Recent content by cehollier

Thank you all of the members for your responses. I understand practicing with the weapon you use for self defense. I have done so with her pistol and it is unreliable for self defense IMO. I have shot many pistols in my 40 years of collecting firearms and this is a problem design. My wife will...

My wife recently bought a .380 EZ for personal defense. We noticed if not perfectly held the grip safety will not allow the pistol to fire. I have been shooting for 40+ years and have never had a pistol with this issue. I sent it back to S&W and they returned it stating it passed their tests. It...

I'm a newbie but have gotten a lot of good information from this forum. :)

We don't claim Nagin. Or New Orleans for that matter. LOL

Buy a standard. Shoot it a while. If you want to have it tuned do so at a later date. That way you can send it to an expert smith and know exactly what you are getting. I have read that the trigger work coming out of the performance center can be hit and miss. I bought a standard 686 plus...

I read somewhere that officials were trying to ban gun shows at the cow palace. Glad to see they haven't.

Very nice. Are those registered pre 200 ban? The 2000 Assault Weapons ban in the state of California sparked a renewed interest in the AR-15 rifle. It is estimated that some 400,000 California Legal AR-15s are in existence in that state, with another 100,000 added each year.[21] There are...

I don't need to live in California to realize it's gun laws are prohibitive. Maybe the joke was out of line. But I love owning pistols/AK's /AR's and other high capacity magazine firearms.

Man, I don't see how you guys in California put up with the gun control your state representatives impose on you. There is a joke calling California the "Granola State". Because what ain't Fruit is Nuts. :D

Thanks Steve. I'm looking to put an unfluted cylinder on my 686 plus revolver. I won't be swapping back and forth. If I change the cylinder it looks as if I will have to have a gunsmith do this.

I am new to revolvers so please excuse all the questions. If I were to purchase another cylinder for my 686 would it drop right in and fit or is it something a gunsmith has to do? Thank you, Charles

I found a six shot unfluted cylinder at Midway. I also found a complete 686 plus with a unfluted barrel so I now know they make them. I'll contact Midway and see if they can get the seven shot unfluted cylinder.

I found several 686 unfluted cylinders for sale but so far they have all been six shot cylinders. Does anyone know if S&W makes an unfluted seven shot cylinder for the plus model? Thank you, Charles

Guys, thanks for the pictures. They pretty much sum up what I'm seeing and reporting. I guess they have a Chimp with a dremmel tool to crown the barrels now. I bought a 686 because I need a revolver to round out my collection. Did an internet search on reviews and bought it. No regrets. It...

Actually I was born in the Woodlands just North of Houston. :)