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    Need bird ID help

    Merlin app is great. Use it almost everyday on walks with the hound.
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    Cup Tip Punches for S&W Revolvers

    Starrett has never made parallel punches with a cup tip. WTF?. IF they made them, I would own them. The cup tipped ones are tapered nail setting punches to be re-purposed as "starter" punches to get the domed head pin moving for a few millimeters. Now however, most of Starrett mfg. has been...
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    Smith & Wesson Model 27-1 5 inch barrel

    Here's S&W Historical account of the M27.
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    I Feel I Got Lucky, Picked up a Model 27-8

    I have this as-new 1964 mfg. M27-2 3.5". Matching # diamond stock panels.
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    Cup Tip Punches for S&W Revolvers

    You can fabricate small cup tipped punches from Brownells replaceable pin punches, which are essentially hard ejector pins. A Dremel ball tipped bit to the end of the punch. Done.
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    Cup Tip Punches for S&W Revolvers

    IF you cannot easily source them, you can modify a common punch to complete the task. Either a brass or steel parallel pin punch host with Dremel ball to create the "cup tip" OR use nail finishing punches that have a cup tipped surface. FYI- Most of the S&W & Beretta punch shafts are so small...
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    S/W M&P 22LR (Full Size)

    I have the M&P 22 Compact with 6500 rounds; purchased 2015; no issues whatsoever. I have two M&P22 full size; MP22 #1 Purchased 2015 Firing Pin Spring fractured @ 10,905 rounds fabricated a brass guide rod for spring to prevent its buckling which was the cause of fatigue fracture Ejector...
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    Early Model 57 with rare Vinyl Covered Presentation Case

    Last year I acquired this new-old-stock no dash M57. Historical letter indicates a 1981 shipping date to a well-known sporting goods store in Jackson Mississipi. Completely disassembled and cleaned.
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    High Grade Smith and Wesson

    I want the Manuhrin MR73 but not the one imported by Beretta the last few years. Looking for the 4" French mfg. variant.
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    SHOCKWAVE SHOTGUNs

    SBS Short Barrel Shotgun.........SBR Short Barrel Rifle
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    SHOCKWAVE SHOTGUNs

    "But I would much rather have a 590A1 than a Shockwave." No worries for me. I am quite familiar with the Rules. They are registered with BATFE as SBS's; $200 / each. No Tax $ now! The 14" 590A1. Have it your way.
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    SHOCKWAVE SHOTGUNs

    Well as long as we are dragging them out. I did these in .410 and 20 gauge. Not a fan of the birds beak style grip.
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    Question - chamfering cylinder charge holes

    Just an amateur but this is how I do it. Pretty easy to do. It's a simple hand-driven cylinder chamber chamfering tool with a caliber specific pilot. After the primary chamfering, polishing with a burnishing bob and finalized with a Spyderco ceramic cylindrical polishing tool. Here's a M65-3...
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    No trigger over travel on my model 57.

    There is supposed to be trigger stop rod in the M57. Maybe the rebound trigger spring is not the correct one, i.e. too long? supposed to only have 17 coils; maybe it is solid stacking. Maybe cut 1-1/2 coils off the existing rebound spring.
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    Dovetail sight removal and installation?

    Measuring the dovetail width is easy. Just need two identical gage pins and accurate calipers or inside micrometer. This is how I do it and the science behind it.
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