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January 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Everything is right about this @Smith_WessonInc .44 Hand Ejector from 1940. The target sights, the custom Kearsarge grips, and that snub-ish barrel.

What are you shooting this weekend?

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonforum #44sw #44special #pewpew #rangetime #oldgun #oldguns
November 24, 2024 at 12:53 AM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
If you know, you know.

Any guesses on what this Smith & Wesson revolver is? Here's a clue: it's pre-WW2.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #MysteryGun #iykyk #rangetime
March 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Mmmmm. Look what I'm taking to the range this weekend.

#rangetime #rangeday #pewpew #357magnum #38special #revolver #revolvers #frenchguns
October 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
tuckingfired.bsky.social
Oh this will get them for sure. Badge numbers? Warrants? WTF people.
SECOND AMENDMENT.
It’s just a matter of time.
#headshots
#rangetime
May 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Pictured here is a nice early Smith & Wesson .38 Centennial (pre-Model 42) that left the factory in 1956 for Kirkwood Brothers in Boston, MA.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #centennial #smithmodel42 #38dspecial #pewpew #rangetime
October 1, 2024 at 5:53 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Plot spoiler: I didn't attend a Coldplay concert over the past week. Just a lot of range time with this Smith & Wesson PC1911 chambered in God's Caliber.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #M1911 #45ACP #GodsCaliber #rangetime #pewpew
July 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Ruger Mark IV. All of the goodness of the earlier Ruger target pistols, but field stripping it takes seconds and detail stripping it doesn't make you want to hurl it across the room.

What's your target pistol this weekend?

#rangetime #ruger #markiv #22lr #targetshooting #plinking
April 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Simple, straightforward, and tack-drivingly accurate—the Ed Brown Classic Custom. It never fails to deliver ... and after 12 years and at least 4,000 rounds down the pipe, it still doesn't miss a beat.

#edbrown #M1911A1 #45ACP #rangetime #tackdriver #pewpew
April 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
This 1984 @Smith_WessonInc Model 10 probably spent a few decades on duty. Grip worn nearly smooth from endless draws, but drop some oil in and watch it stack bullets at 25 yards. Peak reliability never goes out of style.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #38special #rangetime
August 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Here's a nice way to start the day. Smith & Wesson prewar .38 Military & Police Target at the range, pushing 158 grain .38 Special LRN loads. No surprise that the bullseyes were well shredded. #smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #38mp #38special #leadroundnose #rangetime #pewpew
January 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
The SIG SAUER MPX K sub is a well-executed PCC that combines AR platform controls in a pistol sized package. The 4.5" barrel is capable of impressive accuracy.

What's your PCC?

#sigsauer #sigmpx #sigmpxk #9mmparabellum #9mmammo #9mmluger #9mmcarbine #rangetime #pewpew #pewpewlife
October 12, 2023 at 10:51 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Not my usual fare, but this Serbian-made Zastava M59/66A1 (SKS) needed some fresh air. Its Slovenian military log book tells me that it was preserved in cosmoline on November 20, 1995.

#sksrifle #762x39 #zastava #zastavam59 #serbia #slovenia #militaryrifle #russianrifle #pewpew #rangetime
May 26, 2024 at 9:18 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Today's mission: learn about Enfield revolvers, about which I know just about nothing.

I took a chance on this 1931-dated Webley today, and I suspect that it has a lot to teach me about Commonwealth interwar gunmaking.

#webley #webleyrevolver #38sw #oldguns #ww2guns #pewpew #rangetime
March 16, 2024 at 11:51 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Behold, this Glock 17 from the Washington DC Metro Police. It's a Gen 2 pistol that probably dates to the early to mid 1990s. A different time in DC, of course.

#copguns #oldcopgun #glock #glock17 #pewpew #rangetime #9mmluger #9mmparabellum #9mmammo
July 31, 2024 at 9:18 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Smith & Wesson released the .32 Safety Hammerless revolver in 1888. It was chambered in the diminutive .32 S&W centerfire cartridge.

Despite the name it *did* have a (concealed) hammer.

smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #32sw #rangetime #oldguns #antiqueguns #oldrevolvers
May 13, 2024 at 7:21 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
This German-made Sig P228 took me on a nice imaginary trip to Switzerland this afternoon. The left side of the slide is marked "Polizei Kanton Solothurn."

#sig #sigsauer #siggermany #P228 #9mmparabellum #9mmluger #rangetime #rangeday #pewpew #swisspolice #swissgat
March 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Earlier this week I posted a photo of my Sig P220 that's chambered in .400 Corbon. It's a round that many people compare to 10mm. This is the closest thing I have in 10mm to compare with—a Nighthawk Custom ShadowHawk long slide.

#400corbon #10mm #nighthawkcustom #rangetime #bigbore #pewpew
September 27, 2024 at 7:35 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Before today's high-end custom 1911 builders existed, building a 1911 "race gun" meant finding a really skilled pistolsmith that could build you a 1911. Knoxville, Illinois-based Gil Hebard was one such builder, and this is one of his builds.

#colt #colt1911 #45acp #godscaliber #racegun #rangetime
September 10, 2024 at 8:23 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Behold, the Smith & Wesson Model 642 Ultimate Carry. Available in both .32 H&R Magnum and .38 Special. Me being me, I went straight for the .32 version.

#smithwesson #smithandwesson #smithandwessonpartner #642UC #32hrmagnum #32HR #32caliber #revolver #revolvers #rangetime #pewpew #pewpewlife
April 3, 2024 at 2:02 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Speaking of Beretta ... this M1935 pistol is an absolute delight in the hand. It does have one quirk: the slide locks back on an empty magazine, but when the magazine is removed from the pistol the slide lock releases.

#Beretta #berettam1935 #beretta1935 #32acp #italianpistols #rangetime #pewpew
May 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
In my ongoing love/hate relationship with the Beretta 92/M9 platform, I found myself looking at this Beretta 96 in .40 S&W and wondering if this was a genius move, or something that I'd shoot once and be done with.

#Beretta #beretta96 #40sw #shortforty #rangetime #pewpew #bigguns
August 10, 2024 at 10:40 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
Growing up in the middle of a sugar maple forest has endeared me to blonde colored woods. I love that Ruger offers the venerable 10/22 rifle in birch, and I think the stainless looks great on top.

What's your 10/22 story?

#ruger #ruger1022 #22lr #pewpew #pliking #rangetime #rangeday #rifle #rifles
January 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
firearmshistorian.bsky.social
(3/3) The cost to me? Zero. If that isn't good customer service, then I don't know what is.

#nighthawk #nighthawk1911 #nighthawkcustom #M1911 #45acp #godscaliber #rangetime #pewpew
September 24, 2024 at 1:53 PM