WTB - Airweight Bodyguard (no lock)

[flyandscuba]

WTB - S&W Airweight Bodyguard (shrouded hammer) with NO internal lock.  Finish condition not important, but proper function and lock up is -- this will be a CCW for the lady of the house...

Thanks!

[Laserlips]

f&s:

Can't help you out as far as selling you mine   but I can tell you from personal experience that I consider the 638 Airweight Bodyguard to be the absolute best of the snubby's for cc..



The Airweight Bodyguard comes with the wide, smooth "target trigger" and it is light years an improvement over the older narrow, serrated triggers of earlier J-frame Smith's and D-frame Colts..

I would recommend to the Missus' that if she has any interest Crimson Trace makes several Crimson Trace Lasergrips for the J-frames (mine has the old original 205's, I hear the new 405's are better).  The addition of a Lasergrip will turn the snubby into a tack driver at any respectful self defense distance.

Hope you find what you want, I think a lot of my AB..

Best Wishes,

Jesse

[P7Enigma]

SCCUUUBE!....whats up man?  (sorry, no airweight but,)

I'll have you know...I had to go and buy some R9(s) as in plural...and its all your fault!

On another note...you want to come down for a shoot in the next few months or wait til it cools off a little? A few "culties" are working on a weekend event..BBQ, shoot, BS sessions, the usual....

...and yeah, any of you "half a gun" types are always welcomed as well

[flyandscuba]

I'll be in Hernando County the week of June 22nd....

I'll be training county employees all day the 24-26th, and will not be around on the weekend - so, the timing might not be right this trip.

Give me a little advanced notice and I'll bring the airplane down to Brooksville for the weekend shoot.

[P7Enigma]

Good deal...I will actually be gone that week you speak of as well (Houston). However maybe it will work out for some chow one evening.

Bring the plane...you should be able to keep it between the ditches at BKV.   I'll see if I can bring the Stearman up...work on your "rudder" a little...

[flyandscuba]

Not sure if I'll bring the Cessna -- or the Thatcher (a tail-dragger).  Still flying off the 40 hour phase one flight testing on it right now...

[P7Enigma]

Thatcher is all done now?....send a pic thru usual channels, like to see it.

[flyandscuba]

Yep, all finished -- flies great!

[ccoorreeyy]

That plane goes well with the Rohrbaugh, it's small.

[P7Enigma]

Good job Bill, very NICE!! ..is it bigger or smaller than the
RV-4? ....I flew an RV-6 a couple of times.

Can't wait to see it in person! Got a pic of the CP panel? (I'm just into things like that having designed them extensively)

T

[flyandscuba]

Here's a couple of the panel - I used UMA micro guages for many of the engine instruments:





I expect that CX4 is smaller than the RV -- given that the empty weight of mine is 541 pounds...

[tracker]

Thanks for the photos; that is about all one needs for
basic VFR flying--looks like a lot of fun after all the long,
hard work. Was this an EAA chapter project?

[flyandscuba]

No, just a personal dream fulfilled.  I did accept the expert assistance from the locally based designer and original builder of the first CX4 during the project.  I learned much during the build process!

[tracker]

Great stuff and we remained on thread beacause this would
be a very effective escape vehicle in a crisis and would,
indeed, be an airweight bodyguard.

[P7Enigma]

Dam nice Bill...can't wait to see it in person!  Also looks as if you might have been shopping at Aircraft Spruce...

Whats it criuse at? ....better hope it will outrun an Extra 300...hehehe