[Adam Helmer]

Today a neighbor came by and offered an old Smith M-27 for a price I could not pass by. I have always liked the .357 cartridge and like Old Smiths. I guess this is justified as another Christmas gift to me. This presupposes we need a reason to get another fine arm.

I am now motivated to get out the Coleman stove and cast up some batches of 148 grain wadcutters, 158 grain SWCs and the Keith 168 grain SWCs. It is a bit cold today, so maybe Thursday or Friday I will get to the tractor shed to cast a bucket of hard Pennsylvania bullets for this M-27.

The new Smiths have the frame-mounted firing pin and locking gizme above the cylinder latch. Them be "Boat Anchors" in my humble opinion. I like Old Smith revolvers and Old Colt automatics.

Adam