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Only things dark on this 4” 3913 are the front sight and the rear notch:

The EZ9 I got for Wifey shot so well, and handled so easily, that I got this one for myself, in anticipation of my inevitable, already starting to develop, age-related disabilities: These are the first five shots from it. While kinda close, at 7 yards, that’s the across-the-room distance at...

Too bad the grip is not long enough for the magazine (and a damned little black bug landed on the right grip for the photo). This is the best arrangement I’ve tried with the Pachmayr/Peters Stahl .22LR Target Conversion, so far. Previously, a Model 3906 grip was found to be too long for the...

5906 slide and barrel on 3913 frame:

It was kinda scuffed and banged up when I traded into it. But its lockup, cylinder gap and rifling looked good. So, I cleaned it up, installed a Wolff 11 pound trigger rebound spring, replaced the hammer with one from a 66, cut the front sight down to take an XS Gen.2 Tritium Big Dot...

Picked up this 3906 on GunBroker, with the intention of installing a Peters Stahl / Pachmayr .22LR Target Conversion onto it: Oops! The .22 magazine is too short and won’t lock into place, and some rocket surgeon had “cleaned up” the finish using something like a Brillo Pad. If you look...

This 5906 is already sighted in for 124 +P Gold Dots. So, these 115 +P+ Feds hit a bit low. Not enough to justify adjusting the sights, though. These were done as first shot equivalents by lowering the hammer before each. Please just ignore that high left stray (seems there’s always gotta be...

It came from S&W with the 5.5” Bar-Sto barrel, and Briley spherical bushing: I added the MMC sights, and the slight bit of holster wear at left front.

Quote from Gunz50, posted elsewhere: “[Consumers] were only looking to get the few stainless guns that were already in short supply and [ ] that were being sold at full MSRP and above[. S]stainless steel revolvers were the hottest new thing back then, in the 70's you needed to be on a wait list...

Not so likely to carve up my flank, when carried concealed.

This 640 had a great feeling action, but seemed just too heavy for a snub nose carry revolver: I also had a 60-4 barrel, which was no longer being used. If the gun’s gonna be hefty, might as well make that weight mean something. So: Resulting in: There’s probably not another like it.

It’s a 4” stainless steel barrel in a Black Nitride treated slide from a 5904 installed on a 3913 frame with a spur hammer.

A recent acquisition, is this Pachmayr / Peters Stahl .22LR Accuracy Conversion Kit for S&W 9mm pistols: It’s parked temporarily on my 3913. But, that aluminum frame is just too light for good balance with that heavy steel top end, and the handle is too short for the magazine. However...

During the GunBroker.com auction for this Smith & Wesson Model 696 “no dash” .44 SPL revolver in June 2014, I had my heart attack and was hospitalized before it was time to place my usual last-minute bid. So, my good friend CH4 bid for me and, upon winning, informed the seller of my...

When the S&W Model 63 first appeared in the 1970s, I just had to have one. I had really liked the Model 34. So, I bought the first 63 I saw at a gun show. I should have examined it more carefully before buying, for it was obviously someone’s cast-off. The front of the cylinder had been...

I’ve had a prejudicial preference for Patridge/Baughman, square top, square notch, handgun sights since the mid ‘60s. It took some doing to lure me away from them (partially, at least). I had been losing track of the black Baughman front sight on my 66-3 when attempting to rapidly engage...

Loaded Chamber? COCKED-AND-LOCKED ONLY! If a 1911 pistol is to be carried with a loaded chamber, LET'S BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS: Condition One (loaded chamber, hammer cocked, thumb safety engaged = "Cocked-and-Locked") is the ONLY way authorized by the US Army Training Manual to carry a 1911...

You don't always need to waste an otherwise good S&W barrel just because it has a damaged forcing cone. I have a 696 which came to me having a barrel with an oversized forcing cone. A couple years ago, after I had S&W replace that barrel with a "no longer available" new barrel from a special...