Recent content by Jim in S.A.

One day, when I was about 10, my dad said let's go for a ride. We drove downtown to the Ace hardware, if memory serves, and he came out with a box. He didn't tell me what it was; we just drove out to a patch of land we had outside the city. There he took a brand new Winchester Model 150 lever...

No worries. At my age, pretty much everything I shoot is shakin' .

My Mk II stainless, 5 1/2 bull barrel, was the first semi-auto pistol I ever owed. Prior to that I'd only owned a super single six convertible. I thought the disassembly a little strange at the time, but having no basis for comparison, I said okay and pressed on. The pistol itself was/is a...

Friend of mine borrowed a metal detector and swept his shooting area on his home range. He literally came up with cases that were buried under the surface. We're still mystified as to how they were actually pushed underground, but it clearly demonstrated the efficacy of using a metal detector.

I have a blued Manurhin PPK/s I bought off Shotgun News, back in the late eighties, if memory serves. When I first got it, I had some problems with it, but I did a detailed disassembly and found the firing pin was greased up and sticky. After I cleaned it, it never failed to fire again. I...

That's really neat! Thank you for posting the photos.

Nice. Picked up the Glock 19 myself a while back. Doesn't have the blowback, but it's a lot of fun anyway. Congrats, and Happy Birthday.

Please do post a photo. I'm intrigued, but am one of those people who can't visualize in his head worth a darn.

Taurus TCP.

On my every day revolvers, I want an exposed hammer and SA/DA. But my snubnose is a bit of a special purpose weapon, which I invariably carry concealed. As such, I'm extremely happy with my Ruger LCR. The DA pull is fantastic, and the internal hammer means one less thing that could, however...

Neat. The revolver looks to be in good shape, and the holster is very cool. I love those old basket weave holsters. I have a few H&Rs, though no 929s. They may not be Colts or S&Ws, but they're decently built and fun to shoot. Congrats on the cool inheritance.

I'm not an authority on these things, but based on the book "Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works Firearms 1871-1993" by William Goforth, your revolver appears to be a "Large Frame, Second Model, Hammer" revolver. The "Q" prefix would indicate that it was produced in 1906. In 1906, 100,000 of these...

I don't have anything material to add, but I read your post with great interest. I have a few H&Rs, and the Goforth book, but I don't know that with the passing of Bill Goforth and Jim Hauff, that there are any authorities on H&R left. FWIW, I think clone is right about it being transitional...

Yep. I've got one. I'm the original owner. It was a gift from my stepfather when I graduated college a long time ago. I've got both the .22lr & magnum cylinders with it. Even if I didn't like it, it would always be special to me because of who gifted it, but as it happens, I like it a lot...

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