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Looks great. My only 'safe queen' is a M1917 with a ship date of early 1918. It is pristine, and possibly never issued. So, to solve this dilemma, I searched for a 'stand-in shooter' (any reason, right?) and ran upon a M1937 Brazilian that at some point had been Parkerized. Tight action and...

OK, finally got around to loading pics, and now I'm questioning if that really is a 'G'. Buddy lives many miles away, I have not seen this gun in-hand. If it's NOT a 'G', suppose it could be a 6' or and '8', putting it as a different model variant. Enlarging the pic of the butt really...

Definitely from the butt of the revolver. He located the working/assembly numbers inside the crane and I informed him they'd be no help in ID-ing the gun. All his pics were texted to me, haven't gone to the trouble to load them on my laptop yet.

A friend just picked up an old S&W workhorse .38 that I identified by S/N using the SCSW. S/N is 62936 G. The 'G' has me puzzled, as SCSW has NO reference to that. Pics he's sent me show the 'G' marking to be size and font consistent with the actual S/N. Without the 'G', the S/N shows it to be...

Just something special about M15's - everything you need in a .38, including great sights. One of my first 'retirement jobs' after my LE career was working p/t in a large, busy LGS. One day a fella came in and either traded or sold a finish-challenged blued M15 4". It had all the signs of...

About to reach the end of my supply of Rusky steel cased 9mm practice ammo, bought back when it was $5 to $7 a box. Dirty, smelled funny, but was OK for running drills and basic practice. So, my ol' semi-obsolete Dillon is set up in 9mm now. Have a lifetime+ supply of 9mm brass that was free...

I like my PCC's, autos amd levers both. Not a huge subscriber to the 'common cartridge concept' for them and handguns. As a handloader, I usually tailor a specific load for each. Also, as a hunter in an area that would be described as 'thick brush', have used carbines in .357, .44 Mag. and .45...

My M25-5 4" came to me through a fellow Detective back in the 90's. Other than his duty gun, all he had was this M25-5 4" and he wanted to take his son shooting. Also complained that ammo was too expensive. I asked him if he'd like a .22 rifle for shooting with his son. He was enthused about...

Years ago, when I hunted small game as a teen and early 20-something I'd often use .22 Short HP's for squirrel and rabbit. From a rifle, much less noise than a LR and VERY effective. Also, working in a LGS in the 70's when small game hunting was more popular, sold quite a few Browning .22...

I handgun hunt and reload, everything from .357 to 10mm, .41, 44 Spl. and Mag., as well as .45 Colt. Yes, that's too many, I know. Of them all, my favorite is the S&W M57 6" .41. I load Hornady 210 gr XTP's at approximately max loads. Very effective on deer. And, just IMHO, it does feel to me...

I'm waiting for them to come out with MPP (Medium Pistol Primers) ;) I have more .45 brass than I'll ever use, much of it with headstamps like 'WCC 65', 'LC 71' 'Super Vel', 'Peters' and entire tubs full of my old PD's Speer nickeled cases.

It took me almost a year of being on various waiting lists to get hold of some Starline .32-20 brass. Finally did and stocked up on various cast bullets. Guess I'm cheap, but I'm not paying almost $1/round to go plink and mess about.

Picked this one up when it came in to be put on consignment at a LGS where I worked p/t. S/N puts it at c.1919. Even though the sights are miniscule, it is a very accurate .380. No, I don't carry it. Just enjoy the feel and design elements of it.

On my BHP with the spur hammer, never had any hammer bite. The FEG with the rowel hammer delighted at chewing away at the web between my thumb and forefinger, I do have large hands. Yes, I could've dumped more $$ into it for some aftermarket hammer that may have eliminated the problem.....but...

My FEG, purchased not too long after Browning announced their discontinuance came into the fold. It began as the weird FEG 'PF-9', with the vent rib. Tried to like it - just couldn't. Sourced a stripped P-35 slide from Numrich, did a parts change-over and a little fitting. A ramp and chamber...