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Hi Most of us that daily Carry either in a Holster or just stuffed in a Pocket have gun's that show the time of wear. I Myself like the Old style High Standard Derringer. They Lay Flat in your Pocket and I feel that in .22 Magnum Cartridge they will do the job of protecting myself should I need...

Hello All I Looked long and hard for a S&W Pre-25 chambered in .45 acp and finally came across one in decent shape. These seldom seen revolver's in my area normally command higher prices but I Lucked into this one for $600.00 about Five Years ago. I Promptly took it home and hand loaded up some...

Hello All I spent about an Hour on this gun yesterday cleaning it, waxing it and Placing my Original set of Walter Roper stock's on it. Here is how it came out and I will be hunting this coming week with it Packed in my Factory Padded S&W shoulder Rig. It is a S&W Pre-25 revolver chambered in...

Hello I Recently picked up a Very Rare Bird Indeed. I was in one of our local guns shops the day before yesterday and spotted a neat Mauser action rifle and asked to see it, as the owner had just...

Hello I have hunted Hard for a Four screw Pre-17 for a long time now and finally found the Right One to add to my S&W Revolver collection. The Four screw version K-22s that are not Model stamped 17 in their crane frame area are a Tough find. The reason for this is that S&W dropped the upper...

Hello While at a recent meeting of The Smith & Wesson Collectors Association, I was Pleased to locate a First year Registered magnum. The Show theme this Year was The Famous Registered magnum and it was the most Registered Magnums I have ever seen under one Roof. S&W Produced The Registered...

Hello Yesterday I had Range Duty at my Local Range for the day as I am a sanctioned N.R.A. Range safety officer and donate my time to Our Local Range to help Others in the sport . It was a Beauty of a day being Very Warm in my area, so We were very Busy and I had a Lot of first timer shooters...

Hello Here is one you do not see often. This model of 1950 .44 Special revolver shipped in January 1951 Just Four Months after it's model was released. I Purchased it from a friend that has a vast S&W Target sighted revolver collection and he had Two of these. I Bought this one because it is a...

Hello Out of Frustration & Desperation of wanting another S&W revolver chambered in .32 H&R Magnum, I Picked up a almost New In Box Model 431 P.D. last weekend. It has had an action job and Wolf Springs installed but it is apparent after all that was done very Little firing was done if any at...

Hello A Few weeks ago I attended a very small Gun show in Middle Tennessee. I had about seen it all with nothing Gaining my Interest when I came upon this Tennessee Highway Patrol Commemorative Revolver. In 1989 G.T. Distributors of Rossville, Georgia designed and distributed this special...

Hello As most of you know, I spend almost all my weekends chasing gun shows within a 200 Mile radius of my home. It has become an Obsession with me, and for the most Part, has produced some very nice S&W revolvers or at times some very rare accessories. Last weekend I attended a small but high...

Hello I recently Picked up a N.I.B. Model 25-2 S&W revolver chambered in .45 ACP that shipped in November 1977. I am very Familiar with the moon clip's and decided to try some .45 Auto-Rim Cases with hand loads in this Gun. I like using Hodgens "Tight group" and was wondering if anyone has a...

Hello I have had a Savage model 219 single shot rifle for awhile now, That is chambered in 30-30 and I wanted to add one in .22 Hornet but they are few and far Between. I came across a nice one last weekend at the show here in K-Town and Picked it up for $250.00. I Plan to shoot it maybe...

Hello I came across a realy hard to find S&W Outdoorsman revolver this weekend at a Local show. This one shipped in December 1950 and is a Trasition piece. It has The new shorter action. Micro sights, and is one of 6039 produced between 1950-1965. Regards, Hammer It

Howdy Most of you that Know me know I Eat, Breath, & Live S&W revolver's. I Can't Help it, It is just what I Like in Life Best. I have always Been a Lover of The .32 Caliber in a Revolver. I have a few small I frames that S&W Made many Moons ago, and even had a couple of -J-Frame stainless ones...

Hello Back in July of this Year, I came across a Reasonable Pre-30 S&W-J-Frame revolver. I had been watching a Long time for one in Nickel finish, to No avail. I wanted this model as it is in .32 S&W Long and it is a six shot revolver, rather than a Five shot Like other-J-frames. I looked at...

Hello I was recently Looking at a S&W model 431 P.D. Model. This revolver is chambered in the .32 H&R Magnum. I wondered if the black finish the factory applied stays in place better than the silver Looking finish they use today ? I had a 331 but all the finish seemed to flake off from Carrying...

Hello I recently Picked up a Post War K-22 Third series revolver. They had the soft Matte finish Bluing which I am not a fan of. I found it was deadly accurate and wanted a Custom Finish Look, so sent it off To Ford's refinishing in Florida for their Master Re-bluing Job. In the mean time while...

Hello I have a fondness for Early Pre World War II S&W revolver's. I Have Three at this time and all exhibit the same quality in fit and finish. Those that have them know what I am speaking of, as they were made during a time Period when S&W employed fitter's and Gun smith's not Bean counters or...

Hello: I was looking for another K-22 a year ago and stumbled on one my local gun-Shop who had on consignment. This one was a model 17-2 and the finish was a well worn blue. I was attracted to the grip's as soon as I saw it. I knew they had to be the original "ROPER" grip's I had only read and...