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13-3 from Finks
This one came out of a late friends estate. It was in box with papers and tools but unfortunately it looked like he put it away a little wet. Both the hammer and trigger had slight corrosion. In addition it had some pin point pitting. So I sent it to Finks for the their Revolver Round Up package. Turned out nice.
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Very nice! Would be really nice if smith produced something like this from the factory.
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Wow! Very nice!
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You have the perfect fighting revolver. Very nice..
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This is a 64-6 that started life as a square butt. Bead blasted, slab sided the barrel and front sight. Finks did the work on it.
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This is a 64-6 that started life as a square butt. Bead blasted, slab sided the barrel and front sight. Finks did the work on it.
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Nice! I'd carry that.
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This one came out of a late friends estate. It was in box with papers and tools but unfortunately it looked like he put it away a little wet. Both the hammer and trigger had slight corrosion. In addition it had some pin point pitting. So I sent it to Finks for the their Revolver Round Up package. Turned out nice.
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That is an awesome revolver!
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That turned out great! What a nice carry revolver.
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04-02-2023, 09:55 AM
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I love that bead front sight. I could sure use that on a couple of mine. My 2 1/2” 19-4 is just IT for me, but my 3” 13-3 is much more practical for its intended purpose, IMO. It worked out well for FBI agent Jodie Foster in Silence Of The Lambs.
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04-02-2023, 06:40 PM
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GaryOKC, what is the finish on the revolver? Looks remarkable!
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It's just a matte blue. Bead blasted then blued without polishing.
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I've never heard of Finks, but with a name like that....... they had better do good work! lol!
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Where did the wood come from? It really makes the gun stick out even more than it already does. Very nice job. Will you be shooting this gun? I know some people hold off on shooting something that nice and I understand it, but I don't have anything too nice to shoot. A couple .38 Specials have some age and I try to shoot lighter bullets, but they're shooters for sure. Ex.: last week my friend & I went up & killed some
paper. He had an unshot space and I drew a 4" or so circle on it. He kept shooting left. I had the M&P 38 from 1948 and truthfully I got lucky!
It's a nice shooter at 75 years old.
That 13-3 is a nice looking gun! Good luck with it. Again, love that wood.
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04-03-2023, 10:45 AM
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Finks
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Well I have a set of Culina Combats that I bought specifically for it. I managed to misplace the screw during the wait so I dug these out of my grip box. They are from Vittonwood out of Thailand. I bought about 10 sets a couple years ago. They are really pretty nice. They are thinner but longer than the Culina combats. I have already shot it. But the wind was 45-60 that day. I will do more evaluation on it when I can.
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Where did the wood come from? It really makes the gun stick out even more than it already does. Very nice job. Will you be shooting this gun? I know some people hold off on shooting something that nice and I understand it, but I don't have anything too nice to shoot. A couple .38 Specials have some age and I try to shoot lighter bullets, but they're shooters for sure. Ex.: last week my friend & I went up & killed some
paper. He had an unshot space and I drew a 4" or so circle on it. He kept shooting left. I had the M&P 38 from 1948 and truthfully I got lucky!
It's a nice shooter at 75 years old.
That 13-3 is a nice looking gun! Good luck with it. Again, love that wood.
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Where did the wood come from? It really makes the gun stick out even more than it already does.
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That set of combat stocks is from eBay seller "vitoonmakers". His selection of S&W wood is a little low right now but you can see his stuff here:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_dkr...w=s%26w%20wood
You'll have to scroll through his offerings to find wood grips for S&W revolvers. I've purchased several sets from him and find the fit and finish is excellent, not to mention the reasonable pricing.
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I'm really liking that. The muzzle is great. Personally I would have left the spur on the hammer and rounded it like a Jovino, but that's just me.
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I believe he is member on the forum under the name vitoonwood or vitoonmaker.
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That set of combat stocks is from eBay seller "vitoonmakers". His selection of S&W wood is a little low right now but you can see his stuff here:
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Perfection!
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That turned out very nice.
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My 3” 13-3 is clad with bananas, also from Vitoonmakers. I have several other sets of combats. Beautiful grips.
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Absolutely! I love it!!!!
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My 3” 13-3 is clad with bananas, also from Vitoonmakers. I have several other sets of combats. Beautiful grips.
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Those are gorgeous! I'm thrilled that someone put the banana style RB combat grips back into production, especially when they look this pretty. Hopefully they'll offer a standard S&W factory checkered style too sometime.
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@GaryinOKC- I like what you had done. Am curious if the POI changed at all with the change in front sight. I might be interested in doing the same with my M581
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