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I’ll take the Springfield 1911 I’ll take the Springfield 1911

Thank you to all for taking the time to share your thoughts and expertise.

I have a friend who is considering selling his 1990's Smith & Wesson "Twelve Revolvers" collection that was offered by Ellet Bros back in the day. He's the original purchaser, and all of the revolvers are new, unfired and in their original boxes. It's an early numbered set (73/500) and...

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Thanks for all the info on the floating hand. This was a real education on this design. I'll probably swap it out for a hand with an integral pivot pin. I see that Brownell's offers both a standard and an oversized hand for the N-frame. Typically, is the standard part a true drop-in item or is...

That explains it! Thanks for clearing that up - your expertise is much appreciated. Is there any benefit to using one over the other? Or, is it a matter of, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? Thanks and Happy New Year.

Greetings all. I have a technical question for anyone who has an expertise on the internals of S&W revolvers, especially the N-Frame and more specifically, the 627-0 Model of 1989 which is a special production N-Frame .357 with the un-fluted cylinder. I've worked on Smiths over the years, but...