Recent content by Dave Fox

Oh, I dunno. At recent local gun shows I picked up a rare WW I German ear-cut-out steel helmet for $100.00 (the asking price, I didn't quibble. Picture of it as restored) and a circa 1750 British brass barrelled officer's pistol for $500.00. Guys my age are passing away and some good stuff is...

Back from 'Nam in December, 1968, I special ordered a Thompson-Center single shot pistol in .22 Jet, reasoning the insert would give me a rimfire capability. It did. Mounted a 4x pistol scope and hand loaded. Never could coax much accuracy out of the Jet but did achieve loud...that was one loud...

Friend Webb: Interesting. I'll check next weekend.

Several years ago I acquired this 1st Model No. 3 American at a local antique mall for a very reasonable price. It's chambered for .44 American caliber (some prior owner helpfully carved ".44 Amer" into one of the grip panels). On the backstrap survives an engraving "MORY", last letters of...

I purchased a 25 decades ago. Bought a passel of auto-rim brass. Loaded down for target work, the rounds are interchangeable in my 'shaved' Webley .455.

S&W Thank you. Never said I am going to have this revolver restored, just seeking the liberty to discuss the matter with an acknowledged expert. Didn't post my query to start a poll as to weather Tommy the Lobster should be returned to the ocean or tossed into a vat of boiling water.

Holsters I found a quality Belgian made No. 3 S&W double action copy cheap at a local gun show. Charles Clement Co. Came with a deteriorated military-style holster. Condition is excellent, bore as new, tight action. .44-40, which I hand load. Anyway, as to holsters, I sought in vain of holster...

Restoration Well, friend Murph, that's my concern in a nutshell. A top-notch restoration has its appeal. I like old automobiles. Drive (sparingly) a '62 Corvette. It's been restored: looks good, drives well, is appreciated. A '62 'Vette showing all of its 59 years of service is called a...

I've a S&W American devoid of finish, mottled, and, well, ugly as my dog's butt in its fetching way. I'm giving thought to having the finish restored to as near factory as possible by a craftsman. Have read reviews. However, who has had this sort of work done recently on a vintage revolver and...

Great idea. Alas, I'm 77, have a tad of arthritis, and am around the bend trying the manufacture leather objects.

Acquired a surprisingly well-made Belgian clone of a .44-40 S&W New Frontier double action revolver. It appears to have been made by the Charles Clement company. What research I've accomplished indicates production from circa 1893 to circa 1902. With the single-action trigger pull brought down...

Apologies if this has been addressed in an earlier thread, but my search didn't turn one up. Anyone out there supplying internal parts for a S&W American?

Kit gun I bought a Model 43 new in the '80s. Two-inch barrel, to take hiking in the western North Carolina mountains. Didn't keep it. Spent cartridges were all-but impossible to eject due, one suspects, to rough chamber walls. Shall take this honey to the range later this month....

Many thanks. There are but two screws visible, fore and aft of the trigger guard. Alloy cylinder and frame, just as y'all said. What a hoot; perhaps first year of production. Guestimate on a value range?

Son-in-law just gave me what I think is a pre-34 .22 kit gun (don't you wish YOUR son-in-law owned a gun shop?). I'm no Smith expert, so please bear with me. Pinned 3.5" barrel, adjustable rear sight, ramp front, no model number, serial on butt 6757. Blued steel. Hope I can contrive to attach a...