Recent content by othomas3

Nice Looks great. More pictures, please.

Check the set screw under the shell plate on the ram body and make sure it is not protruding. Don't ask how I know this...

Picked up two boxes of Chore Boy at my local Publix, along with Vernors ginger ale. Wow! does that stuff work. I wrapped a little bit around a brush and in less than 10 stokes it cleaned more crud out of the barrel than I did before with Ed's Red and a bronze bore brush. Great stuff!

I have noticed Chore Boy copper scouring pads are recommended for cleaning barrels and chambers on several forums. I checked the Chore Boy website and it says Walgreens, Publix and Krogers carries this product in South Carolina. This afternoon the hunt for Chore Boy is on!

I took it to the range, shot it and still have all my fingers. The accuracy was acceptable at 10 yards. Shot two strings of cast 45 acp in moon clips. I spent an hour cleaning it tonigt. The barrel is badly leaded as are the chambers in the cyclinder. Looing into the chambers I can see a...

Isn't it great to own a car without payments?:)

I don't know if it is a Spanish copy of a Smith. However, for the price I bought it for, that would not bother me.:) I bought it to shoot, not collect and because it was different looking. The hammer is difinitely a later addition. When the screw at the end of the plate is tightened the...

Looked over revolver for numbers and marks. Number on barrel flat and inside rear of cyclinder: 128684. Other proof marks described on attached photos. I believe the hammer is from a later model since it has a wide spur. My Colt 1917 has a thin spur and I would think the S&W 1917 would have...

45 Wheelgun, Nice looking revolver. I'll take a look this evening if my brain remembers I said I would, for the numbers under the flat. ;-) Wyatt Burp, That is one fine looking revolver.

Have not shot it, yet. I only picked it up yesterday. I have a Colt 1917 and both this S&W and the Colt have heavy trigger pulls.

Picked this up today becuase it is different than anything I've seen before. Seller said it started out in life as a S&W 1917 in .455 caliber. Have any of you ever seen anything like this?