Recent content by The Rattler

Thanks for these responses. There is no such thing as a dumb question. The gun is owned by a friend in his upper 80’s with a good working mind. He owned it for 15-18 years. Fired under 20 rounds with it, and never cleaned it. He lives on social security and had very limited funds. He keeps the...

Is there a silicone gun sock made to fit 2 inch barrel snub nose guns? Gun socks made to fit all handguns are too big for snub nose revolvers for quick extraction. Thanks.

Thanks for not replies. H. Richard, I looked there but noticed nothing before my initial post. However, upon closer examination, lint apparently obscured the writing. It says: “MOD,” but the writing under that isn’t clear. The last digit is definitely a 5, but the digits before that may we’ll...

A friend asked me to clean a S&W 38 Spl 2 inch barrel revolver with blued metal and wood grips. I’m trying to find out it’s model name and date of manufacture. The only markings with helpful information is on the right side of the barrel: “38 S&W Spl.” The serial number at the bottom of the...

Pic of Brushed Nickel 32 S&W Long For those interested in a picture of my brush nickel re-finished 32 Long S&W, here it is. It was shipped by the factory 1910 - 1912. It was in such bad shape the re-finisher said it was pitted too much to use the standard nickel plating. He said, that the...

Brushed Nickel Thanks for the advice. Pics will have to wait until tomorrow.

I inherited an old S&W 32 Long, but the nickel plating was so seriously degraded, I had it re-finished with brushed nickel at the suggestion of the re-finisher. I did not know what brushed nickel was. I recently shot the revolver and it performed quite well. I started cleaning the gun, & after...

Archive Letter How does one obtain an archive letter from Roy Jinks? I could not find a reference to it on the web site. Perhaps I overlooked it, but any help will be appreciated. Thanks for all the information.

32 Long Thanks a lot. Is there a way to determine the exact date or year of manufacture?

Can someone help me identify an old revolver passed owned by my wife's grandfather and passed down to my wife from her mother? I am not supposed to tell my wife's age, but her grandfather died in his 70s in the 1960s. When we found the revolver, it was terribly pitted and rusty wrapped in a...

Choice of 642 I selected the 642 for my carry gun because it is light weight and its size makes it easy to carry. Since it has these characteristics, however, I wanted a well built gun that could best weather +p cartridges. all of these characteristics of the gun, however, work against...

I recently received delivery of a new Summit Safe manufactured by Reed Custom Safes with which I am most pleased. I am no expert on gun safes, but I did a lot of research before I decided which gun safe to buy. Summit sells an upscale high quality safe that competes favorably in quality with...

You should consider a product caled Big 45 Frontier Metal Cleaner. It was recommended to me by a long time dealer in British Enfield WW I & WW II rifles. I also saw it recommended on another post that I believe was on this Forum. It says it will remove rust but not bluing. That is what the...

Yes, I did that. At first, I had trouble removing it, so I posted an inquiry about what to do. Then, I received a recommendation to turn the cylindar before extracting. I did that with success, but it was still difficult to remove. I felt it "give" before coming out. But then I could not extract...

All good advice. I will get the Kroil & try that. If that fails, it goes to S&W. I saw 2 YouTube videos that suggested removing the cylinder & yoke occasionally for cleaning. I wanted to try & learn about how the gun is put together & works, so since it did not look difficult on the videos, I...