Recent content by k22fan

Out of all brands' DA grips the original rubber with wood side panels GP-100/SRH grip makes heavy the most comfortable for me. On S&W N frames it's the rubber Hogue Mono-Grip but they'd be second in line at best. While this is very subjective it is backed up somewhat by Ruger never chambering...

You can't have too many .22 revolvers.

S&W did make one prototype .30 Carbine N frame during WW II. If I recall correctly it was to sell to the Chinese. I can not write that I ever lusted after a .30 Carbine DA. Admittedly my lack of enthusiasm for .30 Carbines influences my view. I want more accurate rifles. It would give up...

A new GP 100 probably with some choice of variety? Hmm .... if I use a pipe wrench to over torque the Service Six that cost me in the low $200s I get a new GP? Hmm ... Actually I wouldn't do such a thing. However, were I Malcolm2, I wouldn't hesitate asking if they'd upgrade to an Old Army.

I did not shoot my 6 1/2" OM BH this summer but it has not been that long. Their grip frames are anodized, not blued, are they not? Mine, in similar condition, was $350 & tax but that was before the buying panic started. It's amazing what a change of party in power at the federal level has done...

Are you talking K frames? I have a very old (1917) 32 long with fixed sights and a 4 ich barrel. I think they call it an I frame? What do they go for ? Condition about 85%, just blue wear, no rust. The only thing your I frame has in common with the K frame .32s I wrote about is their bore...

I picked up my 6" .38 Security Six. It has no stamps left from police department ownership. That's good. I prefer civilian owned guns. Holster wear and dings from banging into car doors only benefit me when the wear lowers the price I have to pay. I look forward to target shooting with it...

Broke Gunner? I thought it is Gone Broker. For several reasons the average Joe is not likely to get the exceptional prices sometimes seen on national auction sites, but I guess you can dream. At any rate, none of the K frame .32 S&W Long revolvers sold worth a hoot leaving them as odd ball...

Bear in mind that compared to cartridge guns a higher percentage of black powder guns never get fired before being sold as pre-owned guns. Unfired ones are not all that scarce. I just bought an early 1970s Thompson Center Hawken unfired at a price that would have been a bargain for one that been...

I'd be afraid a gun that old might go off in the woods and injure a deer. :lol: Nice .44!

I considered correcting Chet myself but did not want to appear unappreciative of the valuable details that he got right. "pretty old" Really? It is one of those modern breach loaders, is it not? One of the regulars at the range where I used to live made a career out of making custom flintlocks...

I have no knowledge of five shot Ruger 9 mm revolvers to contribute, only a quick question. Does the 9 mm LCR use the same full moon clip as the 9 mm SP-101 and does that clip fit a S&W 9 mm J frame?

Thank-you for posting the quantity made, 500. While that does not make it scarce it's still not a lot. Its prefix is 159. I do not remember a CHP stamp or the over stamp that I've read some of the equivalent S&W Model 68s have. I do not remember for sure but the over stamp applied before CHP...

I'll only agree that rubber looks old and ugly. However, I do not doubt that you find it more comfortable firing magnums.

It was made relatively recently as evidenced by its red ramp front sight and the roll stamp on its barrel that writes William Ruger warns that shooting your toe with this gun will smart or something similar. I do not know if its larger size factory walnut grips are original but they fit me much...