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My LGS just put out a very clean 19-3, S/N 5K41***. It's a round butt 2.5 incher, pinned and recessed, with non-diamond Magna grip panels that number to the gun. Standard hammer and trigger. It has a very faint turn line, and the front ramp is black with no colored insert. It has been fired...

Those of you who read the revolver forums may know that i make the BK grip adapters, designed for S&W and Colt double action revolvers. I have a customer with an old (1931) Colt Detective Special, and hope someone here can help with a fitting problem. The BK adapter for Colt revolvers is sized...

I have kept in regular touch with my Air Force roommate since we left active duty in 1972. He recently gave me some information and pix of a S&W revolver passed down from his grandfather, who reputedly used it and a number of smaller break-top guns in his vaudeville comedy routines, shooting...

Will be flying to visit grandkids and plan to take a 442 and ammo in checked luggage - I have a CCW permit for the destination, so why not? The flight is on Southwest - I've checked guns with them before with no hassles, so don't expect any this time. But I'm wondering if anyone has...

I've returned to IDPA shooting after laying off for a few years, and in the spirit of shoot-what-you-carry I'm trying my 9mm Shield in the CCP division. (I used to use a Glock 26 in SSP, or a K-frame revolver, and did well with both.) I've done good shooting with the Shield in the 2 matches...

Apart from the unpredictable magazine catch that I've mentioned in another thread, I loved the way the 22 Compact shot at the range today. EXCEPT - the cap that protects the threads on the end of the barrel keeps wanting to unscrew itself. (The threads on my gun are all inside the slide, and...

Just picked up a 22 Compact and haven't even been to the range with it yet. (Ordered it after putting just 25 rounds through a rental gun at the range - VERY sweet shooting and feeling gun.) But "playing" with it in the course of an initial field strip and barrel cleaning I've noticed that the...

Am thoroughly enjoying the new 9mm Shield, which has drawn me back to autoloaders after many years with revolvers. But loading those magazines is getting very hard on my thumbs. So I'm in need of help. In my previous autoloader life I used both the Glock and Uplula mag loaders to load Glock...

I'm working up various loads (light, medium and heavy) for the 32 caliber revolvers I've become enamored of. The current project is to load something that approaches the Buffalo Bore 100g JHP +P load that I have in my daily carry gun. This is for practice - at ~$1.25/shot the BB is too...

The cylinder latch on my 31-1 went floppy last week. This gun was bought recently on Gunbroker with no box or papers, and no provenance. The cylinder latch had worked properly for several range trips, but was no longer sprung when I went to clean the gun after the last trip. Popping the...

Just picked up a beautiful bright-blue 30-1 from Gunbroker with a 2" pinned barrel, and I'm wondering if it's old enough that I should put it in my C&R bound book. SN is 780372. It came with a hard Crimson Trace laser grip, but the original matching number diamond Magnas were included. (Yay!)...

WITHDRAWN. NO LONGER FOR SALEI have for sale a 3 inch 686 Plus (7 shot 357 Magnum, SKU 164300), asking $665 which includes shipping to your FFL. It is New In Box. Thanks for looking.

My favorite 22 handgun is a Mod 35 with a 4" barrel, something which I gather was not uncommon. I have recently discovered the joys of 32 caliber revolvers, and picked up a 3" 31-1. It's a neat little gun to shoot, but most of my loads tend to hit right. Which has me wondering if S&W ever...

I've been loading pistol rounds for ~25 years using Lee carbide sizing dies. I've always tumbled cases clean before sizing and reloading, almost always in corn cob, usually with a bit of polish added to the media after every few batches and run for a couple of hours to spread it out. I have...

Can someone please check the age of a Model 31 no dash, SN 681409? Thanks in advance.

I finally decided to just go-ahead-and-get a 22/32 Kit Gun. Have wanted one for years - ever since getting a Taurus 94 which I've never really liked. Anyway, I found one on Gunbroker that matched my wants. It was described as made in 1950, so I got it delivered direct on my C&R license. Just...

Got a new (to me) 2 inch 64-4 a couple of weeks ago, supposedly from a Virginia Dept of Corrections batch. It's in nice shape, with a smooth double action and very short and crisp single action letoff. The innards were quite clean, except for some clear, very gummy residue everywhere inside...

I posted a question like this in the middle of another thread, but it sort of got lost among the other discussions. So - just on this topic: I like to shoot my J frames, a lot, but find them to be generally uncomfortable after not all that many rounds. Even with Pachmayr Decelerator grips...

Anybody else have this experience? I have a 442 which has always shot high and right, as compared to my 49, 649 and 638 which are all pretty much dead on for windage - elevation does vary a bit with bullet velocity and weight. The difference is that at ~10 yards I can knock down 8" steel...

While sitting at work waiting for a telephone callback, I got to wondering: I carry a 638 daily (even shot an IDPA match with it last weekend - it was a "shoot what you carry" match, with max 5 shot strings - with pretty good results) and have had a 49 for decades. I really like the size and...