Recent content by SmithSwede

I guess I don’t understand all the people who say the answer is to reload your own ammo to a lower power level. The OP was saying he did not like shooting full power magnums. Reloading weaker ammo is just a different way to not shoot magnums.

I agree with the original poster. There really isn’t anything to enjoy about recoil, at least from my perspective. But if somebody enjoys it, good for them. I don’t like squash either, but some do. I don’t see anything positive whatsoever about recoil. Imagine if there was a little 2...

It is my understanding that back when top flight shooters were using revolvers for the center-fire stage of a Bullseye match, there was a strong preference for the Colt. The S&W K-38 was an also-ran. I think part of the reason was the Colt was considered slightly more accurate with the 148...

Thanks for the input. Keep it coming, since this is an interesting topic. I’ve also got a French Model 1892 service revolver. It is just like a Colt in that there is no front locking lug for the extractor, its cylinder rotates clockwise, and it has the “bank vault” lock up where the hand...

I'm wondering if anyone has some solid data or information about this issue. Seems to me that the front locking bolt on a S&W revolver doesn't really do anything useful. And that design has a lot of potential downsides. What is the design intent of this? To increase accuracy by making the...

I’ve arrived at the same conclusion. I sold a beautiful Colt Cobra. Very unpleasant to shoot with serious .38 Specials. (An all steel DS is manageable, which I’ve carried for years) But then it finally dawned on my pea brain that I could deploy an all-steel S&W 6 shot revolver that was fun...

I have a negative view of them, having owned two. Yes, they are beautifully made. Wonderful triggers. Great sights. So if you just want a neat pistol to shoot casually, then sure. Get one. I don’t like them because they were meant to be serious guns for use in Center-fire Bullseye...

Robert, I don’t always like a nickeled gun, but that old .32 is beautiful

Lately I have become fascinated by the smaller frame .32 revolvers by S&W and Colt. I know they were originally marketed as law enforcement arms. Anyone have good stories about the .32 S&W Long as a service caliber, or interesting photos of old .32 cop guns? What departments issued them...

Thanks for the info.

I once spent hours at a wonderful motorcycle museum in Utopia, Texas. Dozens of beautiful antique motorcycles, each of which I studied carefully for a long time. Eventually the elderly owner came out to talk to me. I asked him: “So, this is quite a collection. Tell me, which one is your...

He was a very gifted writer. I always enjoyed his stuff, and have all the books referenced in that video. One thing I’ve always wondered. He died young, at 60. Anyone know the circumstances of his passing?

If the exterior of the revolver is generally ok, odds are there is no serious rust internally. The exception would be the frame directly under the rubber grips, which very likely is rusty. But maybe that doesn’t matter if you keep those grips on. I’d probably pass because it is not a rare...

I know the older S&W .32 Hand Ejectors used leaf style mainsprings, but then that design was replaced with coil type mainsprings for the improved I-frame and later J-frame. Anyone know the engineering reason why this was done? After all, the older revolvers prove that a leaf spring will work...

No, always had a round in the chamber. I don’t like empty chamber carry. The French 1935A does have a thumb safety, but it is an odd one. The safety is mounted on the left side of the slide next to the rear sight. When the safety is pointing up, dead vertical, that is SAFE. And you can...