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A SpeedBeez speedloader and loading block case plus a 10-pack of 25/625 moon clips with a little plastic unloading tool. But I really need to get a moon clip loader - I was under the mistaken impression that they would be as easy to load as the moon clips for my Redhawk - most definitely not the case!

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Jard trigger for the ruger 17 Hornet...

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I picked up this Kimber KDS9c on a whim about a week ago, during a range session with my wife, when it was on sale for $849 at a local gunstore

I've fired 350 flawless sounds through it so far, including 300 rounds of S&B 124 grain FMJ and a 50 round box of 147 grain Ferderal HST.

I'll shoot some more HST through it this week and it's going to become one of my daily carry guns as soon as my Combat Master 2.0 holster arrives from GALCO.

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An old Classic, with NYPD provenance, patina, and a story that's special to me...

Luis Rheas was born in Brooklyn in 1941 to an American mother and a Cuban father who worked in steel, erecting buildings. Luis joined the New York Police Department in 1963 and served for thirty‑seven years, retiring in 2000 as a First-Grade detective and supervisor. Among the tools of his career was this Colt Cobra — his trusted hideout gun. He carried it for decades, tucked in an ankle holster or slipped into a pocket.

After retiring, Luis moved to Kissimmee to be near his son, who worked at Walt Disney World. In time, his son married Jennifer Holmes, daughter of my late best friend and longtime shooting companion, John Holmes. At some point, Luis gave the Colt Cobra to Jennifer for home defense. Years later, John mentioned that he had traded Jennifer for the Cobra in exchange for a Uberti Birdshead revolver that she liked. John passed away in March 2022.

Yesterday, I stopped by my friendly local FFL — the same shop John and I visited every Saturday before heading out to lunch. You could set your calendar by our routine. The first thing that caught my eye was a replica Spencer hanging on the wall. After looking it over, I moved to the consignment case and immediately recognized three firearms I had traded away years ago during one of the many swaps John and I used to make. It didn't take long to put the pieces together: John's son, Johnny, was finally consigning some of his father's guns. The Spencer, the Smith top‑break, a couple of Iver Johnsons — and the Colt.

The Colt Cobra had been Luis Rheas's backup revolver, something John had told me about years earlier, though I had never actually seen it. Standing there in the shop, it simply felt right — as if the planets had aligned — that the Colt should come home with me. I've always had a soft spot for a "Fitz Special," and this one comes close enough.

I only met Luis once. John and I introduced him to NCOWS shooting, and the Uberti involved in that earlier trade had been his revolver. John even had me make a holster for it. For clarity's sake, that Uberti was a used single‑action Birdshead‑grip model in .44‑40 — not the Lightning‑style grip — one I had taken in trade myself and later swapped to John, just another piece in the long chain of exchanges that defined our friendship.

And so, the Colt came home with me — a small, weighty piece of three men's stories. A revolver carried across decades of work, friendship, and quiet trust.
Now it rests where it feels meant to be, a reminder that some objects don't just survive time — they carry it.
Circa 1953 Colt Cobra, 30 years a backup carry gun, honest wear and tight as a drum, carried a bunch, shot a little, patina earned, not abused.

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I bought an OHAUS 505 scale from a fellow selling his deceased father's equipment. Box, instructions, little use...$10. Problem being, it was a Gram scale...not Grains, sooooo....useless for my reloading efforts.
Owell, Learn something new every day! I'll donate it to a charity store, and keep using my Dillon Determinator! :giggle:
 
My Staccato P should arrive tomorrow-professional purchase direct ship to my shop. It’ll be a range, home, work carry and winter carry shared with my Baer 1911. Yes, it will have a dot.
 
Had machinist shop used by LGS mill Gen 1 SA XD Service .357 Sig slide, and Gen 1 G23 slide for RDS. Vortex Defender CCW mounted to former and Holosun 407A3 X2 on latter.
 
Not a purchase but a Father's day gift. Smith & Wesson SD 40 2.0
 

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Geissele Super Duty MOD1 5.56mm 12.5" Bbl DDC SBR.
just got delivered to the FFL I use a few hours ago.
 

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I picked up nine 50 round boxes of 9mm Tulammo for $5.00 a box last week. I usually reload 9mm but will buy ammo when I come across a good deal plus my old model 59 has never had a problem with Tula stuff.
 
I picked up my first j frame the other day. I’m not sure why I thought I needed another snubby, but my old Colt doesn’t look as lonely now. A fella can’t have too many revolvers. The new 432UC is a blast to shoot. Because of the price for ammo, I’ve already bought new dies to reload this caliber.
 

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Not a purchase but a Father's day gift. Smith & Wesson SD 40 2.0
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SDs are woefully underappreciated. I've always preferred them OVER the M&P series...except for the insane prices for their magazines.
 
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