Thanks for the photo. I know a lot of guys that had 19s, 15s and 28s hard chromed "back in the day". I had an early 59 that I had hard chromed around 1979. Your wonderful snub looks like those from my memory.

Not uncommon for guys back then to spend a fair amount making their guns in to configurations the factory didn't offer.

The important thing is that it shoots true and you enjoy it. It'd stick that in a holster, carry it and take it to the range every chance I'd get.