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I just received the renewal notice for my C&RFFL. To date, the only advantage for me was taking direct shipment of an old Stevens shotgun. For all handguns, every nitpicking (expensive) hoop is the same as for a non 03 holder. Does anyone know of any advantage to renewing this bit of paper...

Installed a new mainspring to my 4th model Safety Hammerless. The old spring was a Bubba special, cut down from a larger spring and shimmed in place with scrap metal. The Numrich spring seemed to have a slight reverse curve and was quite hard to get into place. Attempting to cycle (dry fire)...

I got an email from Magtech today. As of July this year Magtech will sell: .360 diameter 146 gr LRN bullets This is the same bullet as in their standard .38 S&W round. Now, in FIXED rounds: Winchester Super-x and Fiocchi sell 145 gr LRN, Ten-X sells 150 gr ‘hollow base flat point,’ and Old...

I just got hold of Chicoine's book on 'smithing antiques, in anticipation of working on my Safety Hammerless 4th mod. Many warnings here against 'smokeless' rounds, with special reference to frame-stretching. Are these warnings against contemporary _commercial_ loads? Or is there some generic...

Looking for an FFL to receive my 'new' piece. I realized it might qualify as an antique. The 4th model was made from 1898 to 1907, with a serial number range from 116003 to 220000. Now mine shows serial number 1395(7)6--the 7 is a bit blurry. This makes it the 23,573rd one made. So--the...

Hello all: Just 'won' a GB auction for an S&W Safety Hammerless .38. Serial no. 1395XX This looks like a 4th model (later style latch, pinned sight but I am not 100% certain. Serial number is 1395XX, if anyone has the reference tables at hand. The parts I know I need are available from...

Take a look on GunBroker, item no. 97065810. Scroll down to image 14. It looks as if someone has installed a home-made mainspring, using a chunk of random metal to shim it into place.

I put a pair of Pachmayr Gripper Pros on my 1917 yesterday. Great improvement over the small, uncomfortable, battered originals... BUT. The grips don't fit against the frame, especially on the right side. There appears to be a potential for pinching, dust catching, or just driving the edge of...

Working through Kuhnhausen with my 'new' 1937 Brazilian I managed, of course, to launch the cylinder bolt plunger across the deck where it fell through the cracks. A replacement from Numrich proved to be much too short, leaving the bolt rattling front to back. I returned it, but the replacement...

I note that posted images of 'Fitz specials' usually show Colts. S&Ws, if shortened, are usually cut in front of the ejector rod retention lug. I gather that this is about the nature of S&W ejector rods. Colts don't seem to require any external support(?) Thus, shortening a Smith to 2" would...

OK. Working my way through the Kuhnhausen manual, my 'new' 1917/'37 Brazilian is stripped to the bare frame--except the cylinder/yoke is still together and the ejector rod plunger is in place. On page 19, Kuhnhausen begins the checkout/Reassembly section with a 12 point check on the frame...

Hello all: [previously posted on 'smithing' forum without reply] I'm casting about for a pistolsmith to tidy up my old/new 1917 Brazilian--quite beatup, little blue remaining, failure-to-fire on one cylinder etc. The BC Armory site: www.bcarmory.com seems to offer reasonaby priced service...