Recent content by Blacksmoke

Here it is. Years in the making. new keyboard keys Astra 400 in 9mm Largo

I bought a Model 64 in the early 1970s. Pencil barrel. Nice shooter but I can imagine the Bull barrel used now is an improvement.

I am interested in reading the experiences people have had with the Colt Police Positive (D-Frame?) in .32-20. Hunting, plinking, self defense.

Most often a Colt Cobra made in 1964.

That is correct, Chief. In fifty years of gun ownership I never met anyone with a blind hatred of Colt products. You may consider that statement verified and confirmed. I have known people, shooters, who prefer Smith & Wesson or Ruger. That did not cause them to foam at the mouth when the...

I hope that remark is not directed at me (the OP for this thread). I would hate to think we were not friends any more....

I never cared for the pencil barrel Model 10 in 4 inch. Going to the heavy "Bull" barrel was a big improvement. The original was better at five inches, at least for me.

I have to say the S&W Model 27. Now there are many other excellent examples made by several different companies. I am not going to waste time promoting one over another. I happen to really admire the Model 27.

On another forum I am in a heated debate with an 85 year old firearm's "expert" convinced that Colt Manufacturing Company never made a decent double action revolver in their history and are all vastly inferior to Smith & Wesson products. Furthermore, everyone who has ever fired a revolver knows...

My truck gun is a Krag carbine. Five in the magazine. Excuse me while I rack the bolt. OK. Ready now!

I am afraid not. There is nothing gun related around here. No stores or such. I seldom venture into town. I sure miss the gun stores of yore. You remember them, small shop, owned by a an old guy wearing a tartan flannel shirt and smoking a pipe. The place smelling of powder solvent, tobacco...

Ever get the feeling you are manipulated?

About four ounces of salt out of my Bug-A-Salt pump gun. Too many flies in the house.

Just the same old Colt whenever needed.

I love my Model 1912 "cavalry" holster for a Colt 1911. I had a security job many decades ago with a Colt Official Police and a flap holster. It looked decorous as Hell on a Sam Brown rig. Not great for urgent deployment. I bought a Colt Cobra (1964) which came with a flap holster. Some Game...