So... any of our members here have an interest in firearms?

noelekal

If .32 and .25 are better than larger than it follows that .12 and .15 are even more better, hah!

Flysatchmo

So I finally got around to taking a pic of my Bond Diver 300 with my PPK. Apologies to the Bond purists. We all know James Bond would never have used a stainless PPK. Too much risk of reflection. Still looks cool though!

SkunkPrince

I repeat, any gun is better than no gun.

Any gun you can control and shoot accurately is better than one you can't.

What I really want is a left-handed AR-15 that looks like a Viet Nam rifle.

noelekal

Both firearms and watches are hobbies of mine and I think it's more important to be able to play the field. Large inventory works for me.

andrewlaeddis32

I definitely think that's more important than having a large inventory of guns. Like all the YouTube snobs...

SkunkPrince

Beware the man with one gun... because he knows how to use it.

😁

noelekal

Well ... I ain't a YouTube snob. At least there's that.

noelekal

I've heard that hoary ol' saying for a long time. Never saw it to be true. Most who own only one gun aren't students or practitioners of the discipline of the skill at arms. Many are even bozos.

Or perhaps it is a variant on the theme of the man who owns one watch always
knows what time it is?

noelekal

I've heard that hoary ol' saying for a long time. Never saw it to be true. Most who own only one gun aren't students or practitioners of the discipline of the skill at arms. Many are even bozos.

Or perhaps it is a variant on the theme of the man who owns one watch always
knows what time it is?

noelekal

I won't be one to tell you that voere. I never set out to consider the .38 Special a favorite handgun cartridge, always thinking of myself as more of a .44 Special/.45 ACP kind of guy. Still, it's the .38 Special that sees most use here. Shot a .38 Special revolver for the first time in summer of 1968 when I was eleven. I've been joined-at-the-hip with the .38 Special since I got my first handgun when I was 18. As a field cartridge it's never let me down on anything large or small with good hits. It must be pointed out that a nuclear powered Magnum will be wholly inadequate with poor hits.

More .38 Special guns live here than handguns in any other chambering.

That nickel plated one you're showing us dates to the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. The "fishhook" hammer spur, known as Smith & Wesson's "Speed Hammer" is evidence of its age as is the cylinder stop screw above the front of the trigger guard.

Here's a scroungy blued version of the same revolver. This one dates to 1951. A bank loan customer of mine wanted to get it out of the house and intended to give it to me. To keep things above board and on the up and up (RICO act you understand) I traded him two concrete turtle yard ornaments I especially bought for him as he said he wanted them for his new swimming pool for which I had provided him a loan to build.

I'm guessing it was a lawman's long time companion from the holster wear patterns.


Mrs. noelekal particularly likes the way it handles and it comes out of the safe when I go out of town.

64Wing

I think I finally found a holster that is worth a damn.
Trying out the Versacarry Compound IWB holster with a double-ply belt from the same company.

Quality is very nice and even with my extra poundage gained during the covid months, it carries my Sig 365 very comfortably and provides excellent concealment and retention.

It's even adjustable so as it wears, the retention pressure can be changed to provide consistent draw and reholster.