Recent content by jlh

They're dimensionally, identical, except for "hole-in-the-barrel."....'Locks up fine....'Don't have any mags for 9mm yet, but the 40 mags work, except for not ejecting the last round, which extracts, but doesn't eject....'Hopeful that 9mm mags fix this.....Thoughts?......'On another note, has...

Does anyone know if the new M&P 2.0 Compact Mags fit the older, original M&P Compact...If not, does anyone know where to find the older mags? Thank you

38Superman...I too am in my '70s, and don't have the hand-strength that I once had...I put some stair-grip-tape over the shallow scallops on the slide, and that solved my issue.

RE. M&P Shield 2.0 9mm...VERY Hard to Rack Thanks to everyone for all the responses. Yes, I'm very much still "around," but don't post to forums very often, but do monitor them. The problem is the narrow slide, coupled with the stiff, recoil-spring, but I've found a technique that works for...

This has to be the most difficult slide to rack that I've ever seen...'Had S&W send me a new recoil spring assembly, but still very difficult to rack...There's no binding of any type....'just hard to pull...I've put "sand-paper" style grip-tape over rear slide serrations, and that makes...

I found one of these, today, "as new in box," for $340. 'Good deal?

'Spotted a 28-2...6"...S/N N582XXX...1980 mfg?? 'All original w/perfect magna-grips...'Light surface-rust, in several spots, which I'm fairly confident will "clean-up." 'No bluing-wear, whatsoever...anywhere...'Lock-up is "as-new," and appears to have been fired very little...I can get it for...

Thanks Thanks for the information. This pistol has the spring that is "bridged" at the top rather than two "prongs." I can't visualize this ever breaking, so if I elect to get this pistol I'll probably just use as is. So long as the trigger is just released to the the "reset" point, one would...

I have found a 4506-1 in 95% condition for a good price. It appears to have the Gen 3 "hitch" in the trigger, although upon examination, I didn't know what I was seeing at the time, until doing some research on this forum (please forgive me, as I know there are other posts regarding this...