Recent content by Laurent

Thank you very much all for the informative answers. Australian 2" M15, that's interesting! In the past, I had a 4" M15 too, but was disappointed by several problems (ignition, timing) and finally sold it. I'm in the marked for another one but they are rare here in Switzerland: you see more...

Great thread!!! High cool factor... especially with target hammer and trigger.

To my understanding, S&W introduced the spring with the 586/686 serie (part Nr. 54, Hammer Nose Spring on the schematic). I had a M15 that didn't strike reliably the primers. The pin channel in the frame was probably out of specs. The only way to get reliable ignition was to put a tiny part of...

Hello, I've always been a great fan of S&W K-frames and own a 4" M10, a 2" M15 and a 4" M19. When I picked my M15 at a dealer among several other used snub M15, I chose specifically this one: M15 with wide serrated trigger and wide hammer. First, I love this contradiction: a target gun with...

2 French Manurhin: Top is a 3" MR 73 Defense in a De Santis holster, low is a 3" Special Police (the Ruger Speed Six semi-clone) in a french police leather. L.

Thanks for the nice words. I concure in all with you about 3" wheelguns. The MR 73 3" was some sort of holy grail for me. I searched for long for one in 3" or 4" but you - seldom - see them here in 5 1/4" or 6". I finally found this one on the net, virtually unshot, by a fellow on the other...

Agreed, snubbies are sweet, like this 2" M15: The target hammer and trigger are especially desirable, IMO. Even if they don't make any sense on a snub. But I admit that I shoot more often my 4" M19 or this MR 73 Defense: The 3" barrel is more appropriate for .357, even if the light profile...

Thanks for the answer. L.

That's very good info. That barrel looks real thin. On the second pic, it appears to be filed at 6 o'clock: is it factory original? L.

A few years ago, I went to a dealer here who catalogued several used M15 2". I chose one made in 1984 over older pinned models because it had the target hammer and trigger (and it was tighter too). A snubby with target sights, target hammer and target trigger: just to much!!! The fact that...

The cheap answer is going to a STRONGER rebound spring. If the trigger trigger return is weak, the previous owner may have changed/cut it. Brownells and Wolffs sell sets with different weights. If the sear/hammer engagement has been changed, you have a problem. A good smith may be able to put...

Thanks Engine49guy, Is this M14 one of the Dayton Ohio PD guns mentionned in Supica & Nahas? Very nice gun for sure but I don't see the rationals behind these special police orders for 4" M14 when the M15 was around. Maybe the bull barrel... for .38 special, come on? Neither behind the US Air...

Thanks for the very informative thread. I didn't realized that M14 had such a beefy bull barrel (if I can say that). Is it particular to 4" M14? And how about the frame of the 2" M15? Some author (Jinks or Supica) writes that it differs from the normal 4" M15. As you can see on the pic, the...

This short message to say hello from Switzerland. I'm a long time member of the Handguns and ammos forum under the name "Larry". My interest is focused on handguns, pistols especially. With age, I turn more and more to wheelguns. I own a few rifles too. I shoot mostly the handguns, in a private...