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I purchased it in 1996 or 97 after an ice storm and about 10 days below freezing without power. I was loaned a generator during that 10 days and vowed I'd never be without one. The one I have is a Coleman Powermate 5000 running watts with a Tecumseh 10 HP motor. Tecumseh went out of business a...

I have a SD40VE that was stolen and later recovered. It was found in a stolen car that had been burned. Normally my first thought would be to junk it, but the frame was not melted or burned, the slide moves normally, the action still works, and the magazine was not damaged. The slide has...

I picked up a Savage Revolving Fire-Arms Navy Model 36 Cal cap and ball revolver for a reasonable price over the weekend. I have shot almost every other gun I own, including doing some hunting with a 45-70 Trapdoor Springfield made in 1884. It just seems so cool to shoot something 150 or so...

A few years ago one of my cousins told me about stumbling on a wild sow and shoats in the barn at his hunting lease. He took the sow with two shots and heard the 6 shoats as he was reloading. He took 7 pigs with 8 shots. At the time, I thought he had a Model 28, because he said his gun was just...

What changes were made to the Shield with the 2.0 version? Both are still available, with the Shield running a little less because of model change.

The label on the box says "ST" in the area marked Stocks. What does this stand for? Could someone post a picture of the correct stocks for a P&R, 1980 vintage, 4" blue SB, Model 19-4? thanks

A friend just lettered his 44 HE of 1926 as having shipped to W & K on 1-29-1930. Is that where the trails stops? Are there any W & K shipping records left? We know this gun was owned by a local LEO. Local and family sources say it was owned by another LEO that served in this area in for...

A few weeks ago a friend told me he wanted to take an old 44 Spl revolver out to shoot. We finally got to go to the range together yesterday and was I surprised at what he pulled out of an old bank night deposit bag. I was expecting an old HE, but not a triple lock. It had been reblued and the...

My first but not my last. It was all that I hoped for. Some may feel the term “collector” or “expert” means “snob”, but this was not the case. I met Roy Jinks, Jim Supica, Richard Nuhas, and Lee “Handejector” Jarrett and several infamous contributors to this forum. The depth of knowledge...

I was absent from the forum for a time and don't know how it ended. There have probably been several of them, but the one in question was single action only. I don't remember the chambering. It was not marked by a manufacturer, but resembled a S&W. One big question was why a single action when...

It was the tax free weekend in Louisiana on sporting goods, hunting gear, guns, ammo, ATV's, etc. and there were sales at all the retailers. I went to Academy, Bass Pro, and some smaller local gun shops. She thought the credit card only worked at WalMart, J.C.Penny's, Target, Dillards, etc.

I recently purchased a pre-17 with a bad extractor star. The previous owner had filed it in several directions because it would not index and he ruined it. I found a pre-17 extractor.The locator pins were bent on the cylinder, but I got it fitted. The cylinder is very hard to close. Measuring...

This may be the last one. The legislature is trying to suspend all tax free weekends, including back-to-school. No state sales tax this weekend on hunting related goods, including guns, ammo, optics, stands, blinds, etc.

Never heard that term before until used in connection with the shooting of the TV crew. It means someone who sees injustices in most everything that happens in their life, whether real or perceived, and harbors resentment for years. The world is out to get them. They never get the breaks they...

A guy asked me where he could get some 32 S&W Long's and I asked what were they going in. He replied it was a badly rusted 32 Smith and Wesson. After 3 days of promises he finally brought it by today. I was hoping for a Model 30 or even a Regulation Police, but it was a rusted Harrington and...

I need a K-22 Extractor for a pre model 17 22 LR made shortly after WWII; prefer right hand threads; but will buy newer extractor with left hand threads with rod.

Over the years I have had to send a couple of damaged revolvers to S&W for non-warranty repairs and they did a great job. I had to send my M&P 22 because the roll pins would come out after a couple of hundred rounds and because I could not get the thread protector off. It took about 2 weeks for...

A friend spotted a S&W at an out of town gun shop over the weekend. He said he didn't pay much attention because he was not interested in it. His description: "No model number, large frame, like a 1917, maybe like one of those bright blue guns like a Highway Patrolman with a better finish, only...

I am trying to help a friend replace the extractor star on his Pre-17. He tried filing here and there to true it and it is trashed. I have a pre-17 made 7 years later and also a Model 18-3. At a glance, it appears the extractors are the same for those years, except for the change of threads...

All shooters should have a good 22 revolver. I have three grandchildren and want to get them a present that will last more than a lifetime, and have decided on the 617 with 4" barrel. I plan to send them to the PC for Master Revolver Action Package. If they will, I plan to have the Patridge...