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Mostly, out of time cylinders. And other issues. Which spoke to my lack of experience (some might say ignorance) because I was not aware of how to properly evaluate cylinder end shake, timing issues, etc. So I had guns I should not have purchased in the first place. TW - I was also tongue and...

My favorite shooting rips are wood Hogue fingergrooved.

After shooting for nearly a half century, I believe the award for "most versatile cartridge" would be a tie between the .44 and .357 mags, IF YOU RELOAD. And of course, if you are here, you load your own. :D I have loaded 200 grain hard cast 357s for deer and bear (bear for an emergency, not...

I have permanent, visible damage to my thumb joint, (it looks like I have a large marble under the skin) which I attribute mainly to shooting a Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44 with the stock, wooden grips. BTW - Although I own more handguns than I could list here, a GP100 is the single .357 I would...

The wife and I have an fairly extensive S&W collection, but only one .44 special. You are very fortunate! Model 24s are quite rare and rather expensive. Our only .44 special is a nickled 5" 1929 .44 Hand Ejector "Wolf & Klar" model (Jenks' letter said it cost a whopping $21.90 at the time, but I...

I like unsealed, unpolished bone (especially water buffalo) on guns and swords because it provides a raspy, almost gritty sort of grip which is not overly abrasive, sort of like the feel of sodium bicarbonate on a surface.

I would never buy a 5.7 until I had at least 1,000 rounds of ammo to go with it. So I would never buy one.

I have shot and collected S&Ws, Rugers, Dan Wessons and Colts for more than 45 years. Thousands of rounds, so many that my right thumb joint is permanently deformed. I have had many, many more failures with revolvers than I've EVER had with semi autos. And the revolver failures were nearly all...

4.5 inch XDm in .40 S&W. You have 16 +1 rounds of powerful .40 ammo at your fingertips, you're ready for anyone and several of their friends.

The 65 is smooth as silk and a fine gun for accurate, fast shooting.

The .40 S&W is a 9mm magnum. I like it 'cause it's more powerful than a Luger round and fits in the same gun frame, and I enjoy reloading the .40. Huge selection of bullet weights. The recoil is acceptable to me - I cut my teeth on .357 and .44 mags.

I shoot .40 so I don't have to load 9mm or .45 acp. Other than that, its .38, .44, & .41. I only load .41 because I got a great deal on a pristine .41 S&W M57.

I get the impression there's a lot of .357 fan boys out there. Count me as one of them.:) If I had to get rid of all the 357s my wife and I own but one, I'd have to keep the Ruger GP-100. That means getting rid of a pristine S&W Model 27, three Model 28s, a no-dash 586, a like-new Model 19, and...

To answer the OP's question, I've been shooting Rugers for 40 years and I've never seen nor heard of "good" years or "bad" years. Come to think of it, I can't say the same about the other gun manufacturing companies. That may be because Ruger was the first to use CNC machine methods, which take...

My wife and I have 20+ S&Ws, 2 Colts (she HAS to shoot a Python!) several Rugers and a few others. Out of all the handguns we have, my favorite is the GP-100. The main cause of malfunctions I've had with revolvers over the past 40 years has been with locking up because of the cylinder getting...

Sunray is correct. I use Gold Dots and Golden Sabers interchangeably. While it's always good to be careful, handgun ammo is simply not so powerful that you have to be that fussy. JHPs of the same weights are interchangeable, as they are all copper jacketed. However, I've noticed Hornady XTP...

Universal (Hodgdon's Clays Universal) is the substitute for Unique. Burn rates are the same. I thought this was common knowledge, guess I was wrong. HOWEVER! You cannot simply use Universal in the same amount as Unique, i.e. you can't use 5.0 grains of Universal for recipe using 5.0 grains of...

Kult of Athena sometimes purchases used swords. Very reputable company.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does not like new Smiths. My wife and I have one new Smith (complete with "Hillary Hole") and 20+ old ones. Even our other favorites are older guns: Her Colt Python was made in 1968, my Dan Wesson in 1979. New Smith & Wessons seem cheesy; barrel sleeves...

I read this entire thread carefully, and feel I must make a few comments. First off, I've been shooting for nearly 40 years, and I've owned dozens of revolvers. The wife and I are down to 26 revolvers as of this writing. Twenty of those are Smith & Wessons. As you can tell, we like S&W's...