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Originally Posted by Bill_in_fl
Would like to find out this.....
Someone told me that the Brazilian barrels have a slightly different contour than the U.S. barrels. Is that true?
Any issues different with installing a Brazilian barrel different from installing a U.S. barrel? Brazilian threads match up with U.S. frame threads?.
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Hi Bill,
I had meant to respond to your question about barrel contour. I can not tell any difference. However I wonder if the someone that told you that was thinking of the top strap contour which is different on the 1937 guns; they are flattened on top and have a larger rear site sq notch.
They were newer made frames than the 1917. However the 1946 contract Brazilians have the original 1917 rounded top strap w/small u notch site because they were surplus 1917 frames, 10,000 of which S&W purchased back from the government at the end of WW II.
How's the project coming?