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The S&W Collector's Association 2025 Symposium was held from June 11-14 in the Embassy Suites Hotel, Concord, NC. The short video below shows the scope of the exhibit hall displays and sales tables. Next year, 2026, the Symposium will be held September 9-13 in Springfield, MO at the University...

TM 9-1285 Maintenance on Shotguns, All Types, 1942. Complete, original War Department paperback. Some tearing of front and back covers. A few pages have folded corners but are not torn. No annotations. Price includes shipping inside CONUS. $75

This started as a project gun (thanks David!) to attempt to restore a badly pitted barrel on a K-22 OD that shipped in January 1932. It didn't turn out exactly as I planned but fixed the pitting problem. If my camera had a better lens, it might show better. Here's my new shooter, BBQ gun...

Looking for a 6", blued K22 Outdoorsman barrel in good condition.

Our local Dothan AL gun show reopened yesterday after shutting for covid-19 precautions. Thom (SASaberranger), his wife Deb and I rented some tables and sold some stuff. Folks out West around Wyoming probably know Thom and Deb. They are veterans of the gun show circuit. I'm a novice. They...

Anybody heard from him? Hasn't posted in a month.

I just received some pre-war K frame silver medallion grips from an auction. They were described as N frame but the seller said he couldn't read the serial number. It was difficult but I managed to read it as 2654XX. However, that would put them in either 1917 or 1919 when the medallion would...

On Saturday July 6th a group of us Atlanta area collectors got together to meet and greet. We brought some eye candy that everyone enjoyed. Thanks to Range, Guns & Safes for hosting us. From Left: Derek, Mike (leatherhead23), Milton, Rodney (jeepnut), Doc (GA 1911) From Left: Derek, Guy...

Attention ATL area collectors! A group of us is gathering for a show and tell on Saturday, July 6 at 10 am at Range, Guns and Safes, North Location, 4025 Pleasantdale Road, Atlanta. Eye Candy will be present so remember to bring yours. If you want to be reminded, please PM me a valid email...

Folks, I have posted some pictures of the recent SWCA Symposium in Richardson, TX. These are primarily of the exhibit / sales tables in the gun room. They are uncaptioned but most have explanatory signs. Each photo may be zoomed/scrolled by double clicking and using the album or mouse controls...

Prior to the symposium, I was able to acquire this 3-1/2" Model 1-1/2 in a presentation box with vintage black powder cartridges. The cartridges have a U head stamp. The gun is tight and the action is smooth. The bore is fairly clean. But only traces of the blue finish which I believe was...

Some of you may remember my thread from a year or so ago on a pathetic Model 16, K32 Masterpiece that I took pity on. It came to me with a cut 5" barrel, heavily corroded barrel and frame. Here are some refresher pictures: Some speculated that it was a working gun on a lobster boat...

Based on some feedback I received on my tutorial for adding pictures to a new thread, I created this tutorial for inserting pictures into a post. There are two techniques presented: Inserting pictures that are hosted on a site like Photobucket, Flickr, Imgur and from an album on this site...

Considering how often new members ask for help posting pictures to a thread or post, I decided to make a short tutorial video on posting to a NEW THREAD as an attachment. Unless I get significant negative feedback, I will make other short tutorials for inserting pictures into the body of a post...

What's the biggest "tell" to ID a triple lock hammer? Chafing bushings?

Seeking a 6" pinned barrel in .32 S&W Long.

Well the thunderstorms disappeared, the temperature stay low with a slight breeze, and we enjoyed getting together and looking at guns that we had not seen before. Here are the guys that showed up. From left: Firemanhank, GA 1911, Mac23, Wiregrassguy, m_conrad_0311, rct269, Old Wheel Man...

S&W lovers, we are going to hold another meeting in the Atlanta area on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Walmart Super Center, 210 Cobb Parkway (US 41), SE in Marietta, GA. (33.945747, -84.521408). We will meet in the northernmost part of the parking lot adjacent to the Trade Center Parkway at...

In the SCSW, 4th and Roy's History of S&W, there is mention of 74 .455 2nd models that were chambered in .45 Colt for the Canadian government. Roy says no record was kept of the serial numbers associated with these guns. Has anyone done any research on these 74 guns that can give us a SN range...

Atlanta fora, trying to put together a meeting of local members on Saturday March 31 to socialize, put faces with names and show some guns. A few of us have been doing this in ATL several times a year for about 5 or so years, now. Would like to expand it out and get some new folks to come...