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[flashpan]

A new additional safety measure for some strange times. Simple tools for me.

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[Reacher120]

5 shot?

 

[flashpan]

5 shot?

These Kimbers are 6 shot 357... model K6. Doubt I'll shoot 357 in it. Get acquainted with 38 light loads, use +P for business.
Also a handgun my wife will shoot.

 

[Scout 38S]

I have the DA/SA 3" and magnums are a handful. Winchester PDX1 130 grain is a great choice for +ps in this weapon.

 

[flashpan]

Yeah ... I prob won't even try 357's. How do like those grips? what brand?

 

[Scout 38S]

My grip is a Hogue rubber, the first pic on this page are Altamonts.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Yeah ... I prob won't even try 357's. How do like those grips? what brand?

Jeez, come on man.. it's not like it's a scandium j-frame..

 

[flashpan]

If I want to flinch and take recoil, I'll shoot the Casull.

 

[Member 34319]

I truly like these. One is on definitely on the short list!

Thanks for the share!

 

[orygun]

I'd give some 125gr 357's a try. I'll bet it's not terrible. Grips can make a huge difference. My Model 60 had rubber grips that covered the backstrap when I got it, but I switched to a set of Hogue wood grips that uncovered the backstrap. The Hogues are pretty wide and hand filling. I think it's more comfortable when shooting 357s out of it with the wide grip.

 

[edzz]

Correct grips (rubber) and .357 short barrel ammo make a big difference in my steel "J" frames, recoil kind of like .38 +p in my alloy "J" frames just more power. Love them snubs.

 

[ron]

Smith and Wesson Scandium J-frame with full power 357 loads I would describe as absolutely brutal.
By the time you get to the 5th shot you have had enough. Let's see them snubbies.

 

[tac]

Only got the one snubby - my Model 29...of course, living here in mainland UK means that it's just a paperweight now, a paperweight that I can't legally even give away, as it is an early de-act, carried out just before I would have had to hand it in for destruction. Of course, when it worked, I used it every day for hold-ups, car-jackings, muggings, threatening with violence, y'know, the kind of thing that every single one of us 50,000 law-abiding handgun owners used to do with our legally-owned firearms on a daily basis.

Another 'of course', the comment from the-then prime minister, Tony B Liar MP [a man who was greatly loved in the USA for reasons I've never been able to figure out], who said that taking just over a hundred-thousand handguns off their legal and law-abiding owners meant that in taking them 'off the streets' that Great Britain was going to be a 'far safer place' for doing it.

Later that year, indeed, for the next four years, gun crime climbed like a rocket and took more than ten years to get very slightly less...


All original packaging and cleaning kit, too.

 

[orygun]

Smith and Wesson Scandium J-frame with full power 357 loads I would describe as absolutely brutal.
By the time you get to the 5th shot you have had enough. Let's see them snubbies.
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Nice collection.
I've never shot a Scandium frame anything, but I had a 649 that was brutal with 357 158gr loads, even though it wore rubber grips. I usually shoot 158gr, but also shot some Federal 180grs out of my 60 the other day. There didn't seem to be any difference in recoil between the two, but like mentioned above, the Hogues tamed the recoil impulse to my hand. (Side note, I'm a mechanic and work with my hands daily. I have a very strong grip, especially for a guy my size.)
This Airweight is my wife's, but she bought a turquoise Glock 43 and put it away. I carry it in my Camelback when dirt bike riding, loaded with handloads using 158gr LSWC and a stout charge of BlueDot, staying below +P levels. There is a substantial amount of recoil compared to the Low Recoil 110gr Federal HydraShoks, but after it took three headshots for her to finish off a deer that had been hit by a car, I all but threw those rounds in the garbage... I find it comfortable to shoot, no matter what I load it with.

I have some Hornady 110gr hollowpoints and just ordered some 125gr XTPs that I'll load for both 38 and 357 to use in the snubbies we have.

 

[orygun]

@tac
What did you have to do to "de-activate" that beautiful S&W?

 

[orygun]

Another 'of course', the comment from the-then prime minister, Tony B Liar MP [a man who was greatly loved in the USA for reasons I've never been able to figure out],

Haven't you noticed? Many Americans love a smooth talker...

 

[tac]

@tac What did you have to do to "de-activate" that beautiful S&W?

All I had to do was to hand it over, with the six other I had for de-activation, the authorised company for them to do it in accordance with the-then prevailing government deactivation requirements. It then had to be sent to the nearest Proof House for examination (London or Birmingham - there are only the two) for examination, deactivation stamping and certification, all at my expense of course - then around $200 per firearm.

I'll just list the actual work involved in this, for a revolver - for a self-loader you'll have to look up any of my Lugers in the gallery on lugerforum.com.

1. An oversize piece of tool steel is hydraulically rammed down the barrel with 200 tons pressure to within an inch of the forcing cone. It must also be an inch or so below the level of the muzzle.

2. A flame-cut is made on the underside of the forcing cone, exposing the inner part of the barrel AND the part of the blocking piece.

3. The face of the recoil shield is machined away using countersink die-cutting tool.

4. The face of the hammer is removed entirely.

5. The entire internal chambering of the cylinder is machined out, and a steel ring welded in place.

Externally there is nothing to see, as you have seen in my pic above. Internally it is totally and irrevocably destroyed.

Pics to follow, I'm just otting my luntzh.

 

[tac]

Well. at least it moves and can be stripped and reassembled.

Not now though. The latest EU requirements have the whole thing welded up into a single lump.

So my small collection of de-acts are now not only literally worthless, but can't be sold or even given away, except to the local police station for destruction.

Ruger Redhawk - many-times skittles winner for me...

Muzzle -

Forcing cone -

Recoil shield -

Overall view of recoil shield -

Flame-cut and weld-filled -

Cylinder -

That's all, Folks!!!

 

[orygun]

That's just bubblegumed!

 

[ma96782]

Only got the one snubby - my Model 29...of course, living here in mainland UK means that it's just a paperweight now, a paperweight that I can't legally even give away, as it is an early de-act, carried out just before I would have had to hand it in for destruction. Of course, when it worked, I used it every day for hold-ups, car-jackings, muggings, threatening with violence, y'know, the kind of thing that every single one of us 50,000 law-abiding handgun owners used to do with our legally-owned firearms on a daily basis.

Another 'of course', the comment from the-then prime minister, Tony B Liar MP [a man who was greatly loved in the USA for reasons I've never been able to figure out], who said that taking just over a hundred-thousand handguns off their legal and law-abiding owners meant that in taking them 'off the streets' that Great Britain was going to be a 'far safer place' for doing it.

Later that year, indeed, for the next four years, gun crime climbed like a rocket and took more than ten years to get very slightly less...

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All original packaging and cleaning kit, too.
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Not to worry....
The Germans would never even think of invading.
Not after the thrashing they got in WW1 (and WW2).

Aloha, Mark

Parabellum = if you want peace, prepare for war