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  1. hemiram

    Opinions on the perfect nightstand handgun.

    Mine is a SAR CM9 G2, which is a clone of a Tanfoglio Witness Poly, and kind of a CZ P07 cousin. I have center mass laser on it, and since it was only $250 shipped, I wouldn't be suicidal if I lost it somehow. Totally reliable, one of the (IMHO) all time great grips, and almost impossible to...
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    Divine intervention in Sin City: New S&W .44mag

    At the place called "The Gun Store" on Tropicana near Eastern, I spent a ton of money back when it was called "Target Alley" and a lot of it was for ammo shot out of Uzi's, Tommy Guns, and a couple of others, but that Thompson .45 with the drum got a lot of boxes of ammo put through it full...
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    Would you have taken the chance? (GB purchase)

    Several FFL's I've bought from wouldn't take a card, I had to pay with a MO. I'm assuming the gun will just need to be taken down and cleaned to restore full function. In all my years of DW 15-2 and 715 ownership, the parts that have actually failed are...zero. The first 15-2 had a clipped...
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    Another bite at the apple?

    I've had a bunch of some guns, most of them got sold during a "cash crunch". At least 4 Beretta 92's, a couple of 92S's, and at least 2 92FS's. Multiple S&W 28-2's, 4" and 6.5", ranging from "well used" to almost NIB. Astra A80's, 90's and 100's. 2 Astra A75's. One .40 which I didn't enjoy...
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    My Latest Acquisition: Astra A-70

    Those old prefixes have no relevance with the later Astra guns. There's a chart out there somewhere that has the correct ones for the A60, 70, 75, 80, 90, and A100 series. My A75 is one made towards the end of Astra. I don't have access to the S# now, but by the old codes it would be made in the...
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    S&W 5906 VBE prefix series number? any ideas

    It's got to be one of those "There is some idiot out there willing to pay this much!" sort of guns. I used to see this a lot at Ham Radio "Hamfests" where some guy, usually older, would have some totally insane price on a radio. At one point, I made up some "Most insane Price" first, second, and...
  7. hemiram

    New Blue Python BROKE! ugghh

    I've only owned one Colt revolver, a 4" blued Python made in '71, I think. It's the only revolver I've ever owned that actually broke a part and had to see a gunsmith to get fixed. I've had a couple of guns need springs, but they didn't break anything. My gun, bought used, broke the hand/pawl...
  8. hemiram

    Taurus 917C "returns to America"

    I don't mind the finger grooves at all.
  9. hemiram

    Smith and Wesson 4506--Thoughts and Experiences?

    I don't have it anymore, but I had a 4506 for many years. I like big heavy guns, and it fit into that category. I would take any 3rd gen S&W pistol over any 1911.
  10. hemiram

    Striker Fired: What am I Missing?

    I have a few polymer striker guns and a few SA/DA hammer polymer guns. In every case, I like the hammer fired guns more. My favorite striker gun is my Taurus GX4 TORO, mostly for it's fantastic grip than any other reason.
  11. hemiram

    Oh-oh….S&W 629 Deluxe Light Primer Strikes!!

    Every single revolver I've had with light strikes/misfires has had the following causes: Strain screw in S&W revolvers. Clipped main/hammer spring in Taurus and Dan Wesson revolvers. Innards are full of crud, either unburned powder, "lube", or just amazingly dirty. Chipped firing pin (S&W 66)...
  12. hemiram

    Tax Returns Gun Prices ++ Up

    I had to pass on one of my lusted after guns last month, since I won't be getting anything back much from Ohio, and my fed tax will be pretty high this year, so no April toys for me this year. I'm a sucker for satin nickel/SS, and a friend of a friend had a Sig P226 in SN, and I wanted it bad.
  13. hemiram

    Winchester 22 LR Ruptured Case

    I've had a couple of .22LR cases crack over the years, both were from Remington "bucket of bullets", and in the revolver I was shooting, an all steel Pietta, only the sound told me something was up.
  14. hemiram

    Henry .357 revolver in the wild

    Not the worst looking revolvers currently made, but close. Real close. Not going to even consider one. Between my DW 15-2's, 715, Sar sr38, S&W 28-2's, 686, 625, and 629, I have enough good looking revolvers to keep me happy.
  15. hemiram

    A Sad Mdl. 19

    I've bought a couple of used guns so full of crud that they barely functioned. The worst one was a Dan Wesson 15-2 that was almost totally full of unburned powder. I don't know much about powder, but the flakes were very large and almost looked like mouse droppings. You could barely cock the gun...
  16. hemiram

    I don't like snakes

    There was a guy on a forum someplace said he would never buy a Charger or Challenger because "The name is too aggressive". He admitted he did like the cars themselves though. I can't say I understand thinking like that at all.
  17. hemiram

    If you could only have 5 handguns?

    Dan Wesson 715, with a couple of barrels. CZ-75 pre B S&W 629 6" pre lock. Sig P226 SSE S&W 28-2 6"
  18. hemiram

    Today I found a new way to screw up.

    Years ago, I was shooting with a couple of guys I barely knew and one of them wanted to shoot one of my guns, I don't remember which one it was, but it had a 17 round mag in it, and when I loaded it, I counted them right in front of him and said, "18 rounds altogether". I thought he understood...
  19. hemiram

    M629-2 $975 (ouch)

    I would pay $975 again for mine, no problem: I wouldn't give you much for a new one. Not interested.
  20. hemiram

    Whittaker Guns closed

    Sad to see it gone. I bought several guns from them over the last decade.
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