Recent content by LeftHand-Fu

Sorry you and your wife had to go through that. I am looking forward to learning more from your article. I was only recommending that book based on the first serial number posted here, and there is indeed very little about this S series in either edition.

OK that clears it up. I guess you posted that correction just as I was typing my previous guess. As others have already said, that makes it a postwar M&P manufactured 1945-48. Looking forward to those pictures!

My guess is a .38 Military and Police Model of 1905, manufactured circa 1906 - 1909. Likely second generation ("2nd Change"), but as everyone else here has already said some pictures would help, because there was some overlap between the 1st gen and 2nd gen in those serial numbers and seeing the...

Beautiful gun, exactly as described, wrapped and packed better than the stork carries babies, and shipped with the supreme patience required to get anything into California. Thank you!

A lot of felt recoil has to do with hand geometry, bone size, padding... (No, I did not just call you fat, Honey. Honest. I'm just talkin' hand harmonics. And I get stronger vibrations from you than any gun anyway, Baby. You know I do.)

With a steel J-frame I've shot 450 rounds in one session, no problem. With an aluminum J-frame...I'd rather not shoot unless I have to. Seriously. I too chose Pachmayr Compac grips after trying many others. They fill the hand, help accuracy, and cushion the recoil. Instead of that hip...

One more thing OP, very important: the LCR trigger has a longer pull than a Smith J-frame. Being used to Smiths, I always start out shooting a little low with an LCR, and also sometimes fail to let the LCR trigger out far enough to reset. I don't know how this relates to an SP101, but lots of...

Decided to take it! PM reply sent.

"Where were you in '62?" -Wolfman Jack, American Graffiti (Sometime around 1962.)

Carry what you know, appropriate for your situation. Heck, some people still carry derringers. 1955 Chiefs Special Airweight here. Also a knife, because Gibbs Rule #9. (Though not the classic knife in this photo. Recognize the Black Cat?) Sometimes also a "New York reload" instead of just...

Thanks again for all the advice. In the end, I did wind up carrying it some. It's more beat-up than you can see in the photos, but my main reason is that I just can't stand the low quality of today's Airweights. I added a beefy Pachmayr grip, and just had to picture it here with a classic...

It sure feels nice in my pocket, and the quality is outstanding. With my needs it's not likely to suffer a lot of wear-and-tear, but if I don't carry it around then it will go into the safe with the rest of the mid-century modern revo collection here, and I'll take a look at other options...

Thanks to all who chimed in on the question of "would you carry it". About 15 say yea (and "Yay!") while less than half that number say nay (after subtracting those not down with hammers but apparently OK with this otherwise). But among the nays is Hondo44 (and I'm following his expert...

Scandium, in plain, is dandy...and PAIN.

Greetings from the Left Coast. California magazine capacity is indeed limited to 10 rounds, but IMHO five- or six-shot revolvers are enough to settle such situations or allow a retreat towards a shotgun. (Ithaca Model 37 here. I do like me the mid-century classics.)