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I bird dogged a LGS owner about another local pawn shop having a retired Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer selling several guns. One was a S&W99 special made for the CMPD (I posted about that model in a previous post) and two 4046s. The owner bought the S&W99 and one of the...

Recently picked up a Smith & Wesson 99 issued to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD). These used to be a lot more numerous in my area when they were surplused out when the department went to the M&P. They had an magazine disconnect safety added by Smith & Wesson per the...

I came across this 2213 at a local pawn shop. It has the box, two magazine, the loader, and the carry pouch with the holster. It was one of the promotional run of 1500. I've been looking for one of these since I saw Jerry Miculek say in a video that is was one of his favorite smiths. Plus I...

I stopped into a LGS on my way home from work on Thursday and in the case was a 28-2, 6 inch, Highway Patrolman for sub $500. I texted a friend, ncbeagle, partially to verify I wasn't imaging things and he quickly appeared through the door. After thinking on it for a brief moment, and having...

I thought I'd share a few pictures of project I've always wanted to do and finally found the right gun and had the money to get it accomplished. I just got it back from the gunsmith yesterday. I wanted to create a fitz special out of a Colt New Service 1917 or something similar out of a S&W...

Long time reader, first time poster... I found a 6946 at a local shop today and it looked real good. I was completely clean inside with only some light surface scratches on the outside. It looked like it had been carried some and shot very little, if shot at all. After handling it for a bit...