Recent content by General Flunky

I have had a 5" one for fifty or more years. I had mine engraved by Tom Hartliep (spelling?). His brother Neil taught engraving in some NRA classes. I don't know if that hurt or helped the value. I did find out later how rare these were. It was my first Smith & Wesson 44 special I was able...

What about a gun like a 1950 5" M&P 44 special that was engraved by Tom Hartliep. Would that be considered a modified & reblued gun with no collector value? Or would it be desirable if done well?

I am not an expert on Marlins but I do have some made before Remington bought the company. The MR prefix in the serial says it was a Remington built Marlin. Check the left side of the barrel next to the receiver. If it has a "JM" stamp then the barrel was made by Marlin. If it has a "REP" the...

Ospho makes a rust inhibitor that will stop rust in its tracks. I used it on a tool box that was on a pickup on the gulf coast. I painted it after using ospho rust inhibitor and put it on a new pickup. The rust never came back or broke through the new paint. I now use it on gates and gate...

I love the stocks also but to me they look more like jigged bone than sambar. I looked at them again and they do look like Sambar. It was the polishing that threw me off. I had some jigged bone on a large frame once and loved the fit and feel as well as the looks. But none of my Sambar had...

Yes, I know what it was, I just didn't know what the current market value is and poorly stated it in the original post. The one I own is a 5" and I bought it in a gun store in 1970 for $200 so I'm a little out of touch with todays market prices. The one at the show was a 4" and I was only...

Yesterday at a small gun show I saw a 1950 44 special M&P with after market Harriat grips. My eyesite is poor and the lighting in the room was lousey but the gun appeared to be reblued at one time but now showed enough wear to be shooter grade even if I was wrong about the reblue. The asking...

I realize I am coming to the party late and seldom post here, although I have hung out here for years. At the risk of being a very unpopular person, I am going to disagree as to the possible cause of the KaBOOM. A lot of guns in that time period were shooting black powder loads. Though the...

Everyone has an opinion on guns like you have. I own some rare N-frame Smiths myself. A 5" 1950 target 44 special pre-model 24 and a 5" 1950 M&P 44 special pre-model 21. I plan on passing these to my nephew since I have no children. My instructions will be for him to shoot and enjoy these as...

model 14 I don't know where you live, but if this was mine I would at least talk to Alan Harton. He is not just a single action man. He is the best gunsmith out there for welding broken gun parts. Call him and ask him if he can save your barrel. All you have to loose is a phone call...