Recent content by Falguy

How about a Thursday bump?

Nobody wants to get rid of their 617? I can't say I blame you. How about a 422 or 622 with 4" bbl and a Tuesday bump

Looking for a shooter grade, 4” barrel, 10 shot S&W 617-6. It can be an earlier 617-4, not having an IL isn't important Price is kinda important, not looking for NIB but something used at a decent price. PM me if you have one that you wouldn't mind getting rid of. Thanks in advance. I’m...

RIP ammo is a remake of ammo the military designed and tested decades ago. It failed The fragments didn’t have enough mass to do much of anything and the remaining part of the bullet had reduced penetration due to lost mass Duckford was right. Maybe a little bit on the rough side but he’s...

You might want to call 'Boone Trading Company' They deal with a lot of ivory products. I've bought 1911 grips from them recently. There was no trouble buying ivory from them in the Northwest and having them mailed to Louisiana The only problem I know of is bringing them into the US. You can't...

It's just an old gun As a re-blued, arsenal mutt, it has no collector value. $475 is more than fair

I'm starting a 1911 custom shop and have already built 10 or so Commanders Some of them in 45 ACP but most in 9mm. Most are stainless but some are manganese Parkerized. Nobody in this part of the country seems to be familiar with the Commander. While there's nothing wrong with a Government...

I don't see any rudeness. A lot of people on this forum buy Smiths to shoot. Very old Smiths or brand new Smiths, people buy them to shoot. One of the wear spots is the stop notches.

In my IPSC/ICORE gun it's my goal to shoot fast enough to snap the cylinder stop in half. Never made it there but it's still a goal So sure, there will be peening

I've been blessed in the latter part of life. Out of all my guns, with many of them being custom 1911s, vintage Smiths and custom rifles, the 625 JM is a personal favorite. It's the smoothest, most ergonomics and all around slickest gun of them all. A natural pointer and joy to reload...

If you need the IL, there's no reason not to use it I never really paid much attention to them on my competition and training guns Not until I started buying Smiths just to shoot did it become a factor. The guns really weren't needed and the IL made a difference in the looks Buying Smiths...

Old ivory grips in fair condition(best I can tell from the photo) might bring $250. I wouldn’t pay that much but someone else might Carved ivory grips? Someone might pay more than $200 but I would never consider it. The grips look too heavily carved to be practical. If the carving had been more...

I had one on my 617 for a short time and found using a reflex on a revolver to be cumbersome Supposedly the reflex will train you to get on the sights quicker. It didn’t work for me. I moved it back to a Ruger MKII where it still resides today The Burris Fastfire is a good reflex and will...

You're right. A bobbed hammer is to make it snag proof. There is no accuracy advantage to single action and, more than likely, much less accuracy with single action fire in a defense scenario. In a defense situation everything is moving, lighting might be bad, adrenaline is pumping and...

Maybe I'm just a heretic I much prefer the 444 Marlin. Better cases, less recoil and great bullet selection if you hand load using Bear Tooth Bullets. There are also other good lead bullets and store-bought loaded ammunition pharman You said Ohio just started allowing the 444 In what type of...