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Friday, 7 February 1969…..one of my happier days…..anyone else out there happen to be at Ft. Belvoir during that era…..or maybe even in the OCS Class 5-69 roster and photo posted below?

This is a new addition recently picked up from GI. Nothing exceptional but nice condition - probably a little too nice to shoot, all correct/nothing suspicious, and letters properly. The box was added, also a GI purchase, and the serial number of the box (353754) is actually very close to the...

Some of you may recall my thread from a couple years ago where I ordered a Registered Magnum from Guns.com and the gun I received had the barrel slightly set back but otherwise was a beautiful gun. Although not mentioned or pictured in the Guns.com listing, I also received the registration...

Note: The provenance of this Colt SAA is speculative and based on a family story, not verifiable documentation - historical accuracy is questionable. Thomas Edison Traylor was born on July 12, 1917 in Bradley County, Tennessee. He attended school through the 8th grade. On January 18, 1938 he...

Just received this 1940 vintage .357 Magnum with original 3-1/2” barrel. It has the classic police front sight setup with Baughman Quick Draw front sight on a plain (non-reflector) King Ramp base. It was shipped to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety in a 1 gun shipment on February 23...

The Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) was a prolific buyer of the Pre-War .357 Magnums having purchased at least 482 Registered and Non-Registered Magnums. 473 of these 482 RMs/NRMs had 4” barrels, 2 had 3-1/2” barrels, 5 had 5” barrels, 1 had a 6” barrel, and 1 had a 6-1/2” barrel. It is...

Note: This post is primarily directed to the SWCA members that frequent this Forum. If this post interests you, but you are not a SWCA member, then JOIN! Last week our Forum member JayCeeNC provided me an extensive list of serial numbers that he had recorded for the early Pre-Model 27’s that...

As many of you know, the Kansas City Police Department used 4” S&W .357 Magnums (Reg Mags & Non-Reg Mags) from the latter part of 1939 up until about 1957 when the KCPD replaced them with the 4” Heavy Barrel K-38 Masterpiece. Here is an example of these Magnums….. Through a recent eBay...

For sale - nice clean solid condition Medium Size Type 2 Blue Picture Box (showing the Magnum wearing Magna grips) All corners solid in both the top and bottom. $1100 shipped/insured to CONUS only. Price is firm. Personal check (must clear for non-SWCA members before shipment) or PayPal...

I recently had the good fortune to add one of the Colt Pre-War Post-War 1st Generation Single Actions to my small collection. I did not get a box or test target, but the gun is near factory new, is published and pictured in Don Wilkerson’s excellent book entitled Colt’s Single Action Army...

Before I turned my attention to S&W Pre-War and early postwar .357 Magnums in 2014 I had spent the previous 25 years dabbling in 1st generation Colt Single Actions. It undoubtedly had something to do with growing up watching 1950’s era TV westerns. I had some really nice SAA’s during those 25...

I would like to buy at least 6 Kynoch .450 Black Powder Revolver Cartridges as pictured below. I will buy loose individual cartridges, or a full box either opened or unopened. Thank you.

factory original carved ivory grips….. The gun is a 4-3/4” Colt Frontier Six Shooter .44-40 originally shipped as a 1 gun special order to Abercrombie & Fitch Company on November 8, 1926….. A fairly nice, rugged, and well built holster and belt rig came with the gun. The belt is marked...

Can anyone tell me who made the grips for this Colt? “LUUIIC” appears to be stamped into the butt of the left side grip….. The grips are 1 piece and the owner did not want to remove them.

Thanks to Forum member Thinnes I was able to double my collection of early postwar .357 Magnum Transitionals and now have added the only known 8-3/4” Transitional to the only known 8-1/2” Transitional. I believe taken together they would pass the mikepriwer “Rare Pairs” test [emoji1]….. The...

The below chart is sort of a spin-off of the chart that Dr. Jinks previously published on Pre-war .357 Magnum Registered and Non-Registered Production. During July 2022 Dr. Bill Cross completed a review of early Postwar .357 Magnum invoices available in the S&W Historical Foundation digitized...

Is the Wells Fargo marking on this gun legitimate? Butt serial number of the gun is 2848.

Question: Does barrel setback done professionally outside the factory devalue an otherwise collectible condition Registered Magnum (say 97% with box, certificate, and mailing tube)? Note: the work has already been done, apparently during its primary period of use to correct end shake, as the...

What brand and model single action revolver is this ejector housing for? Note that it is slotted straight through.

I like the old ones that helped settle this country and made the Colt Single Action Army a legend. On your right is a Colt Peacemaker .45 Colt from 1875 (3rd year of manufacture), and on your left is a Colt Frontier Six Shooter .44-40 etched panel from 1880. Both guns are 100% matching and...