I've been shooting for 60 years and counting. 20 of those years included PPC competition, the last 5 years as a Distinguished Master. I started reloading in 1979 and have reloaded a few hundred thousand very accurate rounds for competition, plus thousands of combat rounds and 30-06 hunting...
Wow! This story makes me feel so lucky and I rarely get lucky on gun purchases.
In 1974, I found a new 39-2 at Imbert and Smithers Gun Shop in San Carlos, Ca. for $157. I still have it, rarely fired and it is pristine.
In 1985, I was visiting my favorite gunsmith, the late Greg Cooper. He...
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These are very nice specimens from S&W. I only owned one of those. I won it in a PPC match at Camp Adair, Oregon in July 1978. They were awarded to all those who won first place in their respective class. I was a sharpshooter coming out of Calif., but since this was my first Oregon...