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Old 12-14-2016, 10:29 AM
Green Frog Green Frog is offline
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All that building of semi-custom guns will just get you in trouble and make you want more... you'd better just send those parts to me for safe disposal.

Seriously, either of those revolvers you are looking at should work fine, but be aware the process is not necessarily going to be "drop in." The cylinder assembly will likely be a direct swap, but it is likely that a little machining will be needed on the shoulder of the barrel so it will "clock up" with the rib properly aligned and give proper headspace... not a do-it-yourself kind of job, rather one for a gunsmith. I had the same thing done in stainless, but had to have the barrel custom bored and the cylinder reamed from 22 since S&W didn't make stainless K-frame parts in .32 caliber. (See Project 616)

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Froggie
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