Recent content by Bradzed

I have an old Mossberg in 20. It has torn up the old metal horse pen very effectively. I tend to flinch with a 12 and, frankly, my old bones don’t like the recoil of the 12. A 20 will serve you well unless you’re facing a horde, then I’d reach for my old Ithaca with its barrel clip.:o

Greetings from the foothills of the Smokies.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I’ve lived in VA, did my grad school in MD, did a lot of hiking in West Virginia, have been to concerts in LA, FL, and TN in the last 6 months, so I really appreciate knowing so many of you are my neighbors.

I, too read the entire article. On one level I understand his ambivalence. But he seems to have confused criminality with gun ownership. I was particularly leery of his attempt to correlate states with with more gun owners with increased gun violence. As we all know, England is always invoked...

Yes, the prices effective date is October 1971. The original owner bought it in a town of only 6-8K so my guess is that it sat for a decade. That doesn’t shock me as I picked up a new Henry lever action 22 that was actually made 3 years before I bought it. My FFL had a customer who wanted one...

Hello, I actually first posted about a S&W 10-5 but thought I’d officially introduce myself. I split my time between a small town and the 70 odd acres of hardscrabble land I share with my sister and her husband. I’m a 63 year old woman who has been around guns most of my life. My dad was a WWII...

I spent 6 months traveling between Rome and Naples. I carried my passport and most of my money in a under my pants waist pouch. My phone and a small point and shoot camera in a under blouse pouch. I lost nothing. However, I watched everything: on the train from the Rome airport to the city I...

I wondered about the check’s date too. I was appointed power of attorney for the owner (a volunteer job I do when there’s no family) and could go back through his check registers. Fortunately, the owner was a pack rat and had papers going back to the 1950s. The date is definitely 1981. BTW, the...

And the second group: pages 2, 3, and 4 of the “manual;” and the original check for payment. Obviously, the gun is fundamentally sound but needs some cosmetic work. All I’ve done is clean it, shoot it, and clean it again. It is truly an iconic gun.:)

Ok, here’s the first group: gun with OEM barrel cleaning set; box label; page 1 of the “manual.”

Manual says: “Prices Effective October 1, 1969.” If I can figure out how to post photos, I’ll post everything I’ve got.

I’ll second the HK P7M8. Only drawback to it is that it area above the trigger gets hot from the recoil damping system. It’s almost the perfect pistol.

The only thing I can think of to possibly explain the time gap is that it was purchased in a very small town. The price was $96.31 including tax. The S&W ‘manual’ , all 4 pages long, says I can have it factory re-blued for $12.85. Wonder if I could hold S&W to that.:cool:

I’ve acquired a model 10-5; serial number D313497. Right barrel is stamped 38 S&W Special CTG. It was originally purchased in 1981 (I have the OEM box). I’m wondering if anyone can pin down the exact year of manufacture. Thanks.