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I am putting together a GP100 for a female shooter and thus experimenting with different weights of Hammer Spring and Trigger Return Spring, all of the Wolf variety. I want to test the reliability of said springs with some factory ammunition with the hardest primers I can find. Which factory...

I've been looking at the weights of different handguns lately and wondering what weight adds to the overall capability of the firearm and what weight does not. For example, a full lug barrel adds weight on a revolver which might help tame muzzle flip while a long slide pistol has more weight...

See above. -Stan

I enjoy watching people shoot big bore revolvers on YouTube. Some people seem to manage recoil better than others. Can you provide YouTube examples of good recoil management and bad recoil management or discuss your personal experiences / techniques for recoil management? Thank you. -Stan

I bought a S&W 25-5 not knowing that the N-series serial numbers likely had oversized throats. The gun arrived and sure enough a bullet falls through each chamber of the cylinder as fast as gravity can pull it to the ground. I read. I fretted. I asked a gunsmith if he could solve my...

Do any of you own duplicates of the same gun? If so, why? Also, is enough ever enough? -Stan

Dear Revolver BrainTrust, I just purchased a S&W 25-5 with an N-series serial number which I understand will likely have oversized throats. I read that if one does have oversized throats, and does not reload (I cannot), that Remington 250 grain and Winchester 255 grain (or similar) bullets...

I have recently been pontificating about a project I am calling The Old Man Gun. In short, what handgun requires the least amount of hand strength and dexterity to operate and is something I could literally grow old with? As I have witnessed friends and relatives aging, the natural...

Dear Revolver Braintrust, A few years back I listened to a Gunsmith opine that the gears on the extractor on a revolver (the gears that interface with the frame to make the cylinder turn) are made smaller on the 8-shot versions than on 6-shot versions and that this smallness may be an issue...

I've seen someone on here post about a S&W 296. Anyone know of this beast? I searched around but can't seem to find an answer. Maybe my search-fu is weak. As I understand it the 296 is a .44 special with a hammer shroud? Anyone? Bueller?