Recent content by Dave Markowitz

By the way, this old thread from @Trent was influential in getting me to look at PS90s, several years ago: Impressed with PS90

I thought about getting a lower optic mount but I think I'm going to stick with the factory rail. The height works for me with my glasses. If the dot was lower I'd be looking over the top of my glasses due to how I'd have to hold my head, or uncomfortably contort myself. I'm aware that the...

No Goa'uld were harmed in the making of this post. :D

One of the guns I've had an interest in for several years is the FN PS90. This is the semiauto-only civilian version of the P90 submachine gun/personal defense weapon that FN created for NATO use back in 1989 - 90. Last summer I picked up a PSA Rock 5.7 so I already had some experience with...

My copy was from eBay, and no, it wasn't cheap. I picked it up a couple years ago. I am convinced that my father had a copy back in the 1980s but and extensive search failed to find it, so it must've grown legs at some point. BTW, if any Skeeter fans are on Facebook, there is a group called...

Several years ago I bought a Pietta 1858 with the intention of installing a gated Kirst Konversion in .45 Colt. It turned out well. Tools used were a Dremel and files. All I've fired from it are the Black Hills cowboy loads, which are no slouch. 250 grains at ~750 FPS is more powerful than...

I may be a fan. I put in an order for a couple of the Skeeter tribute hats with Baranti Leather, one for me, and one for my brother. (Already got the Elmer Keith hats.) I still need a 5" Model 27.

I like A-Zoom snap caps which are machined from solid aluminum, with a rubbery insert in the primer pocket.

Same, plus on my Beretta M-9.

Very cool. I had an Astra A-75 in 9mm. Good gun but I wound up trading after a couple years toward a S&W Model 28-2 which I still have.

That gun shows signs of use and not cleaning, but from the pictures I don't see any major signs of neglect or abuse. Blueing wear on the side of the muzzle isn't unusual for old service revolvers. As long as the crown is good it's not a problem. AAMOF, my favorite Model 15 has wear like that...

I originally posted this picture back in February. I inherited all three earlier this year. Top to bottom: S&W M-1917 .45 ACP S&W post-War M&P "pre-Model 10" .38 Special, nickel finish. S&W M-547 9mm Compared with most K-Frames in .38 or .357 the M-547 has a somewhat heavier trigger. (I...

Quite true. I was generalizing. AAMOF, I recently sold off a 4" fixed sight GP-100 in .38 Special.

The Model 1905, 4th Change in .32-20 I just got is almost like that, except the crane is also purple. The sideplate shows signs of some sanding due to pitting, and the crane has some very small pits in it. A prior own maybe redid them in cold blue. I figure the purple gives the century old piece...

This morning I picked it up. For a gun that's a century old it's in pretty good shape. The sideplate has some minor pitting and looks like it was lightly sanded at some point to remove rust, and then reblued, and has turned a plum brown (this was disclosed in the auction). The crane has also...