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Very nice. What was your distance?

I'd say that if you are gonna buy one revolver every 30 years, this is a pretty good one to grab.

I guess you can offer some pretty good deals if you never plan on shipping out the product..........

Amen to this.............

As pleased as I am with my Tisas products, I can understand your weakness. I may start getting weak, too.

I'll second this recommendation............

The GCA is who I used in all of my CMP purchases. Very easy.

This is a question for Mr. Lever Action..... @Snaveba are you out there????

Oh don't worry..... Sequatchie county has plenty of coyotes......

I love the Mossberg, as well, but I keep a Remington 870 right next to the bed.

I say Amen to this comment. Don't know what the allure is to messing with a vintage handgun. But that's just me.....

You did good!! Have you fired it yet? Or is it strictly for collecting purposes??

I have to say that I have never even fired one. Have hardly even seen one.

Really nice. I know it means a lot being a family hand down.

Very wise...........

Personally, I like the way it looks already. I'd leave it alone.

I'm actually surprised that this thread has so much discussion. Seems obvious to me that a spartan and stripped down version for your EDC would be a must. But, I realize that opinions are like elbows..... everyone has one or two.

I can second Jeff's work as being high quality. He has done two or three good jobs for me. Not re-barreling, but in general he does great work.

Exactly

Thanks for posting. Damn shame that we have to go all the way to Louisville to get a good gunsmith.

"They're coming to get you, Barbra......"

You're exactly right. The .40 takes a lot of undeserved shade thrown it's way by folks that do not understand it or have not taken the time to shoot it enough. One of the best deals I ever got on a handgun was about 15 years ago when one of the middle TN dealers got a hold of a bunch of Sig P229's in .40 where one of the Police dept's (I think Metro Nashville) were cycling out. The price was crazy low and I got up there early and got to pick one out that looked as though it had hardly been fired. Below are picts as it looked when I got it and then after I added a couple of things to it. It is my bedstand gun right beside me at night.

Note to self...... "NEVER sell nothin'"

That really looks good. You may have inspired me.....

Pop, yeah, it is a bit small in my hands, too. I am 6'7" and have pretty good size hands..... but it beats carrying a sharp stick. I also have a Ruger LCP that I like better. I bought a North American Arms in .22 mag. Again, very small, but can be used as a "get off me" gun.