Recent content by Hardballing

Sooner or later some officer will Terry Stop some powerful hot shot lawyer and he and his dept will pay in Spades for everyone who has abused this caselaw over the years. Uh...actually no. Terry has been law of the land since 68 IIRC and the conservative bent of SCOTUS in recent years has...

Old Bianchi X-15 Medium in black. Well worn these days and I have replaced the elastic twice. Holds LOTS of different models from 1911's to K and L frames up to 5" barrels. Vertical hold, no offside carry capability, but is secure and lightening quick to draw from. Especially useful in car...

Never heard a Glock 26 described as beautiful before. Not even on Glocktalk. :)

Just to add to what others have said. You will also encounter models with a -1 or -2, -3, etc. designation. This denotes an engineering change within a specific model. For example, using the above data with this post, the first K frame .357's were the Model 66's. These original versions...

Iver Johnson as noted made 7 and 8 shot snubs. But way before the 1960's as well. Going all the way back to the early 1900's IIRC. Have seen true "pocket" sized revolvers, with folding hammers, from them going back earlier than that. Was a picture in the old RL Wilson book, Guns and...

Model 15 2" Model 19/66 2.5" Model 686 2.5" (my fave), particularly in 686 plus with that extra round Colt DS Colt Agent Smith Model 10/64 2" (blue or stainless .38) Smith Model 12 2" ( a GEM of a carry snub) Did not get into J frames as I LOVE 6 shot or better snubbers. Other than the...

IIRC, Guns and Ammo mag years ago did an article on the Smith 29 "tunnel rat" guns. Made a big deal of them, specs from Smith, antecdotal memory or three, etc. The letters they got in response condemning the things were hilarious. Most were admitting using the 1911a1 as tunnel duty...

I voted 125 jhp because that is mainly what I have my sights set for in L and N frames. But in SHTF, I'd shoot ANY, and would throw in a pile of .38's as well. Are you counting zombies in that SHTF? :)

Haywood, you're not to far off on my experience anyway. "Back in the day" (Jurassic) when revolvers ruled the world, I was LEO. Carried one of the puppies in a "custom" made holster (my wife sewed the shirt pocket of uniform shirts into a holster pattern) daily. Was gun #3, in addition to...

They messed up the grip/frame. Naw...they just mixed a Smith N frame with H&R grips. :)

The original Deane W. King actually died in the early to mid 50s, IIRC, and his company, the King Gunsight Company of San Francisco, closed shortly thereafter in 1955 or so. Are you referring to the modern day King Gunsight Company (also out of CA)? You know, not sure. I was putting...

What Old Fluff said.

Count me in on the old wheelie club too but... I've come across two lately, while they are pre locks (sorry, just can't do the whole hole in the sideplate thing), they are MIM part "transitionals". One is a 686+ and the other a 625-6 Mountain Gun in .45 acp. BOTH of these can easily keep up...

Get a good OWB holster and "go to town" is my answer. I carry a 686+ 2.5 daily, using one of two holsters, either Galco FLETCH (strong side carry only) or Simply Rugged Sourdough pancake (strong side or cross draw). Light over shirt and voila, away you go. The thing you are looking for imo...

THANKS (thats a big thanks :) ) to all who responded. Got the answers I was seeking. Tim