Recent content by wizard.mk18

My backup gun is attached to my backup shooter (my wife) and is a Ruger 9mm SP101 3" loaded with Hornady 115gr Critical Defence loads.

Thanks for the referral - I'll check it out. I have considered the guns as shooters for my wife and I, but your point about investment value is quite valid. I still have my 1076 and I picked up a brand new 1006 with adjustable sites as a spare gun back in the late 90's. Not sure why - just...

That's probably what I will do. I have been wanting to send them back to S&W for bead blast refinishing anyway. The guns came as a package deal with 2 cases of Federal 10mm that I have never seen before or since. It was a LE type white box loading of 155 grain JHP. I seem to attract odd ball...

Would anyone happen to know if the model 1006 law enforcement trade in guns marked BPD are from the Birmingham, AL PD? I've had a pair of them for many years, but was never sure what agency they came from. I do remember that the guns came to me from GSI (the Steyr AUG importer) who were...

I think you just reminded me why I have a brand new 610 fluted cylinder. I purchased it many years ago as a swap for my un-fluted 4" model 610-3 and then discovered that they do not swap without doing additional work. I never took the project any further and put the cylinder into the S&W parts...

I found a brand new M610 cylinder while cleaning and organizing my parts drawers. This one is fluted. Is it possible to identify which M610 version would be correct for this cylinder? To put it simply, are there more than two types of M610 cylinders, fluted and non-fluted?

I have been reviewing my inventory this winter and have been trying to decide which handguns should stay in the "permanent" collection. Both my wife and I are long time shooters and while it may show our age, when we attended Gunsite, our instructor was Col. Cooper. He was the one who turned us...

My wife and I finally decided to purchase a pair of striker fired .45ACP pistols as backup to our 1911's. Our local dealer did not have a pair of Glock 21's but took us downstairs to his vault to browse and pulled out a pair of SW99's in the desired caliber. They were not on our list of guns to...