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I think many of us realize that there were two key differences between the original S&W Model 52 pistol and the 52-1 pistol. (If there are more than two, please share them!) The 52-1 had the frame adorned with a rail specifically to wear the accessory counter weight that S&W offered. But the...

This is simply STRANGE so I wanted to put it to the forum. Imagine a S&W Model 745 with an included factory target…? It is a Model 745 in high condition with all the box and goodies and also seems to show a dated test target. The target is marked with a 9/19/87 date. So it looks for all the...

Jim put up some brass goodies and was extremely easy to communicate with, fast as lightning and packaged the stuff extremely well. Deal with confidence with gressang and thanks, Jim!

A great friend recently gifted to me a few rounds of what we both believe to be REALLY old .357 Magnum ammo. Nickel plated brass case with the head stamp that says exactly: W. R. A. S&W .357 Magnum …and the humdinger, a large primer, not a small primer. Research has not been too easy as it...

What kind of knowledge base have we got on the old original wood stocks for these pistols? I will assume these are walnut... were there any variations on this? I know that the original Model 39 and pre-Model pistols had a smaller decock lever and the original left side stock panels have a...

Was talking with a buddy today about different S&W pistols we had and I got the wild hair to stage a couple of guns for a picture. I figured I would show the evolution of the S&W double stack 9mm. It occurred to me after arranging and then snapping the picture that despite the bloodline...

Saw a very cool old school Model 59 today. It had stamped lettering on the right side of the frame that said SUNNYVALE DPS in a pretty small font size. The pistol was in very, very high condition, so I was left to assume that it was a department gun but would had to have been an unissued extra...

Clifford David Moore May 5, 1935 -- October 28, 2023 He most recently lived in Swartz Creek, MI but for many years lived just outside of Holly, MI. He was a friend of our family and the first to teach me how to shoot a firearm. My Mom asked him to help not at all long after my Dad had passed...

I think we do a lot of these kinds of gripes on this forum, here is one that occurs to me almost daily and I bring it up because in my 35 years behind the wheel, this seems like a fairly new trend. Maybe you guys agree or don't? 4-ways or hazard lights, whatever your term is. Seems to me that...

Got my first, a Model 17-6 in late 1988. S&W revolvers have been a part of my life since that time. I have other brands but 90% of my wheelguns are outta Springfield, Mass. Occasionally there are problems... these are machines, it happens. We diagnose 'em and we fix 'em! Well on Saturday, I saw...

You ever think you kind of know something only to find out that maybe you don't and then when you attempt to dig deeper you kind of find out maybe a trusted source is possibly confused also?! The ubiquitous Model 41 (and to a lesser extent, the 46), I knew these pistols had been built in...

This was the tenth year I’ve gone on a 3-day prairie dog hunt and it’s been a blast to see how my equipment and my skill and success has evolved since that first ever attempt. And when I first started, my sidearm was on me simply because I always go armed… but by the second year I came to...

I’ve never had a gun deal move as quickly as this deal did. He’s in Arizona and I’m in Ohio. I posted “I’ll take it” shortly after 1am est early Friday morning. By Friday 1pm I was able to successfully send electronic payment. By Saturday evening he had a tracking number for me. Here’s where it...

The “adjustable” trigger stop is a part of the S&W revolver world that seemingly never gets discussed. I recently bought my first 27-2 and was surprised to find no trigger stop on it. So I fished my 27-5 out of the safe and there wasn’t one on it either. My 6-inch 66-2 has one. I believe that my...

Fast and fun to deal with and communication was terrific and entertaining also. Don’t hesitate to deal with Mike!

SOLD, thank you FOR SALE, extremely hard to find HKS 547 speed loaders. These are used items, no original packaging. There is no extreme wear showing on these and they are fully operational, 100% working condition. These fit the K-Frame Model 547 revolver in 9mm. All sales final. Please see...

Gonna need some shampoo and a good wet/dry vac. Cargo ship carrying 4,000 cars sinks in Atlantic Ocean | Fox News Volkswagen Group, includes Porsche and Lamborghini. I think that makes this quite interesting. $438 million is two miles deep in the Atlantic.

What I seek is a source for real deal *BULK* purchase of the bullet I need. It's a popular bullet, the Hornady 50gr V-Max in .224". Tons of places sell them in 100-count boxes, a few even have the 250-count box. I managed to stumble across a picture of them packaged, by Hornady, truly bulk...

Truly a great revolver and I love that these seem impervious to timing issues. All of the Ruger DA revolvers seem to be hell for stout when it comes to timing, this is an area where I believe Ruger just slaughtered both S&W and Colt. But I must get this off my chest, it’s the reason that I...

If this has been discussed, I’ve missed that conversation. I made this discovery some time ago and snagged a few pictures to detail it. What I find most interesting is that evidence suggests that S&W did this… and then later elected to abandon it. What I’ll show here are pictures of two...