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Originally Posted by dd698
If I want to install a 7in barrel on my 41 will I need the factory or a smith to do it? Is there a lot of fitting to do?
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I have two Model 41's, one is 1962 vintage with 7" barrel, the other is 2007 with 5" barrel. I have purchased a new S&W barrel with optics rail from Gil Hebard Guns and it fits both frames with no fitting or fuss.
However I have heard rumors of Model 41's made sometime in the 1980's and 1990's that did require a bit of minor fitting to a new barrel to get the trigger guard/latch to work properly. What I have heard is this fitting is minor, a small amount of work with a file on the notch in the barrel tang. However for my part this is rumor, I've never run into the need for this fitting of a barrel myself.
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