Recent content by damascusdave

One advantage I have noticed about having a set of snap caps is that some gun dealers will not let you dry fire a revolver without them. I bought a set specifically for that reason, changed my mind about buying that particular gun, and now have changed the other way and am going to add it to my...

I really had a tough time deciding between a new Smith and Wesson and an older one. The last Smith and Wesson I bought was a Model 18 that I got used in the late 70's. Back then we really did not care much about when a gun was made so I have no idea when it left the factory. I also bought a...

Threads like this remind me that I chose a Model 28 at 200 dollars over a long barrel (as I recall they are actually 8 3/8 inch). I was making 440 dollars a month and the extra 25 bucks they wanted for the Model 14 was important. The fact is I only shot one box of .357 ammo through the 28. I...

In the 3 months it took to get the required paperwork to buy a handgun here in Canada I was all over the map with trying to decide what to buy. Eventually I kept coming back to S&W because the only other handguns I have owned, 3 in number, were all S&W revolvers. On Friday I finally made a...

Just to clarify, that gun would have been around for some time before 1961.

You have it in the wrong place. That is a hand ejector model of some sort and needs to go in that thread. The gun appears to be collector grade and depending on exactly what it is the value will likely surprise you. You now own a great piece of Smith and Wesson history.

I recently found an old article by Skeeter Skelton about the K22. Early in the article he talked about a friend who never cleaned his. After many years it developed a bulge in the barrel and he simply gave it away and bought another one. Just a little something to think about.

My buddy who knows his guns swears by Norinco.

I think I figured out where your problem lies. "Learning to shoot a handgun left handed is NOT going to happen".

I like the idea of a shotgun in that situation.

That is the last part of the puzzle that started over 40 years ago for me. It did have a commercial blue finish. It makes sense that Parker-Hale would have done that. Thanks for maintaining this thread.

I have always liked the soft swaged 148 HBWC made by Speer. I have Speer manuals 8 and 9 and both of them list loads for the Model 52 separately from other .38 loads with that bullet. As I recall the minimum load listed that will cycle a Model 52 reliably is 2.2 grains of Bullseye. One of the...

My foggy memory tells me that another thing I never really understood about that gun is that it did not have a V prefix in the serial number. Which I am guessing is because it is what is referred to today as a preVictory gun. It had a 5 inch barrel and what certainly appeared to be original...

Just this morning I decided I ought to post about my experience with what I believe to be a Victory model and I am happy to see this thread. Unfortunately we are doing this in absentia (old school for without the gun in hand) as I sold it over 35 years ago. I bought it in a local gun shop, where...

Just a little bit about pricing on those guns from a Canuck perspective. I have no idea what year my gun was made because in those pre internet days nobody cared. I do know I bought it used about 1977. It came with a Bianchi break front holster and the owner was asking 135 dollars for it. He was...