Recent content by mikeruns

'87-'90 at Camp Pendleton, these would've been MAG @ Pendleton, and various units from Tustin and El Toro at that time. Also, many years later, between 2010-2013, I worked as a contractor for the Army and they too had some aircraft mg.s'. Most mg.s' that I have seen and repaired were basic...

M60s’ with back plate trigger assys(spades)…We certainly did use them. I serviced them often at Ordnance Maintenance Company 1st Force Service Support Group on Camp Pendleton(Las Pulgas)…..these were mostly Marine air group guns for various helo units. There were several different setups for...

I thought maybe a picture may boost your enthusiasm…I usually forget about this little squirt 34-1 (not pinned) purchased for a song…..good luck and cheers

Yea, if you have to have the Customs' version from the 80s', there it is…way too pricey imo, but it's your dollar….I would look at the current 2.5" and 3" both “plus” (7 shot) models are msrp $1019 and with a current 10% discount on S&W site now you can do that math…and the standard 6 shot 4" is...

A model 28, 6” S prefix…..traded a 4-5/8” Blackhawk .357 new model towards it. Long gone as that was ‘85 or ‘86…later replaced with a minty 6” version and also another in 4” with S prefix. My 1st brand new S&W was a 4” 686 purchased for $268 new a few days after boot camp in July of ‘87. Love...

I have one that is a SW40VE(Smith and Wesson Value Enhanced) and I think it was the 1st descendant of the original Sigma….still a hard trigger…shoots 180 gr jhps’ never jamming, I’ve never fired anything but 180s’ fmj and hp in this. A great traveling companion and anyone who can hit their ass...

The S&W 3rd gen guns are excellent. I don’t have one in .40, but do have the 9mm 5906 (4006 in .40) and it is excellent-very tough, very accurate. I do have many .40 cal pistols and 3 are polymer that I won’t mention. I have Berettas’ in the 96 police special model(my fave) and they are...

Here is my first letter surprise gifted to me this week by my sneaky amazing wife for our recent July 1st anniversary….very interesting to see where they shipped and then to where we acquire them along the way….mine was purchased by me in Tx, and now we reside in Ca. Shipped to Shapleigh Hdw in...

He very much disliked it when folks referred to standard barrels as “pencil barrel” and also disliked very much - the target grip or large-ish grip/stock on any revolver with a snub bbl….he was quite crotchety and would interject himself into Model 58 threads where he would state that he was...

I guess mine would be a 4" L frame 686 .357.

I’m curious if the .327 is truly as versatile as the .357….considering it’s blast and ballistics….so, one can download for small game or plinking and have all the lesser .32s’ to shoot through it yet, the same can be said about the .357 and .38 and the plethora of loads going up and down and is...

Unkempt Beards on young guys….(usually a fatty or a milque-toast) Talking about one’s gadgets for black guns… Young guys with unkempt beards working in gun stores talking about gadgets on black guns…

Cool but, DT carried a .357😬 yep this would have been a cool bug for him to occasionally roast bad guys with lol

I have had a large Sebenza with the Elk Mountain art on the handle for about 10 years…I’ve mostly been afraid of losing it and very seldom have carried it because of it’s cost but don’t regret it although I may sell it to a CRKs’ nut as it just sits in the orig box….I have about 200 to 300...

I have to agree Richard and, although I understand wanting to like a new rimfire j-frame, the number of complaints seen just on this forum is a great indicator to try something else as this forum is a very very small part of the S&W customer base-this is an enthusiast site(which I love). I...