My friend had a SMOLT.

His was a S&W M15 with a COLT Diamondback .38 Special marked barrel. That way there would be no confusion as to caliber that it took. He built his for the "cool factor" and the COLT's barrel added weight, over that of the regular S&W barrel weight. Dreams of target shooting and PPC I guess.

Those customized aftermarket fat barrel revolvers for PPC were just starting back then.

Aloha, Mark