Recent content by Peter Dawson

Demooning tools A popular source of demooning tools here is golf club handles. Cut the shaft where it's the right diameter and notch it. Seems to be a ready souce of material. Apparently golfers like to destroy their clubs when things don't go their way.

S&W 5" My first handgun was a Model 41 5"which I bought used in Australia in 1969. Serial number is 75XXX. Having come to Australia in that era, I think it unlikely that it was modified after it left the factory. It has a separate Patridge front sight. The front of the slide is plugged and...

It seems that it was a British Army thing to pack the actions of revolvers with grease. The first collectable Smith I bought in the early 1970s was an almost perfect .455 Triple lock. It had belonged to an Officer and is cased. I had bought it unseen from an auction. When I got it I could not...

629 Sight I have sent you a pm about your sight as the info is Australia specific and so not much interest to the rest of the forum Peter Dawson Brisbane Australia

I too have one of these loades and would love to know how old it is. You are correct about the way the rounds are stepped. If they wern't you would not be able to pull the loader sideways off the cartridges. The loader is actually in two halves which hinge along the middle. The torsion spring...

As far as I know, they are not planning to replace the current Heavey barreled model 10s. There is a program to replace the CID issue Colt Detective Specials with a semi auto pistol. The skinny barreled Model 10s were traded back to Smith & Wesson in part exchange for the current heavy barrel...

We have always had very restrictive laws regarding the possesion of handguns but 5 years ago it got a whole lot worse. It was far from a total ban however. Competition shooters, who have to be members of an approved club, can own handguns up to .38 calibre with barrel lengths longer than 125mm...

Here are a few Triple Locks that are hiding away in Australia. Apologies for the poor photography. This was the first collectable I bought and still the best Triple Lock I own. Gun is British Service with In and Out of Service stamps. Case has an Army & Navy Co-operative Trade Label My...