I've also seen some scary things proposed by shooters who either didn't know any better or who got a bad case of tunnel vision when they got a "great idea."

When I had Project 616 built by Andy Horvath, I researched it pretty thoroughly, hence my question to you. It is chambered in 327 Fed Mag and used a standard Model 66 (no dash) donor gun, a Model 617-2 cylinder rebored and rechambered, and a rebored Model 617 barrel. Nobody has yet challenged its strength and safety, hence my question.

Back to the subject of this particular thread, I was fortunate enough to obtain a NOS K-32 barrel (tapered with narrow rib - the early style) and a good K-22 cylinder assembly to rebore, so I feel pretty safe building a gun in 32 S&W Long using these parts. Thanks for your interest.

Froggie