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I guess I have been on a holster binge for the past few weeks. I discovered a new source with many reasonable prices. It is Etsy.com It started with me buying a used Shield 45 on Gunbroker. Figured I would need a holster so went online shopping. My search results included some on Etsy. I...

I am in the market for a small pistol in 45acp. I have pretty much come down to the Shield or XDs. Whichever I get will be used from Gunbroker and if an XDs it will be the Mod 2 version. I am leaning towards the S&W. Anyone have experience with both?

My favorite model is the 686. A lot of the S&W old timers don’t care for a full underlug and stainless steel but I think they are revolver perfection. The first S&W revolver I bought was a used 4 inch, no dash. It was wearing Pachmyer presentation grips and came with 44 rounds of 38 special and...

Had to take a 120 mile trip out of town to meet with a technician for my spinal cord stimulator. There is a large gun shop right at about the midpoint so I stopped on the way home. I was surprised at the number of used S&W revolvers they had. There was a 625, 686SSR, a couple 629’s, an old 32-20...

I was out shooting with a friend yesterday. We were shooting at Allen Company 8”x1/4” AR500 steel plates. I bought them 3 or 4 years ago so they have been hit a lot. My friend was shooting his Springfield Armory XD Mod2 subcompact 45 at a plate when one side of the rope hanging it let go. I...

Had my 3 inch 686 out last weekend and a friend caught a decent muzzle flash picture While I was shooting. 158gr XTP with 16gr of H110

I have been wanting to get these and finally got around to it. Loading block and DS-10 speed loader from the Revolver Supply Co. Have not had them to the range yet but seems to work great in my basement

I have had 3 or 4 sets of grips on my old Highway Patrolman. It came to me wearing its original beat up Magnas. Didn’t care for the way it felt. Bought some Thai, target grips. Still a no go. Altamont target grips… nope. I have a set of Altamont Batteleur grips on my 625 I like, but they are...

Last summer I bought a 3.5” model 27. It came wearing K frame targets, which I knew. I put a set of Altamonts on it while occasionally looking for a set of period correct grips. Every set of diamond centered, N frame magnas I ran across was $125-250 and the ones for $125 weren’t that great...

According to Alliants data, a 38 Special Plus P maximum charge of BE-86 is 6.1 grains for a 125gr JHP, at 1065fps For 357 magnum, same bullet, they list a maximum charge of 9.1 grains of BE-86 with velocity of 1263fps. The, reduced by 10% starting load would be 8.2 grains Today I loaded...

https://www.springfield-armory.com/xd-series-handguns/xd-m-elite-handguns/xd-m-elite-3-8-compact-osp-45-acp-handgun/ I have been considering a polymer framed compact 45 and the Springfield has interested me. Does anyone here have one? What can you tell me about them? Link above leads to the gun

I have used Mothers Mag wheel cleaner & polish to deep clean my stainless steel revolvers. Never was trying to actually polish them much, but more to remove oxidation & in the pores dirt so not much pressure needed. I have often heard of and sometimes seen pictures of how well Flitz works so I...

Got out with a friend the other day for an end of summer range day. We both brought a Shield 9mm plus I had my Ruger SR9C and my S&W model 442. My buddy had his S&W models 66 and 360j along. We warmed up pinging some steel then started some self defense drills. We do a lot of shooting while...

At least if it’s 3 nickels like these: Model 10-7, Model 36 and model 27 My photography director, Paisley, is looking over the layout Back in about 2013 I started getting interested in revolvers. Shortly thereafter I became a full blown addict. Never really thought I would get a nickel...

I’ve had a S&W Sport rifle since 2013 or so. Never really shot it much. I’m more of a revolver guy. Last year I started taking a bit more interest in it. I put a different butt stock on it, removed the forward vertical grip and installed a 1-4 x 30 Swampfox LPVO. I liked the rifle a lot better...

About a week ag I posted pictures from the auction I had won for a nickel plated model 27 no dash, made in 1960. I went to the local FFL on Tuesday evening about 7:30 to have the gun transferred. By 9:00, the approval had still not come through so sadly, I took these pictures, fingerprints and...

… Have found and purchased my grail gun. I have wanted a 3.5 inch S&W model 27 for quite some time. Usually, something else I wanted to have would come along that I wanted and could afford before I had enough money saved up…. but not this time. I figured I would probably get a 1970’s blued...

Around 18 months ago I did a couple trigger jobs on some of my S&W revolvers. They turned out well and I had some rebound springs left over. so I ordered a few mainsprings and went to work. First up, my model 442,J frame. This gun had a 13.25+ pound trigger pull, but it was smooth feeling enough...

I got an email from Academy Sports. The Shield 2.0 is on sale for $289.99. Good price. I wonder if they are going to phase them out with the Shield plus in the line up https://www.academy.com/p/smith-wesson-m-p-9-shield-m20-9mm-compact-8-round-pistol

I am mainly a revolver guy, but have a S&W Sport purchased in 2014 or so. Last year I started messing with it added an LPVO. Meanwhile, due to a compressed nerve, I have developed some weakness in my left arm. I would like to get a lightweight free float upper with a fairly long hand guard to...