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These two photos are of my Model 17-5. When I bought it, the sight was damaged, and I bought replacement parts. Ever since then, the sight blade appears "canted" to the left. See my two recent photos. I suspect I should buy a complete rear sight, and replace everything, but as I recall, rear...

I have a Model 17-5 that never shot as well as I thought it should, although I mostly blamed myself, not the gun. Then it got much worse, so I let a more experienced friend try it, and for him too, the holes were splattered all over - no group. I'll skip over a lot of miscellaneous stuff...

Since the late 1970's, I was taught, and from then on I always cleaned, my revolvers (S&W Models 29, 14, 17, and 19) by first removing the cylinder. I now have a 1980 Python to go along with my revolvers, but in the Python forum, it was suggested that the revolver be cleaned without removing...

I am trying to correct an annoying issue on an older S&W Model 41. It involves the safety. With the safety OFF, while shooting the gun it's easy to let your hand rub against the safety, and the result is that it moves slightly upwards, and while the slide isn't locked (it doesn't move that...

There is a screw inside my Model 52 that I never paid any attention to before. It's in the middle of this photo - what is it, what does it do, and how does it get adjusted? Is it the "Trigger Stop Screw"? Ouch - the photo shows those parts to be absolutely filthy. I found this while...

I thought I had my repaired S&W Model 52 fixed - it seemed to work fine, loaded OK, fired every round...... for a while. Then it started acting up again yesterday. Once again, rounds did not fire, and didn't show any mark on the primer. I assumed it was the plunger issue from last time...

Back in March, I entered a new thread about how to get my Model 52 to work. After weeks of discussion, much of it from 'donk52', we finally figured out the problems. Took it to the range, and nobody believed it was fixed - so I let everyone try it. It worked flawlessly. I used it a few times...

I've been reading all the threads in this forum about extractor issues with a Model 41. I guess my own gun wants to be included, so here goes..... I have been having occasional stovepipe issues with my Model 41 for years, but most of the time it used to work fine - except on very hot, muggy...

The thread linked to below describes a situation that I had with my Model 41, and I think my brother still has with his 41. The extractor spring and plunger were "stuck" down at the bottom of the hole that they live in. Model 41 - Seized Extractor Plunger? Help! Nothing I tried seemed to get...

I am trying to re-assemble the bolt to the slide on my Model 41, and I am stuck on the very first step. I ordered new parts from Numrich, and I am trying to follow this video for how to do the job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9aIFhBFeRI&t=16s The new ejector spring from Numrich is longer...

When I took my S&W Model 41 apart to clean the firing pin and other parts (which turned out to be filthy) the "hook" came off easily, and a totally clogged ejector spring was behind it, completely filled with what looked like old grease. This part of my gun hasn't been cleaned in maybe 7...

I have a problem with a S&W Model 17-5 I am buying from another member of the Buillseye Forum. Serial number is AW VT816. The gun arrived at my FFL yesterday, and appeared to be in excellent condition. Both double action and single action were smooth and buttery, as nice as any gun I have...

I have printed out the step-by-step directions on how to adjust the trigger on the Model 41. I would like to move the adjuster one "notch" to make the trigger pull a little less. The first step is to drift the trigger pivot pin towards the left side of the gun. Seems to me that with the...

I purchased a S&W Model 14 a few months back from Gunbroker, and finally got around to cleaning it so I can start shooting it. Came apart fine, definitely needed a cleaning, and started to go back together. Now I've got one concern - the small screw that holds the yoke in place went in fine...

I entered a thread many weeks ago about a Model 52 that didn't fire reliably. Thanks to some wonderful people here (Especially Don!!!!), the issues got checked, one by one, and. we found the culprit - the plunger under the rear sight, that is part of the magazine disconnect mechanism. With...

A friend of mine was given a Model 14, 6" barrel, but it has a problem. Bob Cameron (my friend) is pretty sure the gun had a "squib load" sometime in its past history, and the barrel got damaged. I asked him to get me the exact model number and serial number, which I should have in a day or...

I'm mostly loading my own ammo for 38 Special (for Model 52 and others) and 45 (wad guns). I would like to buy a couple of boxes of "factory ammo" for comparison purposes. I started a thread on the Bullseye Forum, and have narrowed the choices down, but I thought I would ask here as well...

At some point in the future, I'd like to try out a red dot sight on my Model 52, probably the new one that Don has been teaching me how to work on. If it's really fixed (will know in three weeks) that's probably the one to use. I found two possibilities for a red dot sight, both from BME...

For any of you who have either or both of the Model 41 and the Model 52, I'm curious how you perceive the trigger to feel. Which of the following two scenarios best describes what you feel as you hold an unloaded gun in your hand, and dry fire it. Do you feel the pressure on the trigger...

The purpose of this thread isn't to debate whether a magazine disconnect is a good or bad idea. It's just to find out what S&W sold in the past, to customers who wanted a Model 52-2. Was the magazine disconnect a standard feature of these guns, or was it an option? As a follow-up question...