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I was shooting my Model. 24-3 the other day and all of a sudden there was no cylinder spring tension and the latch was in the forward position. I pulled the latch back feeling spring tension in that direction but the cylinder won’t close regardless the position of the latch. I’m fine with...

In that short lived western Culp wanted to be different so he asked S&W if they could help him out with a gun contemporary to the old west era. They came up with a New Model #3 .44 but modified the hammer extensively for fast draw and fanning. He later used it to great effect in “Hannie Caulder”...

A year and a half ago I got a 7 1/2” 1979 .357 for $1500. It shot great but I wasn’t fond of the caliber and weight. Even though I have other .44 and .45 Colt SAAs I just traded straight across for this 1982 5 1/2” .44 Special. No box or papers. This one is here to stay. I added the elk grips...

I got this gun over 10 years ago for a great price because it binded up shooting DA. I had it fixed for $100, I think. The couple I bought it from said a relative carried it as an Indian Reservation LEO here in northern CA then again had it with him at the San Carlos Reservation in AZ where he...

This is a real good movie. Gena Rowlands in a film by her husband John Cassavetes. She has guts yet is terrified at the same time. Not super human like actors have to be today. Here she has her trusty Model 60 and of course a 3 1/2” Model 27. And a scene of her in action...

A couple years ago at a gun show one mile from my house I saw this 1973 14-3 .38 for $800. I got sidetracked then went back over and my friend already had the price down to $750 but bought a circa 1950 pre Model 10 instead. So I bought it. What a fun gun to leisurely shoot. i”m not a great shot...

I assume that’s what it is because when I saw the round nose (or round ball?) seated deep in the case like wad cutters, sort of. The gun shop just bought a gun collection that included tons of old ammo like this but haven’t sorted it out yet. I’ll be going back soon. Oh. that gun is a Colt .38...

Here’s my Single Six I carried everywhere I could outdoors when I was a kid, getting it for my 14th birthday in 1971. Price was $64, I believe. And with it is the unfired Colt .44-40 I got most recently. I guess it’s true that our “toys” just get more expensive when we get older. I added the...

Well, partly, anyway. I’ve been hankerin’ for a very common 6” M&P .38 Special that didn’t cost much and got this one. and I wanted a home for these thin $30 pearl grips I bought over 20 years ago. They just didn’t jive with my later K frames. I really like old blue worn patina DAs that have...

Here’s three of four sheaths I made for family members and a bag for my wife’s phone. She’s Mex. American and we like Mexican “Day Of The Dead” artwork so I tried that this time. But I did not make them up. I hijacked the images found online. Last time I drew our cat Hunter on a bag for her.

I bought three Shiloh Sharps rifles in the early 90s (see pics below) and kept one that I still have. I don’t buy long guns anymore but looking at this Shiloh web page I did pick one I would choose if I did. It would be a Hartford Model, .50-70, military butt stock, and straight heavy 28” 1/2...

We all know SDavis JR was a great gun handler, but I only read about Jerry Lewis being good at it. Except in the Martin-Lewis western comedy “Pardners” where he and Dean Martin twirl their guns in one scene. I just found this of both guys together. Lewis banters and plays it for laughs too much...

I bought these grips when they were being sold in the classifieds here some years back. While most gravitate to the real vibrant more visible wood grains I wanted cocobola. all the grain is still there but you have to look real close. I got this gun new after reading the Skelton Shooting...

I don’t buy stuff on EBay much but I noticed the format changed when you search for a particular item. Instead of pages of pictures of various sellers, now it shows a seller’s ad real big and the other ads are on the left much smaller and harder to see. Is this happening to you too and if so, is...

That’s what the kid in the movie said, anyway. In 1969 I was 12 and saw “Once Upon A Time In The West” and Henry Fonda as “Frank” made a huge impression with his shiny long barreled Colt. Two years later I saw “Shane” with his similar gun for the first time. I liked that version of the Colt ever...

And it only took 19 years to get here! The following are OTD prices. In 2005 I bought a maybe 70% 1904 1st Issue Colt Officer’s Model .38 Spl. for $325. In 2017 I traded it and $200 for a well worn 1895 .30-40 Winchester. In 2021 I traded the ‘95 plus $600 for a like NIB 3rd generation Colt SAA...

If you happen to use this site which I really like, is it downloading photos for you at the moment? It’s not for me but probably just temporary.

Here’s a ‘52 Cobra .38 Special in “the only surviving Berns-Martin IWB holster”, as it is described in the revised edition of the classic book “Holstery” by forum members Nichols and Witty. And a 1930 Police Positive .38 S&W in a Folsom Audley holster. Old Colt New Police ammo will get finished...

Last week I found a tick burrowed in my thigh. I cleaned it out then soon after my jaw and neck started hurting to the point it was hard to swallow or open my mouth. I went to urgent care and got meds for the bite and x ray for my jaw. My jaw got so bad I went to Emergency at 3;00AM, incorrectly...

Long ago when watching one of those films for the 100th time I had a weird thought. What if this happened. It’s post Civil War and John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter are traveling through Texas searching for Natalie Wood. Say they see a massive cattle herd in the distance and of course approach them...