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I’ve recently acquired a post War Transitional Terrier to go with my other I frames and was horrified at the price of the only factory loads at my LGS… Fiocchi “Cowboy Action” loads in 38 S&W Short(??) priced at $59.95 +tax for a box of 50!) I can find some standard 38 S&W loads in my reloading...

Well, I just got back yesterday from 5 glorious days at the S&WCA Symposium. I met a huge number of folks I previously knew only by screen name and enjoyed getting to know them all “for real”. One of the highlights of the week was getting to meet and chat with the Big Gorilla himself! I found...

Just wondering whether S&N will be at the S&WCA Symposium this week signing and perhaps even selling copies of their book? I’ve paid them what I consider to be a reader’s highest compliment to any author by trying diligently to wear out my 4th edition from studious use! 😉 🐸

Do mags for the Model 3913 fit and function in the Model 639? I guessing yes IF they are the same length, but I’ve been wrong before! TIA! 🐸

I just received a DM from a new member asking for more info about one of my projects and answered him with as complete info as I could recall. Then I noticed… there is no longer a header for our message count! Since I like to reread some of my DMs, my Inbox stayed pretty near the limit. Is...

I’ve been reading on another page of this forum about the 196 examples of the preWar/postWar I frame 32 Kit gun, and got to wondering how many of the later examples of virtually the same gun, the stainless, 4” barrel, adjustable sight gun… one of the variants sold as the Model 631. I do know...

If anyone here is considering dealing with Lee Barner, you have nothing to worry about. Of course Lee is known to many here and really doesn’t need much confirmation from me, but I just had to brag on him. I ordered a Weaver scope, and it got here during Blizzard ‘25 in exactly 1 week...

First, I’m aware that condition of this piece does not “make the cut” as a desirable antique BUT, it does get points for its history and provenance. As the title said, it a beat up example of a No 1, 2nd issue, serial number 43298. It’s been in my family since the late 1890s when my great...

Over the weekend I took a leap of faith and purchased a S&W revolver that is too new for me to be familiar with. Does anyone have experience with a plastic framed J frame hammerless revolver? The significant guts, cylinder and frame around the cylinder as well as the barrel are all steel, the...

I have mentioned my faux Model 16-3 several times. One thing I’ve only alluded to briefly that in spite of wonderful triggers on my 1948 vintage K22 & K38, the donor Model 14-3 and its ultimate rebirth as a 16-3 has the worst trigger of about any Smith I’ve ever owned... worse than the average...

I have a stripped Model 648 cylinder and extractor for a Model 648. I plan to have the chambers rebored to something that begins with “32” but would like for it to be complete with the ejector rod parts. I can find everything in stainless except for the extractor rod itself (for a 4”+ barrel)...

Lynchburg, VA is about to get a Sportsman's Warehouse. The D**k's Sporting goods moved to the Mall and took over the abandoned Sears building, leaving their purpose built building available. I haven't been in a SW store for years because none was convenient, but I recall shelves of ammo and...

In a couple of PMs starting last night a fellow member asked me a question I couldn’t answer, so I suggested we bring it here. Will a post War (II) K frame cylinder work with a pre War frame without radical machine work? Specifically we were discussing using a later K-22 cylinder as a “blank”...

In another thread on this forum we’ve been discussing the near mythical post War M&P revolvers in 32 S&W Long. Apparently something over 4000 of these were produced but most were described as being immediately shipped to an undocumented location somewhere “overseas”. One advantage of this...

Well, I went out to the range Wednesday to shoot my Model 16-3 recreation and my little snub I frame 32 HE. Much to my surprise I very quickly began to notice wear and tear on the pad of my right thumb from the process of firing single action. Fifty or so rounds was about all I could stand. I...

OK, COVID affects the amphibian brain in strange ways apparently. As I’ve been lounging about at home trying to recover from my bout with it, I’ve been reading a lot on the InterWeb and had the following epiphany… I’m dreaming it’s 1960 and I am a working class kind of guy who wants to shoot...

It dawned on me that we haven’t seen anything from my favorite artiste in S&W semi-autos lately. Where have you been friend Guzzi? Is everything OK? When are we going to see some more of your special kind of eye candy? Your friend the Frog

I was going through my storage unit and found some “old stock” from my days of selling at gun shows. There was a box containing several little red boxes containing new (very) old stock Pachmayr grip adaptors. There were some boxes labeled as fitting “Perfected Model .22 single shot Regulation...

Each of these “models” (actually these specific guns) has appeared on these pages. The custom smooth finger groove combats on the 631 just arrived today (thank you e-Bay!) This completes my stainless Smith family I have sought (unless I decide to go after a Model 63). I had and sold a stainless...

Well. i'm finally the owner of the Mod 631 I have long admired (or even lusted for). Its serial number begins with alpha BFN and although it came with original box, wrapper and the black plastic trigger guard plug, there was no paperwork included and no tools. It came to me with a set of...