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Please leave the notches when you refinish this one. To me it appears to be a piece that was used by someone who was serious about...

I think the two notches need to be left alone. Then a proper story needs to be concocted to explain them. “Granddaddy happened to be...

The two notched filed into the frame might have been for identification purposes in the age before the electro-pencil.

I'd leave the factory sight blade alone. 3-1/2" .357 Magnums are quite desirable.

Some of the -5's can have really large throats. I had a 4" in 45 Colt that a .458" pin gauge would drop right thru, that was the largest...

Interesting, to say the least....

This is the only 2" one that I know of... I have no idea who did the barrel work, but Nelson Ford did the action job. It...

m&p 38 1905 4th change 1914 patent date. It was added into the sideplate. The new cam style design was changed into the Victory model...

I purchased this Revolver about 4 years ago so far I haven't had the pleasure of taking it out to shoot, hopefully I'll soon get the...

Agreed. The Culina’s are just good people. It’s hard not to give them your loyalty after you see how hard they work to ensure you are...

Everything should be, but those are only finished grips. There are about 1,200 unfinished grips at any given time in various sizes and...

I heard from a reliable source that Culina Grips is finishing up with an N-square target production run so there is plenty of everything...

Yes, you found it, H, for Heide-Marie Hiptmayer. Here are a couple more of hers, one easier to find, the other a little trickier.

Years ago, when I was visiting the Reno area, I stopped at a local sporting goods store.I found a model 28 that was on the bottom shelf...

I'm not making a connection between this post and the question about a non-serial-numbered cylinder. But the answer to preventing the...