Thread: May be a silly question...Model 17 versus Model 18
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Old 11-26-2011, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Hondo44 View Post
Ashland model: I didn't even want to go there.

I've had that lug removal in mind as well, but I don't know if someone will taper the barrel as well. I like the sleekness of the early tapered barrels.
I've thought the exact same thing...it'd probably be tricky for a machinist, even one familiar with revolvers, to taper the barrel. I think I'd live with it though...IIRC, the Ashland guns had heavy barrels and still looked alright. ETA: Your idea of hard chroming a M17 barrel seems like a good fix, but if I was going that route; I'd probably just find a rougher M17 to hardchrome all together.



And, to the OP...sorry for cluttering up your thread; but if you wanna see a cool factory K-frame .22, look up the Ashland 617's.
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