Happiness is a new gun 2

[I_Like_Turtles]

Got hold of a used S&W 1911 PD full size with light rail. I REALLY LIKE IT.

Do plan some changes though.......guide rod, mainspring housing, stuff like that.

HOPE I can find a custom gunsmith to make a .38 Super upper for it. Combined with the alloy frame, I think that would rock!

[dao]

You know what they say turtle, This thread is worthless without pictures. We'd like to see it!

[340pd]

OK, Living in the suburbs of Minneapolis and thanks to no having politicians that support the police we are left to our own methods of protection so I now find myself walking with a lightweight revolver. My 340pd in a pocket holster stuffed into the back pocket of my jeans allows me to get a full finger grip yet the grip is flat against my back under a untucked shirt. Not a lot of ammo but with a speed strip in my watch pocket, I feel ok on my walks.
That said, one always needs at least a couple of 5 shot snubbies so I visited my local dealer and compared a 642 no lock vs. a 642 w/lock but it was straight out of the Performance Center. The PC guns action was light years ahead of the stock 642 so I traded the lock for a beautiful action and that is the one that came home with me.
Why another light weight S&W snubbie? Because I had a spare holster in the box that was feeling lonely.

[dao]

Cool grips on the .38. I like that gun.

[berettabone]

Both nice.................maybe a 640 in the rotation?? I've kind of got my eye out for one myself....................gotta like the snubbies.

[340pd]

Both nice.................maybe a 640 in the rotation?? I've kind of got my eye out for one myself....................gotta like the snubbies.

A few years back I sold my 640 and bought a Kimber K6s. That is one great 2" revolver.

[BirdsThaWord]

Why another light weight S&W snubbie? Because I had a spare holster in the box that was feeling lonely.

That sounds like a good enough reason! Also sounds like something I’d do!

[getsome]

That sounds like a good enough reason! Also sounds like something I’d do!

This is exactly why all gun folks have a big box full of expensive leather holsters in the closet that aren’t in use so it is our duty and responsibility to go out and purchase a handgun to justify having a holster that nothing fits…….Am I right?

[BirdsThaWord]

This is exactly why all gun folks have a big box full of expensive leather holsters in the closet that aren’t in use so it is our duty and responsibility to go out and purchase a handgun to justify having a holster that nothing fits…….Am I right?

Your theory is sound sir! I also once bought a gun because I had a magazine that fit it. It was my first LCP 380. Had bought a 1911 and they seller threw in his various “extras” he had no need for.

[getsome]

Your theory is sound sir! I also once bought a gun because I had a magazine that fit it. It was my first LCP 380. Had bought a 1911 and they seller threw in his various “extras” he had no need for.

There is one other method I like to use that is tried and true which is if you have a hankering for a certain firearm but may be holding back for some reason like money the thing to do is go out and buy a sizable amount of ammo and just look at it for a good while just setting on the shelf…….This is why I now own a nice AR-15, I didn’t really want one and I’m much more happy with a lever action rifle but since I had all those boxes of .556 ammo I figured I might as well pick up something to shoot it with…….Works for me