos. Go here> http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/w..._757752_757751

                            Yes.

                            -hanko
                            True wealth is time. Time to enjoy life.

                            Life's journey is not to arrive safely in a well preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy schit...what a ride"!!

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                            • #15
                              MasterrEugene
                              CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                              CGN Contributor
                              • Oct 2010
                              • 1021

                              thx
                              Acts 2:38

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