Recent content by 2krkrider

About 11:00PM the wife and I came home from a late evening out and as we're walking up to the house, I hear voices in the park behind our home. Told my wife I was going to see what was going on at this late hour in the park. Looked into the park and saw 7 young men standing on the pitchers...

My wife is recoil shy, has bad wrist and extra weigh in hand bag hurts her shoulders. She loves her 317 snub with Crimson Trace. Never a problem with the gun (unless I'm banging away a few hundred rounds, at which time, when it is too hot to hold, ejection gets a little sticky). 8 rounds of...

This was about 45 years ago in the NC mountains. We were on vacation, family camping in a VW Bug. My brother and I were in the back seat. Mom, 6 months pregnant was in front seat and Dad was driving. Just before dark we stopped to fill up and when we got back on the road it was just getting...

I've got the same one (Model 60-18) and it is a hand full with .357 rounds. With 38spl it is a pleasure to shoot. The longer sight radius improves getting rounds on target. I got mine new and as such paid a little more. I like the J frame 5" barrel enough that I picked up a Model 63-4...

I have both a 317 and 63. The 63 has never had problems after one visit back to S&W to fix an incorrectly installed barrel. The 317 will get a little sticky to eject after about a hundred rounds. I found the hotter the 317 gets, the more sticky it is to eject. When I put the 317 down to cool...

Shortly after I got my M1 I had the pleasure of talking with a man who carried a M1 across France. He said the M1 was better than the M-14 because you could stay much closer to the ground while fighting with the M1. He also muttered some profainty about thick Army buttons as he expressed how...

1970, South Carolina: While riding with a motorcycle club on our way back to North Carolina, a county deputy passed us and turned sideways in the road. We stopped. The deputy said everyone was to stand beside their bike and have license and registration in hand. He walked down the line of 25...

I know for a fact that if you use a M29 on the left hand side of the CB500T engine with the carbs off, a white smoke/vapor will come out of the intake. What ever problem you have now with the bike will never bug you again. As fun as that was, it was unsatifying as then all I had was scrap...

My father flew 32 missions in 1944. Sixty years later we went for a B-17 flight. It was worth every penny. When we got back, he spent the next eight hours talking with visitors about the plane and what it was like as a waist gunner and toggler. If you have the chance, take the flight. I...

I always carry while riding. If going thru a state that doesn't respect my CCP, I adjust so as to be legal under Federal laws and don't stop in that state. I also carry two weapons, minimum. One in pocket (.22 LR) and one in saddle bag (.44 S&W SPL). My primary defense is to run away. It is...

I just got a new to me Smith and Wesson model 624 with 6 1/2 barrel. When I look it over, I found serial number AHB8336 on the butt and serial number AHB8337 above the model information on the yoke. A very close inspection shows both numbers are first strike on undisturbed metal. I emailed...

I just got a new to me Smith and Wesson model 624 with 6 1/2 barrel. When I look it over, I found serial number AHB8336 on the butt and serial number AHB8337 above the model information on the yoke. A very close inspection shows both numbers are first strike on undisturbed metal. I emailed...