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I remember watching John Payne in Restless Gun. His gimmic gun was an extended barrel and stock for his SAA - one season he had a barrel extenstion and another he actually screwed out the short barrel and replaced it with a longer one. All this talk about detectives reminds me of a little...

I don't doubt that is true, but no one can predict how far he will have to shoot - I will admit, long range problems of self defense at ranges even longer than 10 yards are unusual. Still I know of officers and regular citizens saving officers under attak, having to shoot and hit at 70, 91, 102...

I own four old Pythons - two were done over by officers for PPC - they are great, one 1957 and has a decent DA pull, but it does sliightly "stack up" (gets heavier toward the end, I haven't measured it. and alateer 4" nickel that defintely stacks up. Opps, make that five pythons, I have a 3"...

I have a "pair" of 27s with those Herrett's stocks on them - they are not a real pair, one is a 27-2 and one is a 27-3 - they wear something else now but no dig on the Herrett's - I love their stock work - I just put a set of Herrett's on a 1957 Python 6". Sorry for the poor picuture it was...

Yeah, I think the feds have guidlines (one of which is annual qual) but they leave it to states to set the actual Course of Fire for the qual. - ours is not much, same as the State CCDW and the State Certified Peace Officer qual. 20 shots at 21 feet. It is basically a "field sobriety test" ...

Sure. I did make a mistake, this is a plain 39 - no dash (but it is not an all steel one) bought it used some years back - the mag in it was loaded and it turns out to be the same, so I gather they were original to the gun. Hope this helps. Riposte

Fortunately, in our state, any PD instructor, or CCDW Instructor can perform out LEOSA qual - unfortunately the card expires exactly a year after the date of the qual and it takes them a month to process so in our state it is only good for 11 months :( OTOH our state CCDW is free for LEOSA...

I wear a size 7 glove, I do like Magnas+Tyler T grip (which seems to be "unabtainium" these days but I hear BK adapters suffice). I also like the various copies of "coke bottle" stocks from Eagle or Altamount. Hogues seem to be OK as well but I like the non finger grooved ones better than the...

This should be written in stone! I like snubs just fine, but I also have beleived for half a century - never shoot a major caliber man with a minor caliber pistol (or rifle!). Any time one gets into a potentially lethal encounter it is like rolling the dice - there are thousands of possible...

I've been pepper sprayed more than once - it doesn't effect me for long enough to kill the guy that sprayed me (if that had been legal ;) ) it did affect me after abou 30 seconds though. In fact in one class where I was sprayed we had to shoot a target after being sprayed (it was an officer...

I use Lil Gun in my .480 Ruger - it works well and I always figured I'd fall back on it if I need .357 powder (which I honestly don't load much of). Been thinking on substituting Long Shot for Unique but I haven't done it yet - I have tried Universal Clays (they might just call it Universal now...

I'm not a huge .357 guy, though I have had them for decades and have shot a number of deer and smaller vermin with the cartridge. Shot mostly with 125gr JHPs at from 1600 to 1800 fps (I typically hunt with 6-8" revolvers), but now my focus is on heavier bullets - these days 185 gr LHP to 195...

For the last 50 years or so I have carried no fewer than two handguns (often when I was active LE it was more) - just coincidence but right now I'm carrying both an auto (Combat Commander .45) and a revolver (S&W 10-5 3" in .38 spl - but I'm sticking around the house today - when I go to the big...

I actually have a pinned barrel 25-5 - I knew the story on the cylinder throats, and actually got some bullets off the shelf to test them - two of the throats would pass .458" rifle bullets - I bought the gun anyway (it was only $300). About a month later the same dealer called me and said he...

Here is one of my M-19s. I forget the dash # but I bought it used in 1978 - the work was done by the Memphis PD armorer (Tom P.) and I carried it on duty for about 2 years. Those were the days! Not only could you carry a custom gun you could carry handloads! Riposte

While I've had revolver's fail (often due to a mistake I made), I have shot a lot of critters with handguns - depending on the bullet design, 500 fps doesn't gain you much (except a little range) - a .357 magnum 125 gr. JHP, in my experience, is markedly less effective than a .45 Auto...at least...

That might leave a mark :D Then again, I have some 158 gr. .45 bullets (cast out of ziinc, bought them from Dillon back in the day) they get 1550 from a 5" 1911. They aren't as effective on game as 230s at 850 but they are sort of interesting. Neither are 165 Cor-bon powerball which get...

I have a sign above my desk, given to me by a Colonel that says: "There's not too much that can't be fixed with a Colt .45 and a 30-06" - no he wasn't "The Colonel" but he knew him. Riposte

I just realized I had one of those magazines on my desk - it fits my S&W 39-2 but I bought it used so not sure it is original, it does have "S&W" on the base plate, no other markings. It does work with 9mm. Riposte

Have you seen Bill Jordon "beat the drop"? He balanced a ping pong ball on the back of his hand and fired 6 rounds before it hit the floor - of course he cheated he dropped the ball from waist level, and the ball dropped into the empty holster after he drew - even though in slow motion you...