Model 65-3 Chop and Round

[dustinoif3]

This was a pretty fun one. This one saw a barrel shorten to 3", slabbed barrel, new crown, round butt conversion and a Novak front sight that was cut for a gold bead. Nice little fighting gun for sure.

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[lawandorder]

Great job Dustin !

 

[CH4]

Very nice!!
Well executed

 

[robertrwalsh]

I confess I do not find the slab-sided barrel to be aesthetically pleasing. Never the less I do admire the skill that went into it.

 

[stansdds]

Outstanding work!

 

[Spokes]

Very nice I like everything you did to it..

 

[Green Frog]

Very businesslike. A bad guy should be right proud to be dispatched by a nice gun like that.

Froggie

 

[16thVACav]

Nice work, as usual!

 

[dustinoif3]

Very businesslike. A bad guy should be right proud to be dispatched by a nice gun like that.

Froggie

YES! [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]

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[Milton]

That looks great! What front sight is that?

 

[squidsix]

Very nicely done.

 

[dustinoif3]

That looks great! What front sight is that?

It is a Novak .060 blank I profiled. Then added a bead from SDM

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[Milton]

Thank You !!

 

[BC38]

I confess I do not find the slab-sided barrel to be aesthetically pleasing. Never the less I do admire the skill that went into it.

Ditto. On the other hand it probably took an ounce or two off the weight. Love the drift adjustable front sight. When you cut it down, what load did you regulate the POA/POI for? 158gr 38's?

 

[dustinoif3]

Ditto. On the other hand it probably took an ounce or two off the weight. Love the drift adjustable front sight. When you cut it down, what load did you regulate the POA/POI for? 158gr 38's?

We ran both a 125gr defensive and 158gr .38 and it was pretty close to same POI

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[BC38]

We ran both a 125gr defensive and 158gr .38 and it was pretty close to same POI

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Very nice.

 

[AJR337]

Very nice, excellent work!

 

[lefty_jake]

I confess I do not find the slab-sided barrel to be aesthetically pleasing. Never the less I do admire the skill that went into it.

I respect your view on this, but I have the opposite opinion.

I like the look of the slab sides quite well. And since something needs to be done about tbe barrel markings when a barrel is cut down, I feel like slab siding solves that problem too. And from a functional perspective, heavy barrels can stand to loose a few ounces in my opinion.

In general, I have never understood why full diameter heavy barrels became the standard and replaced the standard barrels. On a model 10, I prefer the standard barrel for both function and aesthetics, but that is a whole other subject.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Look nice........ I've got 2 3" 65...... great carry guns.

 

[BC38]

I respect your view on this, but I have the opposite opinion.

I like the look of the slab sides quite well. And since something needs to be done about tbe barrel markings when a barrel is cut down, I feel like slab siding solves that problem too. And from a functional perspective, heavy barrels can stand to loose a few ounces in my opinion.

In general, I have never understood why full diameter heavy barrels became the standard and replaced the standard barrels. On a model 10, I prefer the standard barrel for both function and aesthetics, but that is a whole other subject.

I think the idea behind the heavier barrel was probably to reduce muzzle flip. As with most things related to carry handguns, it is a tradeoff.