Everything appears to have been done with great care and it must have had the cylinder bores polished as
loading and unloading was a breeze.


Down to the local range for a quick session and after a 6 round warm up with my Model 17 standing and unsupported sent 6 rounds of FMJ .38 special 130 grain RN down range at 50' resulting in this 1.5" spread .

A Gun like this really spoils you at the range, I purposely took a 5" model 10 to shoot alongside ,
Compared to the venernable 6.5" barrel N frame .357 Magnum it fealt like a cap gun !




PS , I know the pics are terrible and the grips are wrong generation but what do you think of the Service grips on it?