Ok, i started....got the barrel off, measured the recoil shield to the old barrel before i removed it. New barrel will need trimmed to get it to top dead center....It is about .015" shy of the dimension of the other barrel to shield space....if i cut .015, i think the barrel will be off the other way, so I'll trim the barrel to get it centered and see if the cylinder gap is acceptable...if not, i will have to cut more from the barrel shoulder and trim the forcing cone to get the proper cylinder gap... .i removed the barrel by clamping the barrel in a vice between two boards and turning the frame by hand.
The grips are off of a j frame so i filed them to fit....i will get a checkering tool and recut the checkering and finish them. The original plastic grips get put away....
Slow progress, but i advised that it would take time...
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Robert