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Just picked up one. Nice pistol. Comes with regular 3-dot sights (rear is height adjustable), two 17 round magazines. Mags are made in Italy and look like Mec-Gar with anti friction coating. Pistol has a external safety (ambi) and magazine disconnect. The loaded chamber indicator is on top of the slide and sticks up quite a bit with a round chambered. None of this really bothers me and the mag disconnect is easy to remove if so desired. Pistol has good accuracy and is easy to shoot well. Grip is thinner than a lot of similar pistols. Full take down requires punches/hammer so not as easy as some others. Field strip does not require a trigger pull but you must push the ejector down to remove the slide, and either pull it up or insert a mag to raise the ejector back into operational position when reassembled. Overall a decent pistol and after 600 rounds there has been no pistol related problems This pistol is as accurate or a little more so than my Glock 48, which I like a lot and carry. May put the Ruger SR9 into carry rotation.

I was really surprised about a week ago when I got the call. I thought they had sold out this years batch. But the lady told me that some people had changed their minds and they still have some. I picked it up last Friday and took it to the range yesterday. Its a 1942 Colt frame with an Ithaca slide. Finish is about 80% with some noticeable wear and scratches. The #1 is painted on the grips. However the bore is perfect. So while it has seen some serious use, its seems to have been well taken care of. While it is a mix master, I noticed that there are no arsenal rebuild marks on it. No, its not as pretty as some of the fresh arsenal rebuilds some folks got. But this gun has been there and done that for 77 years. Its got character. It shoots just like an average military issue 1911. Nothing to brag about, but I was able to keep most of my shots in the black on a 12'X12" target. I attribute that to the small sights and a really heavy trigger. By my gauge the trigger is 8 lbs 12 oz. Which is perfectly normal for a G.I. issue pistol. I've got a set of new springs ordered. I may work on that trigger a little while I have it apart. Haven't really decided yet as I may leave it just like Uncle Sam issued it. Yeah, I'm aware that some of you spoke poorly of the guns and the whole program. But I now own a piece of history. I like it!

Jeb, Thanks for the time & effort you put in posting these great old pictures.

Terrible! I've got no more freezer room for local venison!

Don't let the camel poke it's nose under the tent! We have compromised enough.

Bernie is going to take care of all of this. Medicare for everyone, or in other words Socialized Medicine. I am sure he is going to give us this when he becomes president. The reason he can give us this, at no cost is, you will die before you can get the medical attention you need, thereby no need for money to pay for the medical care. Simple ain't it? Ah! Socialized Medical Care!

@Jamie Jackson Will do. Here are a couple close options I see today. 22.99 https://grabagun.com/smith-and-wesson-magazine-shield-ez-380acp-8rd.html 22.75 https://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com/products2.cfm/ID/209486/3008882/smith-and-wesson-mp380-shield-ez-380-acp-8-round-factory-magazine

It is a comparison between apples and oranges, just depends on what you want. Either one would be fine for SD/HD in my opinion.

Nice buck Slappy. I shot a cow horn spike opening muzzleloader season, needed some meat and he was the first available victim. I saw 4 this afternoon after the rain subsided and missed one. Oh well they call it hunting for a reason.

Thank you @Ronald_55! I also found them at Gunmag Warehouse for $21.99 each, shipping is around $8.00. I probably should jump on this, but I think I'll wait until Monday (working this weekend) when a few more sites list their Black Friday pricing. https://gunmagwarehouse.com/smith-wesson-s-w-m-p-380-shield-ez-8-round-factory-magazine.html

We can make all the arguments we want against outlawing private sales without a background check. We can argue about whether or not criminals will still get guns. But none of that matters. All that matters is how politicians will vote when it comes to the floor for a vote. I didn’t think after seeing what has gone on the last couple of years, that anyone could vote for a Democrat for anything. But as you saw recently; democrats are still being elected. Republicans are going to have to make the decision on whether or not they want to vote against requiring a background check for everyone. I don’t expect to see many vote against it. That’s sad, I bet that is how it goes. If you think the Feds are limited in what they think they can do; you haven’t been watching the hearings the last few days. Get ready. I now think the Feds are going to try to have Federal Law require a background check on all gun sales. They will claim it is a "reasonable restriction" on the 2nd amendment. It will fly through the house and I doubt they will have a lot of trouble getting it through the Senate. Then it will be law unless the SCOTUS shoots in down later.

