Smith & Wesson 686P Accuracy

I just recently started reloading. This is my Smith & Wesson 686P Accuracy shooting my first 357 Magnum rounds. The brass was new Star Line purchased from MidWayUSA. The bullets were Hornady 158 Gr XTP jacketed hollow points. The powder was 10 grains of Accurate No. 9. This produced a mild load with velocity just over 1000 … Read more

Smith and Wesson 3913 Review

The Smith and Wesson 3913 is well known for accuracy and reliability. It is all metal with aluminum alloy frame, stainless slide, and stainless barrel. It has an ambidextrous safety/de-cocker lever, a slide release lever, a magazine release, and a magazine disconnect which disables the trigger when the magazine is removed. It is thin, at … Read more

Smith Wesson CS45 Review

The Smith & Wesson CS45 is a compact semi-automatic pistol chambered in .45 ACP and is one of the Smith and Wesson Gen 3 models. These were the last all metal pistols produced before Smith started building the present day polymer frame pistols. The 3rd Gen Smith & Wesson pistols are often overlooked and not … Read more

Smith and Wesson 629 Review

The Smith and Wesson .44 Magnum was made famous by Clint Eastwood in his Dirty Harry movies. Dirty Harry carried a Smith and Wesson model 29, “The most powerful handgun in the world”, and it was at that time. My favorite Dirty Harry quote is from the movie Sudden Impact when Harry says to the … Read more