Recent content by rom141

Guess I have to join the club Seems like several folks have either one of these in their possession or have at least come across one at some point. I too now join the club as I just acquired one. I find it interesting that even the latest 5th edition of the S&W catalog still only claims "at...

So I recently acquired a new to me 29-2 that is everything these great revolvers stand for (deadly accurate, a pleasure to shoot, etc.) but it keeps standing out to me that the barrel is significantly a different color than the rest of the machine. I own several pinned and recessed S&Ws (i.e...

Not quite a convert, but... So this thread looked like a good place to say this. As a relatively new "collector" (previously just a "shooter") I have been struggling with the same arguments I see here about the vintage revolvers versus the new "classics". It all started for me with the...

Thanks to everyone for your observations and reply's. After reading all of these and looking even more carefully with better magnification, I am inclined to agree with K Harris & 2152hq. A lot of folks agree that this is human caused mechanical damage and subsequent repair attempt(s). The "peen"...

Just wondering if anyone has seen damage like this before... Its on an otherwise very decent pre-29, I have just not seen this kind of "wear" on a revolver that looks relatively lightly used in all other areas.

@RKmesa Thank you for the beautiful pics! Also to you and everyone else, I am grateful for your wisdom and opinions. You have all given me great food for thought, and I am feeling better about my options in the light of a new day after my range experience yesterday.

Ok, so I need some opinion / advice from those of you far more experienced and knowledgeable about such things than myself. I recently acquired a beautiful specimen of a circa 1954 pre-27 that I thought would just be another classic shooter for me, but it captured me right out of the box and...

That's the thing, the darn thing has 100% of all bluing intact, and I cant find evidence of anything around the firing pin, forcing cone, or in the recesses of the cylinder. I have a borescope I use for my bee hives that I also use on my revolvers (it is lighted), and it usually tells the true...

Thanks for everyone's replies! Based on what I experienced in removing it and its texture etc. I guess I am inclined to believe that it is indeed lead residue, but it must be very old (not unlike me). The chalkiness cannot be overstated. Almost a powder with no cohesion, but compressed into the...

Hey folks, hoping someone has an idea on this one. I recently acquired a 1954 Pre-27 that turned out to be in much better shape than I had imagined. Upon a field strip and thorough examination however I found evidence of a thick chalk like substance stuck in the rifling grooves. I extracted some...