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Is there a silicone gun sock made to fit 2 inch barrel snub nose guns? Gun socks made to fit all handguns are too big for snub nose revolvers for quick extraction. Thanks.

A friend asked me to clean a S&W 38 Spl 2 inch barrel revolver with blued metal and wood grips. I’m trying to find out it’s model name and date of manufacture. The only markings with helpful information is on the right side of the barrel: “38 S&W Spl.” The serial number at the bottom of the...

I inherited an old S&W 32 Long, but the nickel plating was so seriously degraded, I had it re-finished with brushed nickel at the suggestion of the re-finisher. I did not know what brushed nickel was. I recently shot the revolver and it performed quite well. I started cleaning the gun, & after...

Can someone help me identify an old revolver passed owned by my wife's grandfather and passed down to my wife from her mother? I am not supposed to tell my wife's age, but her grandfather died in his 70s in the 1960s. When we found the revolver, it was terribly pitted and rusty wrapped in a...

I recently received delivery of a new Summit Safe manufactured by Reed Custom Safes with which I am most pleased. I am no expert on gun safes, but I did a lot of research before I decided which gun safe to buy. Summit sells an upscale high quality safe that competes favorably in quality with...

I own a j frame 642-1 bought September 2013, but fired about 500 - 800 rounds since. I tried to remove the cylinder for cleaning & had trouble extracting it. I posted the problem here last week, and got sage advice to try rotating the cylinder. I rotated the cylindar and & it and the yoke came...

I am relatively new to handguns and breaking them down for cleaning. I own a 4 inch 686 L-Frame and a 642-1 J-Frame. Both were purchased new in the last 12 months. I read that it is good to occasionally remove the yoke and cylinder for cleaning. On my 686, I removed the side screw holding them...