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If you could make it #556XX, that would be nice. I just picked that one up, only 9000 off! Fortunately, Mike got shipping date and the invoice for me @ S&WCA in Concord. 🐸

Welcome from Lynchburg. Unlike the anti-Semitic chants, we use “from the mountains to the sea” just to describe our Old Dominion. What part of the state are you in, and so far, what aspect of S&W culture attracts you most? On this forum you can find shooters, collectors, gunsmiths, and all...

I had one of the black covered ones years ago, bought used and sold not very long after. When I got into casual Bullseye matches, I bought another homemade copy from the estate of a gunsmith I knew. Then I inherited one like the OP has. Dad had bought it when he dallied with Bullseye...

No, this one showed all seven, Bob. https://smith-wessonforum.com/threads/flat-latch-history.700439/#post-141726527 Your post #9 showed pictures of all 7 variants with detailed explanations. Good job, too! 🧐 🐸

Once upon a time I got a “deal” on a couple of dozen NOS Pachmayr grip adaptors in their little red boxes. I’ve only had them about 25-30 years… maybe I should sort them out to see if any are useful. 🤔🤪

For years I used the original Lee Hand Priming Tool (screw in shell holders, no auto feed) and thought that was the finest tool out there for simple hand priming. Recently a friend who was retiring from shooting gifted me with a K&M hand priming tool. It uses inexpensive Lee Priming Tool Shell...

The two inch barrel version of this was called the Terrier and had the distinction of being the smallest 38 caliber Hand Ejector ever made (in the I frame). Yes, I have a soft spot for them! Unfortunately for this story, with the -1 the Terrier used the slightly larger J frame. With that it...

Bob, PM inbound. Please remind me where you posted (once upon a time, IIRC) a set of images of the variations of the various flat latches. Or was it in SCS&W? Never mind on the flat latch question… it was a thread you replied to in April, of 2023. 🐸

You’re describing the original Ladysmith from the turn of the last century. Back then it was a step up to build the 22 on an I frame, inspiring the name “Heavy Frame Target” for what led to the Kit Gun and still later to the J frame 22s. 🐸

I’ve got at least a dozen powder measures in the basement (don’t ask, it’s an obsession) and although I’ve used and like the Harrell’s measure, I’ve never seen fit to spend the money to own one because I get the accuracy and repeatability I need for my styles of shooting, with my powders of...

Bob, I saw your display of Chiefs @ Concord but didn’t make the connection with your screen name here. I wish I had so I could have chatted with you on some specifics. Maybe I can catch up with you next September in Springfield(?) Regards, Froggie 🐸

If I really wanted to shoot it a lot, and especially if I were reloading the brass, which will definitely get some extra expansion toward their bases from that altered chamber, I would look for a 38 Spl cylinder to install. Otherwise I’d just shoot the heck out of it and enjoy the bargain it...

Warren Sear, although I spent a lot of time at the range with 22 autos, and collected them for a while, there is still something comfortable about the feel of a K22 in my hand. Even more so as I get older. YMMV. 🐸

Wow! I wish we could arrange some sort of exchange program!! It would be economical to trade two Model 30 or 31 revolvers from the US for each Model 16, and everybody would be happy! I wish I had an International FFL. 🤔 🐸

I find this thread fascinating. So many of us are looking at the new no lock releases (many having said they’d never buy an IL gun) and are making comments about how we’d buy it if… (you fill in the blank). OK, I’ll play. Although I had my own “prototype” built nearly a decade ago, I think a...

My friend and fellow 32 enthusiast Bastogne71 showed me one or two J frame 327s that he considers fun to shoot. For my tastes, a K frame and a 327 are a match made in Heaven, but in a J frame the 327 FM is just way too much of a good thing. JMHO, YMMV! 🐸

Hey ‘Grass, I hope you oiled them down well after Concord. I fear I must have drooled on them a bit. I’d love to have a pair and I don’t even own a pre War K frame, “They’re just too cool for school!” Your friendly Frog 🐸

EU 150 for a Model 16-2? Be still my heart! Here in the US, that revolver alone would probably bring about three times or more than you paid for all three of your Masterpiece family. From your sign in, it appears your part of NATO’s frontier is well prepared. 😉 Best regards from Virginia...

I used a Model 14-3 as the donor for my Model 16-3 Homage. It was good and solid but the action is as stiff as any Masterpiece (or even K frame) I’ve ever encountered. Don’t throw brickbats at me for committing a sacrilege by changing it into a 32 S&W Long because the seller said it had blue...

If it’s 1920s vintage, it can’t be a Model 31 as model numbers didn’t come along for another 30 years. More identifying data (and pictures, of course!) would really help. If it’s a ‘20s vintage RP (square butt) it won’t have the post War drop safety feature (obviously) but honestly I’d be more...