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This 7.5" Colt Officer's Model .38 Special was made in 1927. I am range testing some of my guns to reduce my inventory. This six shot group was at 10 yards, elbows rested, 148 grain wadcutters over 2.7 grains of Bullseye. Not bad for a shaky old man using a 97 year old revolver. I guess I...

My 74 year old bride and I had a range date this afternoon. We shot a S&W Model 18 and a S&W Model 28, fed with .38 Special target loads. Groups were respectable but perhaps not quite historic enough for photos. The young fellow 2 lanes away was practicing fast double taps with his 9 mm...

A friend purchased this Pietta 1851 a couple of years ago, and sold it to me a few days ago. There is a "2021" stamped on the bottom of the barrel under the rammer. Is Pietta now stamping their guns with the production/ shipping year? Proof marks on the right side of the frame shown for...

Normally flashy/shiny does not appeal to me. But this model was hiding under the table at the gunshow, and was brought to light when I asked if anything else was for sale. We got acquainted. A 19-3, born in 1977, obviously loved and well cared for with her original nickel complexion still a...

In reviewing my accumulation, I have 6 firearms older than I am; 3 handguns, 3 long guns. One is not usable, but the other 5 are nearly pristine and quite accurate. At 79 years of age, I think that's kinda cool and reassuring! Photos not required, How many usable guns do you have that are...

I gave my S&W 1977 Model 27-2 some exercise with .38 Special loads. 12 shots in each group, 158 grain RNFP bullets over 4.0 grains of BE-86, 10 yards, elbows rested. The upper group used CCI primers, the lower group was Servicios Aventuras primers. I know 12 shots is not a statistically...

The cylinders on a couple of my 50+-years old Smith and Wessons were very dirty, so I wanted to completely disassemble the yokes and ejector rods to get them completely clean. A couple of those old screws were frozen. Kroil alone couldn't loosen them. I made up a combination of transmission...

I currently have 4 brands of small pistol primers on the shelf. I want to conserve my Federals and use the others for practice and play. So I compared the firing pin indentations on CCI, Winchester, and Servicios Aventuras primers using my S&W Model 60 J Frame snubby in double action. The...

I'm satisfied with the guns I presently own. I enjoy shooting what I have, don't really want to add anything to my current inventory. Do I have to surrender my guy card??

Saturday. Missus and I slept late, awoke slowly, fed the cat, had a cup of tea. About noon I announced I was heading for the range, would she like to go along? She did. She has a CC permit and a membership at the indoor gun store range where I meditate a few days per week. We perforated...

A couple of weeks ago I traded into a 1927 Colt Officer's Model .38 Special. The original grips are worth preserving so I wanted replacement grips that would also fit my gnarled old hands better. Dave Markowitz shared a chart that showed Python grips might fit my old Colt. I rolled the dice...

At Saturday's gun show I traded an Airweight Kit gun that I rarely shot for a 1927 Colt Officer's Model .38 Special. I have not had a Colt in the remuda for decades, but a 96-year old that locks up like a Python and has a smooth 2 lb. single action trigger and a somewhat less common 7.5 inch...

45 Dragoon is a great role model for soot lords. I have never met him in person, but he faithfully answers my questions about tuning cap guns. Thank you Mike for your patience and being willing to share your hard earned knowledge about getting these danged Italian imports to behave...

I don't remember Don's last name. He was an old guy, had to be close to 60. A bullseye competitor at the range where my high school classmate and I continued competing after graduation in 1962, leaving our ROTC rifle team days behind us. We saw Don practicing while we continued shooting...

Around Christmas time, the cylinder stop in my 1955 S&W .38/44 broke. I called S&W Customer Service, who said, "That's a really old soldier! We might not be able to fix it." I was told I could expect a two-month wait due to backlog, and that there might be a charge for repairing a revolver...

Over a year ago I acquired a S&W K22 Outdoorsman/First Model made in 1938. On Saturday I acquired its older brother, documented by a 2003 letter, as having been made in 1937. The 4-screw infinitely adjustable rear sight is a bit cantankerous, but I got them to POA. Cool owning usable...

I got some old Universal from a friend. It gives me very nice small groups in my S&W .357s; 5.0 grains under a 158 LSWC is pleasant and surgically accurate. My Universal won't last forever. Hodgdon and everyone else is out of stock. Any recommendations for a similar/substitute powder? Thanks.

My missus did laundry today. She handed me a CCI #11 cap that had been in a shirt pocket, gone through a complete wash cycle and dryer cycle, and she saw it loose in the dryer tub. I took it to the garage, put it on a Ruger Old Army nipple, and it went bang just like it was fresh out of the...

…with my wife this afternoon. A few rounds of .38 Special, a few rounds of .22 LR, then a corn dog and Diet Coke on the way home. Nice way to wind down the week. Targets? Nothing Olympic, no matter. A granddaughter is swimming the first event at her last high school swim meet tomorrow...

Arthritis in my strong hand. The distal joint of my trigger finger is heading east, so much that the sharp end of several triggers are painful to shoot, unfortunately in my favorite carry guns. Plays hob with group sizes and practice in general, especially shooting double action. I would...