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I was at the range yesterday, enjoying my Model 52-2, when something fell onto my left wrist and landed on the bench: Needless to say, this was highly unexpected. I’m shooting loads just barely powerful enough to cycle the action (3.2gr WW-231/HP-38 with Speer 148gr HBWC) and I never...

All, Having spent several hours digesting everything I can find on this forum as well as others, I’m left more confused than ever. I’ve been reloading for 40 years for 20th century guns, but yesterday got a 1889 S&W Safety Hammerless in 38 S&W. I’ve ordered new Starline brass and 146gr...

All, I just inherited this somewhat scruffy-looking Safety Hammerless (see attached pics). The serial number of 29733 suggests a manufacture date around 1889. It seems to be fully functional. I realize it doesn’t have much value, but it looks like it would be fun to shoot. Is there any...

All, I don’t need a right side decocker on my 6906 as it just adds width but no practical function. I see that the immediate predecessor to the 6906, the 669, was available in several configurations including with a left-side-only safety/decocker. Will a 669 safety fit my 6906 slide? I...

All, I believe a magazine disconnect that renders a firearm inert with the magazine removed is an abomination. Is it possible to rectify the situation with the third generation guns, specifically the 6906?

Like the sign says…looking to buy a weight. I know Tim Bell made reproductions of the factory barrel weight for the S&W Model 52, and I would consider one of those too. Thanks in advance for any leads….. Update—have found and purchased a weight so this thread can be closed. Thanks!

All, I have a 1967 Model 27 that came to me with seemingly little use. I had it fitted with a second cylinder in 357/44 Bain and Davis. I noticed today what seems to be some rather extreme flame cutting of the top strap. This is after perhaps 1000 rounds with revolver-spec loads (22.0gr of...

All, A few years ago noted gunsmith Tim Bell made a production run of frame weights for the Model 52 that were nominally identical to the factory weights, but considerably less expensive. He struggled to sell them all but eventually ran out. I spoke to him the other day and he doesn’t think he...

Sad story here, folks. I was visiting a friend on his ranch today. His wife’s ranch, actually—he just gets to live there! She was out on a large mower, doing the mowing thing. She carries his 22/32 Kit Gun filled with shot shells to dispatch any rattlers she might come across. Although he gave...

I have a Model 686 that is the wife’s home defense gun. She doesn’t want to shoot full 357 Mag so I am trying to brew up a good 38 +P load, using 158gr JHP in 38 special cases. Load manuals led me to believe that 2400 would be a good choice, but my experience (10.0 grains, with the...

All, For many years I fed my Model 1905 .38 target model a steady diet of Speer 148gr HBWC bullets atop 3.0gr WW231 (the lightest load in the Speer manual) and had tremendous success, routinely shooting 1.5-inch groups at 25 yards. For various reasons I didn’t shoot it for about 20 years...

All, I am trying to adapt a later Model 27 cylinder (where the case head is not enveloped) to a 27-2 whose existing cylinder envelops the rim of the case (See my 357/44 Bain and Davis thread for pics). I suspect I need to buy a new yoke/crane to make this an easily reversed modification...

All, I posted a query for general info about 357/44 B&D elsewhere and was advised to make a specific inquiry for load data here. I have pretty much all the info that can be gleaned from the Internet, which is precious little. I’m missing the four-page data sheet that B&D themselves used to...

All, I lost out on an auction on EBay yesterday that I thought I had well in hand. I had bid higher than the winner’s max bid, but the system misfired and I wasn’t awarded the win. So now I need a set of RCBS 357/44 Bain and Davis dies. I need the reloading dies, and would also buy the case...

All, I was fortunate enough to buy a Model 27 cylinder in 357/44 Bain and Davis from a fellow forum member yesterday, and soon will be buying a Model 27 to go with it. I have searched the internet and have found the various articles, as well as published load data from Hornady and Accurate...

All, Looking for a 357/44 Bain & Davis on a vintage (pre-1969) N-frame, preferably around 6-inch barrel and preferably polished blued (Model 27), although Model 28 would do. Let me know what you’ve got! Thanks!

All, I’m the original owner of a Model 29-3 purchased new in 1986. For about ten years it was perfectly reliable, but then a problem cropped up. In a box of 50 rounds, 2-3 times the hammer would drop on an already-fired chamber. I had a friend fire it while I watched, and noticed that under...

Hi—these grips came on a 3-inch 629. They are extremely effective for concealment although they are designed so that only the third and fourth fingers grip the frontstrap and the pinkie rides below. For the life of me I can’t figure out the manufacturer. I have fitted Pachmayr grips and these...

Hi—for years I have been shooting a Model 29 .44 Magnum with an 8 3/8 inch barrel using 24 gr of WW296 behind 240 gr JHP. I now have a 3-inch 629 and I suspect 296 really isn’t appropriate for anything but producing large fireballs due to the slow burn rate. Does anybody have ideas for a load...