Oh yeah. Some people have openly bragged about buying the guns for the sole purpose of reselling them. Others have gone on to brag about how much they got for their CMP pistols. I even heard of one guy who filed applications for himself, his wife and a couple of grown kids just to make as much profit as possible on the guns. This totally violates the entire spirit of the CMP program. More often than not, CMP finds out about these people from other people who don't like what they've done. The rats are themselves ratted out. But, have no fear, the only place this one is going is to one of my sons after I'm gone from this world.

Shot this 3.5 y/o 7pt a few weeks ago. Here in unit CWD our gun season started early.

I believe it's a Winchester 1895. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1895

Ruger makes some puzzling product decisions. I now own 3 Rugers. All have been good values. Pretty much carry one of them everyday.

Specialty Arms II, in Lavergne TN, is having a Customer Appreciation Sale starting 25-27 of Nov. In the past they have had some real good prices on their guns. It is a big deal if you have never been there during one of these sales. They usually have factory reps on board and the place is really crowded. I hope to go today(Friday 22) and view the regular prices and then go back for the sale. Their prices are usually better than most places I go to even without the sale. Also just got a sales paper from Bass Pro Shop and they are having a big 5 day sale on several guns and other things. They have a Savage Axi XP rifle, in 8 calibers, at a bargain after a 75.00 mail in rebate. It is on a 6 hour only sale on 29 from 5 AM to 11AM. I don't work for either of these places. Check them out!

Bellshire Hardware on Dickerson Road is $20 for a transfer.

I'v all ways wanted to own one of these iconic guns but never had the loose cash for one. I all ways figured I'd run into a fixer upper and actually bought a ratted out one at a gun show that was a 44-40 SRC. It was rough but thought I could rebarrel it. Well, once I got it home and took a real good look at it, I found that the pitting on the sides of the receiver actually had all ready been belt sanded to way, way thinner receiver side walls. Basically, it was a wall hanger. I ended up selling it and got my money back despite a detailed description of the monkey work on the receiver. Well, like most things, if you have patience and a little luck, this one came my way by way of buying out an old BP gunsmith this past fall. This 92 was in the shop and he let it go with the rest of the stuff. It was missing all the barrel parts forward the receiver aside from its rotted out 25-20 octagon barrel. A few action parts were missing and the lower stock tang stock screw hole was welded solid. Considering I about tripled my investment on selling off all the BP parts, this 92 was less than free if there could be such a thing. Everygunpart.com & Ebay to the rescue! I figured I would build a 357 and found a Miroku made Winchester 1873 barrel on Ebay and snatched it up despite not knowing if it had the same threads. I only had to weld a second notch on the chamber face up and the barrel screwed right into the Winchester 92 action perfectly. A few weeks ago, everygunpart had a Rossi 357 Puma 92 for sale and I snatched that up for mainly the small diameter firing pin bolt assembly. I also used the Rossi cartridge guides, loading gate, bolt locks, mag cap and follower. By the time I sell all the other Rossi parts, Its still a relatively small cost. So, anyway, the Gun Gods were extra good to me on this since the barrel clocked out perfectly tight onto the receiver with the extractor cut dead on at its 12 O clock position. On top of that, the head space with the Rossi bolt was dead on!!! Whats the chances of THAT? I should have ran out and bought some lotto tickets.....but didn't. The Ebay forend was sanded below metal fit so I shortened the forend front and rear by about 1/8th each and re cut the wood into the cap and receiver. I hate when people sand those edges down. Miroku soldered the mag ring onto the barrel so I did the same with an original ring since they had a large diam ring on there. All in all, the gun came out as a nice shooter with a franken twist. I finally own a some what, kinda, sorta original 1892! and yeah, I like the folding Marlin sight....

There’s a reason for that. Get the Mec-Gar mags. They will actually work. The ProMag....maybe, maybe not with a hard lean towards not.

Dropping out of a highly competitive market is business speak for, "We're getting out because we can't make enough money to invest in development."

I sure do. Generally it means I get told no...a lot... To quote a song I like: "I'm not deaf, I'm just a real bad listener"

Rob No offense but I notice a pattern here.......