I'm looking at a 41 with a serial number starting BMC06. The 3rd addition of the Catalog doesn't show any information after 1998 and no information for BMC series for autoloaders. Can anyone offer information as to approximate year of manufacture?
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I have a chance to purchase a S&W 52-1, and have read that there has been an issue with extractor breakage and a replacement is possibly non-obtainium. It's not going to be a daily shooter nor a safe queen, perhaps 25 to 50 or so rounds per month of reloads, (148 gr HBWC using either 2.7 gr BE...
Acquired a model 48-4 and went to the range yesterday. I was shooting CCI Maxi-Mags 22WMR. Cartridges loaded fine in cylinder, but empties were very hard to eject. Probably due to case expansion I'm thinking. Is this problem ammunition brand sensitive, is this normal, or is there a fix for this...
If you can even find a .22LR cylinder, you will not be happy shooting LR in the model 48 as the bore (.22WMRF) is slightly larger then that of a .22LR, therefore, you will loose accuracy with the .22LR. If it were me I'd look for a K-22 or Model 17 for your LR shooting and leave the 48 as a...