The 'unofficial' 58 Club

I feel like that Britney Spears song "Oops I did it again". I found another model 58 and couldn't leave well enough alone so off it went to Alan Harton along with a model 28 cylinder, a rebored model 520 barrel, a set of Bowens Combat sights and a set of Roy Fishpaw N frame combat grips that he built for someone else's gun in 1997.

Alan rechambered the cylinder to 41 Special, installed the barrel, round butted the grip frame, machined and installed the Bowen sights but he did not want to fit the grips. Since Roy had bedded them originally with Acra-glass Alan was hesitant to try to make them fit so when they got home I figured what the heck and started whittling and sawing. I ended up removing all the bedding compound, cutting off the front of the grips then regluing a section of rosewood, inletting the new piece so the grip frame would fit then reshaped the new pieces to match the contours of the finger ridges Roy had built in the grips years ago. Just a little more final sanding then I will start applying coats of Tung oil and it will be ready to shoot. This is the 4th or 5th Model 58 I have owned and I can not resist tweaking them for some reason.
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rbrbrb6 said:
I feel like that Britney Spears song "Oops I did it again". I found another model 58 and couldn't leave well enough alone so off it went to Alan Harton along with a model 28 cylinder, a rebored model 520 barrel, a set of Bowens Combat sights and a set of Roy Fishpaw N frame combat grips that he built for someone else's gun in 1997.
for some reason.
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Hard to tell it's not a M520. I love that tapered barrel with the extractor shroud, S&W should have done it on all the fixed sight revolvers back in the day. The front sight also looks better than the simple blade like the M58 has. Curious why you didn't leave the .41M cylinder on it, but the package is nice; I assume you reload, otherwise the .41Spl would go hungry. I've yet to buy Starline's .41 Spl brass for lighter loads, I just drop my magnums to around 1200 fps and all is good.

I wonder how many M520's have been sacrificed in the name of customization. Makes me feel warm to know my ANIB example is now one of less than 3000 that haven't been touched. :D I looked long enough to find it.
 
I would have assumed finding a harvested 520 barrel would be next to impossible.
 
I bought the base gun without a barrel and cylinder. The seller had spare Model 28 cylinders or 57 cylinders but I am enough of a 41 Special fan I decided to keep it a dedicated Special gun so I went with the shorter cylinder. There is lots of 41 Special brass here since I own three or four guns in that chambering. When I saw a 520 pop up for sale I jumped on it then sent it too Al Siegrist for boring to 41.
 
I found this one, LNIB, earlier this week for sale on consignment at a pawn shop a couple of hours from my house. N-serial number, built sometime 1972-74. The action (single & double) is simply amazing.
 

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NICE gun Rob...almost did that same project.

Found a barrel on ebay a couple of years ago but decided I like the balance to the standard 58 so much I never did the project...need to send it to a better home...

Bob
 
I saw a blue one at a lgs yesterday for $799. Has a lot of holster wear and a few scratches. Mechanically feels great with a great looking barrel. No factory stocks or box. Didn’t see any police department marks. Pass and keep looking or price ok for a shooter?
 
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I saw a blue one at a lgs yesterday for $799. Has a lot of holster wear and a few scratches. Mechanically feels great with a great looking barrel. No factory stocks or box. Didn’t see any police department marks. Pass and keep looking or price ok for a shooter?
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Offer $700 OTD and see what happens.
 
gurn blanston said:
I saw a blue one at a lgs yesterday for $799. Has a lot of holster wear and a few scratches. Mechanically feels great with a great looking barrel. No factory stocks or box. Didn’t see any police department marks. Pass and keep looking or price ok for a shooter?
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It never hurts to ask for a cash discount ;)

Around my neck of the woods, that would be a $1000 gun if the mechanics are decent.
 
If it’s still there when I get back there I’ll probably get it. Maybe for a little less. The guy behind the counter said I was the first to ask to see it in over a month. On the plus side it comes with a very nice leather holster, fancy wood grips and two 20 rnd. boxes of ammo.
 
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If it’s still there when I get back there I’ll probably get it. Maybe for a little less. The guy behind the counter said I was the first to ask to see it in over a month. On the plus side it comes with a very nice leather holster, fancy wood grips and two 20 rnd. boxes of ammo.
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That deal is getting better and better....:D
 
CaptMac said:
This is my 3rd 58, ended up trading them off the last one I had was just 204 numbers off this one. This one also had a LEO flyer in the box I have never seen before. The grips are numbered but not to the gun.
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Very nice! Love the brochure too!
 
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