S&W .38 Heavy Duty gift.
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I've always had a soft spot for the 5-screws. In the mid 50's S&W went to the 4 screw models and very shortly after began the model names. e.g. 357 Magnum became the Model 27 etc. Actually the 4-screw pre-model name revolvers are not commonly found, Around 1961 S&W went to the 3-screw revolvers by eliminating the screw in front of the trigger guard. This screw holds the cylinder bolt spring but another cost cutting design had the spring installed internally. Still functions properly but another way to determine the time frame.
I sold a few revolvers in that short pre-ban period I now regret.
I have one of those post war 4 inch 38-44 HD revolvers. Good guns. - dan
Let's hope, and also work, to ensure the liberals are defeated and our blessed hobby can again ( 
) be enjoyed in peace. I really miss all the great revolver conversations and "wheeling" and dealing on the EE. Just so sick of all this. I received a Chiappa M1 22 Friday at 11 AM only to discover it had been banned at 9:00 AM. Please, make it stop
) be enjoyed in peace. I really miss all the great revolver conversations and "wheeling" and dealing on the EE. Just so sick of all this. I received a Chiappa M1 22 Friday at 11 AM only to discover it had been banned at 9:00 AM. Please, make it stop
That's a nice piece Bill. You see a lot of the grip spacers on the older police revolvers....I guess a lot of guys with big hands needed something more substantial to hold onto! The plum colour is interesting... don't think I've seen that before.
When I went through RCMP training at Depot division in Regina in 1964 almost all of the 32 members of my troop bought the Pachmyr spacers at the canteen to fit to the S&W Model 10 revolvers with which we were issued back then.
I had a 5 in one for a while, I was brought to me by the RCMP as owner did some stupid stuff.
At the time I had more revolvers then room and I had a buyer for it.
Last I heard it went on vacation to US , less heat I guess.
Getting a concealed carry permit in Mexico is impossible without political intervention.
Who cares? Carry illegally and don't get caught. If you do get caught and happen to be carrying a revolver or automatic that you have legally registered with a "to and from a range" transport permit, you have committed and will be found guilty of a misdemeanor (at least, the first time they get you). You'll pay a fine and get your gun back probably. The first time. Down here. Get a good lawyer and use up some favors. At least that's what you do down here.
There are no "permits" to kidnap people off the street, drug them immediately and then send them into S.E.X slavery where they will be killed and disappeared the instant they stop producing or worse: send their victims to "organ farms" because their Ancestry DNA results show that they might be a match to that rich guy over there willing to pay 10 million for a liver (yes, that is a thing). I suppose being raised in the Canada or the US, it's easy to be naive as to how evil the World is, but that's okay because your turn is coming to find out and you won't like it.
Your attackers EXPECT you to be unarmed because they have spent billions in bribes and political "contributions" to lawmakers who will pass laws dictating that you have to be. It is up to you to decide how you handle this. I suggest a pocket Snubby with a load that brings tears to your eyes when you fire it because you need to drop the attackers BEFORE they tase you. Or it doesn't end well. And remember: never get in the trunk.
My wife showed me yesterday a photo of piles of shoes and sneakers recently unearthed in the state of Jalisco of young people who have been disappeared. No bodies found yet.
My daughter recently visited Auschwitz, and sent me photos of the rooms of the shoes. Seeing that pile of unearthed shoes in Jalisco brought up the same feelings of disgust I felt when my daughter sent me the pictures of the little shoes from Auschwitz. We are fighting a war here, and most people don't even know they're in it. I don't know what to tell you, but a piece of paper given to you by a bureaucrat, it is not all that important when it comes to making a decision about whether or not to protect yourself. It is more important to remember my family motto, in Latin, copied from Lord Sinclair: "Concilio et prudenta". Sneaky is best.
The room of the shoes at Auschwitz. An unauthorized WhattsApp video by my daughter, who like her old man, just doesn't listen.
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Two different friends of mine who worked at the plant in the 1960s and '70s told me that any model marked S&W revolver was heat-treated to the same standards as the 357's to avoid accidents. I have seen 357 powered ammo loaded in 38 special cases accidentally fired out of a model 14-4 and in one case out of a model 60-1 with no damage other than to the person's pride. I don't suggest that you try this, and I certainly won't, but I wouldn't lay awake nights worrying about shooting factory +p out of any S&W model marked revolver.
In the case if the Model 60-1, a daft old codger loaded one of Michael's 202 grain LSWC bullets loaded with 12.6 grains of 2400 in a 38 Special case (giving 1400 fps out of an 8-inch Python for a 280 Power Factor) and let his wife shoot it off. Allen had to pound the case out of the cylinder using his squib rod, but the revolver seems fine.
"Don't do this" is my advice to that.
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