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Bigdog357
Love the grips on your Blackhawk! What are they made of?
It is an old picture...I may have already removed the overspray but when I use my guns I don't generally obsess about cosmetic considerations.Can you wipe the sight black over spray on the barrel off or do you want it like that ?
That would be an "I" frame, not an "L" frame.https://link.shutterfly.com/j66Ug1PEcbbHere is my .32 S&W Long, "L" frame (has a flat mainspring, not coil lik "J" frames). The holster is one of my creations...I always liked the full-flap holsters when woods walking (or sitting), for the superior protection of the gun from knocks and dings. It seems that I cannot insert a picture from ShutterFly using the above "picture postcard" icon in the toolbar. Can anyone tell me why? It is a .jpg, less than 1MB.
I see no point in eliminating the option of single action for an unforseeable circumstance when you might want it. Just because there's a hammer spur there, doesn't mean you have to use it, or get rid of it just because you don't think you'll ever need it.Just posting a picture of my S&W 686 ..... note that the hammer spur has been removed inasmuch as I see no point in having a spur on a revolver that will only be used in a defensive situation as opposed to offensive. I have nerve actually read a post wherein a realistic scenario where one would ever need the single action capability......
Removing the hammer spur was part of my process to lighten the trigger pull. Aside from that, no one has ever given me a realistic (but lots of fantasies), practical or logical reason why a defensive carry revolver should need to have a hammer spur...they always give ambiguous and vague scenarios. During my required classes for a concealed carry permit, the guest speaker was a Michigan State Trooper, who emphasized that using (firing) a carry gun was only a last-resort maneuver,,,when all else had failed. In the fairy tale scenarios presented by those who insist the spur is an advantage, fail to see that using a spur to cock the gun shifts the gun from defensive to offensive especially in the light of what the trooper said further...that if you ever actually shoot your carry gun, your live will never be the same again inasmuch as your actions will be scrutinized in detail by the authorities. Further, he emphasized that it is not a citizen with a carry permit's duty to save anyone else (going offensive to "save" someone).I see no point in eliminating the option of single action for an unforseeable circumstance when you might want it. Just because there's a hammer spur there, doesn't mean you have to use it, or get rid of it just because you don't think you'll ever need it..
Found a very nice snub nose today. I've been looking for a wheel gun more concealable than the other revolvers I have. This is a S&W M66-1, round butt, 2-1/2" barrel. Seller said he bought it at an estate sale 20 years ago, and it's been in his safe ever since He said he's never fired it, and I don't think the previous owner did either. It's extremely clean, I got the original box, tools and paperwork with it The SN# dates it to 1980.View attachment 953923
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I don't disagree with anything the Trooper said, especially about using deadly force as a last resort. I've had my CC permit for 20 years, am military as well as law-enforcement trained, am a NRA instructor, and was a Concealed Carry instructor in NC for 4 years, and that philosophy is what I always opened my class lecture with. I don't agree, though, that cocking the gun to fire single action shifts the gun from defensive to offensive. You are merely preparing the gun to fire with minimal input from you, in a crisis situation where milliseconds count. Double action is an advantage that many firearms used for self defense don't even have. Having a cocked revolver is no different from having a 1911 as your defensive piece, except for the fact that once you've fired the revolver, you're back to double action for the next shot (if you desire), whereas a 1911 is ready for single-action firing every time. As for fairy tale scenarios, every shooting situation is different, and no one can predict what the next one will be like (but hopefully, there will never be a first one, much less a next one).Removing the hammer spur was part of my process to lighten the trigger pull. Aside from that, no one has ever given me a realistic (but lots of fantasies), practical or logical reason why a defensive carry revolver should need to have a hammer spur...they always give ambiguous and vague scenarios. During my required classes for a concealed carry permit, the guest speaker was a Michigan State Trooper, who emphasized that using (firing) a carry gun was only a last-resort maneuver,,,when all else had failed. In the fairy tale scenarios presented by those who insist the spur is an advantage, fail to see that using a spur to cock the gun shifts the gun from defensive to offensive especially in the light of what the trooper said further...that if you ever actually shoot your carry gun, your live will never be the same again inasmuch as your actions will be scrutinized in detail by the authorities. Further, he emphasized that it is not a citizen with a carry permit's duty to save anyone else (going offensive to "save" someone).