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I picked up this Brazillian Contract 1917 today. Tight, decent condition, good bore, excellent trigger. Missing the lanyard ring. Bought as a shooter. Serial # 198447 I'd like to know anything you folks have to tell me!

I recently made a set of J-frame grips for someone, and fitted them to my 1950's vintage Airweight Chief's Special (Model 37.) When she tried to fit them on her Model 442 there was about a 1mm gap where the grips met. I don't have a 442, but I measured a 640-2, and the widest part of the grip...

Picked up a box-O-gun on the cheap, a fully stripped J-frame that had be coated and never reassembled. I reassembled it and noticed it said 'airweight' on the barrel. I stuck a magnet to it and thought, 'huh. Must be a replacement barrel.' Turns out I'm a dufus (like you're surprised.) The...

Someone took a nice older J-frame, stripped it and had it coated, then never reassembled it. i was able to pick it up for a very, very good price because it was 'ruined' by having a very nice, professional refinish. My interest in the gun is practical, so I care not one bit about the...

Looking for any information I can find on a nice modified Hand-Ejector I picked up recently. The gun originally had a 5" barrel and is square-butt style. Serial Number S879818. There is a strain-screw on the front of the grip-frame. It is a 5-screw frame. It has fixed sights and is chambered...

Kind of an odd question, but have hand-ejector/K-frame grip frames changed over the years? I mean, they all look very similar, but I've never had the opportunity to compare them side by side. I know some of the older ones must be pretty similar; grips for J-frames seem to fit their .38...

I've picked this up today. Nice gun chambered in .44 Russian. Serial number is 18500. Was curious if I could get a ballpark estimate of when it was made?

A friend with a gun store stumbled across a rather sad .38 Single Action and offered it to me at a very good price. I snapped it up, and discovered it's issues were largely superficial. Lock-up is bank-vault tight, no endplay, forcing cone in good shape and everything functioned as it should...

I just purchased this remotely from an out-of state shop. It's reported to be in good order, but I was told the cylinder free-rotates when the hammer is down, but locks up tight when the gun is cocked. Is this normal for this model? I'm getting the gun regardless at that price; if need be I...

Few years back I purchased an old 6-1/2" barrel hand ejector. The front sight had been cut to a target-style sight, and the frame, barrel and cylinder had been chemically etched and given an ugly black finish of some kind. It was wearing a set of Pachmayr grips that were completely out of...

I first encountered this gun at Pinto's Guns in Renton, WA. Virtually no finish left, timing issues, massive cylinder end-play, badly pitted bore... What the hell, it was cheap, I coveted an I-Frame and it wasn't as if I could make it worse... I attacked the bore with cleaners and bronze wool-...

... for a .38 safety Hammerless (4th Model) Can't find one at the usual sources...

This is an early Christmas present from my wife, and it is pristine; I think it may actually be un-fired. Serial H28675 Curious as to when this might have been made.

You've seen this gun a few times before, but it's finally pretty much finished. Completely stripped and refinished an 'antique gray,' the Pachmyer grip replaced with hand-made checkered walnut and a home-made grip-adapter. I'm still on the lookout for a suitable piece of antler for stag...

I recently got a rough .32 Hand Ejector for a song, and after cleaning it up I noticed that the cylinder moves forward and back a good .010-.015 inches or so, which makes the barrel/cylinder gap rather large. Is there a fix for this?

Some time ago I posted a 6-1/2" barreled .38 hand ejector bought at a nice price because a previous owner had bead-blasted and re-blued it. The finish was pretty ugly, but the gun was a superb shooter. Since the gun had no collector value I decided to refinish the gun and, presupposing I could...

Spotted this S&W Regulation Police chambered in .32 Long at the LGS today. Much freckling but mechanically sound. Chambers are pristine, the bore appears good but for some pitting at the muzzle-end. Serial #102210 The price tag was $125 and I snapped it up. Any information would be appreciated.

Thought I'd try to find out little more about my model 28-2. I got this from a police officer friend years ago, who said it had been the duty weapon of a sheriff's deputy locally. The gun is fitted with a beautiful pair of Ahren's grips that suit me well, and is in excellent condition except for...

I posted about this gun back on June 14 after I had just gotten it and since then a number of questions have come up. FYI gun is serial number 127XXX. It was refinished by bead-blasting (without disassembling it, apparently) and re-blueing. Since the gun's collector value has been compromised by...

I've been told that it was safe to shoot modern factory .32 S&W loads even in 19th century guns originally designed for Black Powder, provided that they are quality guns and in good condition. Appealing to the group mind here- is this true? I'm told factory loads for this round used black powder...