Don't know how handy and or ambitious you are but all that is needed to do this would be a good vise, a set of good files and you will have to make a jig of some sort to steady, keep angle consistent and equally space out the serrations. You could practice of scrap metal until you feel comfortable to do it on the gun itself. I don't see this as a difficult job - really.........
This is pretty basic metal working and not a difficult task for someone adept at working on metal. I guess that S&W is incapable of doing this now because they no longer employee real Craftsmen, just CNC machine operators and Assemblers. Even IF they had someone who is capable of doing such work, I doubt they would want the liability and risk of screwing up your slide and having to replace it. If you are unwilling or unable to perform his yourself, I guess you will have to seek out a Machinist (old timer I'd guess) who would be willing to do it for you. Seems that with all the Gunsmiths willing to do action jobs, conversions and real intricate work involving much more skills & liability, this would not be a big deal. Good luck in finding someone and IF you wind up doing this yourself, post some "after" pictures when it's done.
PS: I realize that at the Factory this task is done on a Milling Machine OR a CNC Machine, however years ago it was done with a plain old file - and no reason it can't be done that way again since the set up in a Machine Shop would cost way too much. The final results would come out just as good if not better with files as they would with a Machine assuming whoever was doing this was a Craftsman. Just my opinion of course...........
Last edited by chief38; 12-18-2015 at 09:22 AM.
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