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Of all the things I've lost I think I miss my mind the most. I've got a shred of a memory regarding some excellent advice to be found on this forum for painlessly liquidating knives in moderate quantities. But I can't find it now. Anybody got any advice? If I do get shuffled overseas in...

Well, it was actually released back around 1/31 and I missed it. Oh well. http://www.atf.gov/firearms/stats/afmer/afmer2007.pdf Couple of interesting (revolver only) tidbits: Compared to AFMER2006, S&W revolvers are up around 6% to 196,255 Ruger slumped a bit to 96,598 including AZ and NH...

Due to the influence of certain senior members here I've been on the hunt for an old S&W long action for some time. Today, I think one came home though it has been ill-treated, abused and molested during its life. It has regrettably spent much time in the company of a buffer and thereafter...

My apologies if this is a duplicate but I just noticed Turnbull's "open range" is on the site - don't know how long it's been there. I guess if you're going to sell a SAA replica for more money than Colt's you might as well not pussyfoot around with it - it's a pretty good bump from the...

Surely not. It was a "rescue mission" sort of bling with what appeared to be "real" engraving, nasty, nasty nickle with stuff growing on it and fake ivory stocks with somebody else's initials carved in the right hand stock. Sounds lovely, enh? Oddly enough, it was trussed up like a...

I've just been advised that my order for square butt strain screws has been rescheduled to "never". Brownell's, to my immense surprise, verifies that such have been dropped by the factory and they have none either. They do have some for 629-2s which measured .560" (no spec sheets). Anybody...

Is the strain screw used on S&W models with flat springs supposed to be an "adjustment screw"? I was under the impression it was supposed to be tightened down more or less like any other screw but I seem to be seeing more and more posts indicating that S&W's own performance center is filing...

What we've got is a 28-2 that shells stick in the charge holes and is sometimes sticky when opening the cylinder. I'm guessing the charge holes are just rough – the 28-2 is smack in the middle of the 'Nam era Bangor Punta Dark Times. Loaded rounds or new Starline drop in and fall out so I'm...

So I notice that in the Jerry Miculek "trigger job" DVD he makes note of the spring loaded screw that holds the crane in the frame on the model 10-10 that stars in the production. It's rather like the Python cone-pin / spring / screw-cap arrangement but all one part. But I notice that my 28-2...

...and removes a sideplate from a 28-2. Too bad I couldn't see anything that was causing the trigger to feel like 30 miles of bad road but we took the opportunity to lube the innards. Looked just like the Jerry M. dvd inside. The awful trigger inspired me to crack the chest of the 28-2 to...

Anybody know offhand if generic "Round butt 'J' frame" will fit on the current production lemon squeezer? Ajax's site lists specific model numbers for "Round butt J frame" but the 40 is conspicuous by its absence. Makes me wonder if there's something special about the 40 (other than not being...

Made my monthly pilgrimmage to a LGS today and there, under the counter, was the oddest looking price tag I've ever seen: I know a guy that can fix Colts I tell counter dude - what's up with this? Playing with it I note that it can be cocked and fired single action - well, sorta single...

I finally got around to checking some serial numbers on a couple revolvers I hadn't checked before. On my one and only Detective Special the crane has big "X" under what appears to be the serial number. Is it part of the serial number or indicative of something else, like the "M" on early S&W...

By "pocket thing", I refer to the assertion that revolvers enjoy an advantage due to their ability to be fired multiple times from within one's pocket. It's no secret that I consider this to be a bogus advantage and very probably an irresponsible and dangerous assertion when in the context of...

The surprise being - the stuff was pretty nice. My dealer preemptively started the paperwork - it appears this cost me the 100.00 cash card portion but c'est la vie. The hard case is of the "luggage" variety - combination latches built in rather than just holes for padlocks. The soft case...

I have been looking at Browning's site and notice a "Cynergy Classic Sporting" in 20, 28 and .410. My range has neither sporting clays nor 5 stand so I'm ignorant of how those work - is there such a thing as 20 gauge sporting clays or 5 stand? Or is the thing more suited to something else...

Just saw my first wire-tie on a used S&W. Specifically a 29-2 nestled in a disintegrating blue plastic thing in a nondescript wooden box. It exhibited a pretty healthy turn line. Wazzup with a wire-tie on a piece that already has a turn line, I inquire? Evidently, the intent is that the turn...

By that I mean "can be easily brought to full cock with the cylinder several degrees from where it should be. All six chambers, some more easily than others." It does not require extraordinary slowness in cocking nor does one need to hold one's mouth just right. I'm guessing this isn't good...

In the ongoing search for older S&Ws, a couple of 686s have turned up locally. One a "no dash" and one a "-1". If memory serves, these are the models that need some kind of work done and are thereafter marked with an "M" under the crane. Neither of the ones in question have the "M". Is the...

I once again come to THR for a reality check. Assumptions being tested are: 1. A properly set-up, modern S&W double action will eventually grow a cylinder ring. Cylinder stop is actuated by trigger and not timed to delicately drop into the recess (?) 2. A properly set-up SAA, clone or...