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agentadam - I hope you'll post some photos of you project as you "transform" it. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to see them. I have M & Ps, a CM and a 36 snub and 3". I'd love to have a snub K frame and some day I'll run across one. Good luck with your project!

At $250, I wouldn't have been able to get my checkbook out fast enough! And, if it proved to be as good of a shooter as I think it would be, I would be leaving the bobbed hammer and it would be in my CCW line - up.

I have no dog in this fight, but to assume that a gun dealer "knows" what they actually have is a bad assumption. Yes they should, but I don't have enough fingers and toes to count up the times I have seen something "mis-identified" in the last 50 + years. Yep, a person needs to do their...

I bought my first 36 - the snub version - about three years ago. About same vintage you are looking at. I paid $350 for it - had a ratty box but was in pristine shape - basically a "sock drawer gun". Original wood grips. I considered myself lucky to find it and had no problems with paying...

I'm 65 and usually carry a Smith Model 36 snub J frame and have for quite some time - an easy carry. BUT . . I also have a 9mm Shield that I like very much that I switch back and forth with the J frame depending on where I'm going and what I'm wearing. I carry OWB and cover with shirt tail or...

I've never had any issues with my 9mm Shield - and it gets a steady diet of reloads with my cast lead projectiles. No function issues at all an I have no problem in recommending it and have many times to others I know.

I recently put Hogues on my 9mm Shield and I wished I had done it a long time ago - ade all the difference in the world. They are tight as if they grew on the pistol and not only give a good grip - added just enough to the slim grip of the Shield. My pull up and getting a quick sight picture...

Mine is the same way and it shoots very accurately - more accurate than I am. Try different ammo and it sounds like this is your first single stack? I have what I would call "medium size hands" i.e. they aren't like hams. The grip of the Shield I find to be on the slim side and when I first...

I have the 9 Shield and I agree it is a light carry - I carry OWB in a Fobus paddle. I am looking at the 9c - I realize "loaded weight" depends on grain size bullet) but can anyone tell me about how much heavier the 9c is than the 9 shield when loaded with the same ammo? Thanks.

I have a 9mm Shield and it runs flawlessly - a good pistol. However, when I was looking for a single stack 9 (I'm older and more of a revolver shooter), I had the opportunity to look at the Glock 43 as the LGS had on in for a customer who had ordered it (they were rather scarce at th time)...

Yes it does look dirty but I have purchased new handguns that were factory fired that weren't the cleanest. To be fair though, you had the opportunity to inspect it before accepting it. Don't let it spoil it for you. You are going to shoot it and that's why you purchased it. Clean it, lube...

Welcome to the forum. I have a later version of your Dad's gun and mine is marked as a Model 36. I can see why your Dad carried it. I own more than a few handguns and some vintage Smiths among them. My Model 36 is probably one of my most favored 38s and I carry it CCW quite often. Sorry to...

First off, I'll say that I have been a revolver shooter for 50+ years. My first semi-auto was a Colt 1911A1. The old Marine who taught me how to shoot it always stressed the safety and how it is so easy to thumb sweep it when withdrawing. We weren't in "combat conditions" and that's just hw...

I looked at the same Springfield as you as well as a Kimber (forgot the model #) and the Glock 43. For me, it was between the Glock and the Shield. At the time, the LGS had one 43 that had just come in that was already sold but the fellow showed it to me. Had the delivery of one been more...

I have tried IWB and have never liked it. Everyone's circumstances are different but my CCW rotates between a Shield 9, a Smith Model 36 J frame snub and my Smith Combat Masterpiece (4" K frame). I prefer to use a OWB Fobus Paddle holster at about 3:30 or so. I just wear a untucked shirt or a...

Same advice as given on another forum. Get your reloading manual out and re-check the minimum/maximum load for the bullet you are using. If the current load is not allowing the pistol to cycle - work up your load as you normally would. Increase by .02 grains until you find a load that will...

Bill - I knew your revolver was a "keeper" and that's why I suggested that you come over to this forum to find out more about it. You can be mighty proud of it - it's a great piece of history and don't let anybody talk you out of it for a sack of peanuts. I dare say that no one on this forum...

I carry OWB. I tried several different leather holsters - one was supposed to be for a Shield but it was such poor fit I tossed it. The other one I purchased off of flea bay and it works well - has good retention, etc. but I can't remember the maker. I also sometimes carry my Smith Model 36...

I ran across a S & W Model 59 today but know very little about them. (I'm more of a revolver guy). The fellow who has it purchased it from the widow of a LE Officer who carried it as his sidearm. The pistol is in excellent shape - very little wear and what there is is very minor - I guessing...

All my 9mm Shield has eve had through it are my cast lead reloads - never had an issue and they shoot just great. I've never had a leading problem in the barrel nor any other issues. Slug your barrel and size your cast to fit. I tumble lube in Alox/Paste Wax and usually load over either Bulls...