The knife is a Kershaw 1422ST "G-10 Talon", and the revolver is a Model 581-1, circa 1986; Smith & Wesson's "Distinguished Service Magnum".
You can love or hate the full underlug barrel, but there's no denying that the L-frame revolvers it debuted on are sturdy workhorses, easily up to whatever punishment the .357 Magnum chambering can dish out. The 581/681 Distinguished Service Magnums differ from the much more common 586/686 Distinguished Combat Magnums in having an M&P-style fixed sight frame, which makes them less snag-prone, gives them fewer parts to break or fall off, and (in my biased opinion) makes them much more pleasing to the eye.
A body could do worse than to find themselves armed with a serious shootin' iron like this one.
2 comments:
I used to have a 3" 681 PC from Lew Horton's but had to get rid of it during a moment of lack of money. I really wish I could find a 3" 681/581 for a decent price.
Revolvers with full underlugs look just fine, thank you very much.
They look more like an hour-glassed shaped pin-up girl, as opposed to those skanky, stick-thin hangers on the model runways in Paris or wherever.
Keep 'em coming.
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