Recent content by Checkman111

Noticed that the hammer of the SP is different from older specimens. Mine was shipped last year. For lack of a better word, it's "skeletonized". Anybody know why the design change? I don't care about cast parts vs MIM parts vs forged parts. Just wondering as to the new machining of the hammer...

There are a couple local auction houses in my area that sale firearms on a weekly basis. The auctions are on the Internet, but the auction warehouses/offices are in my immediate area. I am able to inspect the pieces before bidding on them. In the past three years all but one of my acquisitions...

Three years later did your friend have any issues with it or was it ok for him? Just curious.

I became a consistent buyer of firearms starting in 2000 and I recall seeing various six models in the used display cases on a frequent basis. I wasn't interested at the time. By the time I started coming around to the Security-Six series (about five years ago) they had dried up. I was lucky to...

It came along when I wasn't looking for something else. So naturally I acquired it.

Yes I understand about wanting the trifecta. A few years ago I completed my S&W Model 19 trifecta. Now I'm on the lookout for a blued Security Six with 6" barrel. My S&W Model 19 trio. Just because.

I own a few Ruger handguns and I've always liked the look of the Ruger .22LR pistol with the heavy 5.5" bull barrel. Actually, I've always been partial to the bull barrel configuration in general (regardless of the make and model). However, even when firearms inventories were fat, the bull...