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If you are correctly referring to the plunger in the barrel lug that secures the front of the extractor rod, then current the parts will be correct for your older revolver. The locking bolt and the bolt, you used both terms, are very different! The "bolt" is within the frame and the thumbpiece...

The gun was a K-38 Masterpiece. Can't be more specific without the serial number. WHY would the frame have been cut to remove the cylinder? there is no reason that should have been necessary! In that condition you will be best off throwing it in the junk drawer and forgetting about it!

Your revolver is from the period when they were still referred to as "Named Models". The proper name is a ".357 Magnum". When model numbers were assigned in 1957 this became the Model 27, but that was in addition to the proper model name! Model numbers did not relace model names, just...

The double-action sear cannot be turned around because of it's shape, it is in it's proper position! Someone may have filed the back of it to let it out a bit because it needed to be. The hammer rubbing is not uncommon. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with it. Leave it alone. If the...

Not to many would be willing to pay that much for nearly any book!

The purpose of the mainspring screw is to enable installation of the mainspring without it being under tension, it is not an adjustment. The spring is installed and the screw tightened to tension the mainspring. Any "adjustment" is done by the fitter at the factory by shortening the screw, if...

My first S&W was an early 1950s Chiefs Special. This was about 1959, so I can only give a description. It had the serrated ramp front sight, flat latch, and the hammer had the earlier fine checkering/knurling on the spur. Does anyone know what year the hammer changed to the later coarse...

I am not bashing the .30 SC because I am a ".:32 guy", and the 30 SC is really a .32 caliber, and would buy a .30 SC in a minute if I wasn't 80+ years old and still buying guns, but I am not. The reason is that it is extremely unlikely there would be any interest in a .30SC revolver for any...

42497 is not "irrelevant". This is the "assembly number", which means nothing outside of the factory. This will appear on the left side of the grip frame under the stocks and inside the sideplate. It is to assure various fitted parts of the gun remain together during manufacture. These are the...

Black powder generates white to light gray smoke! If you got black smoke something was wrong! Or did you mean to say black powder smoke? I have been shooting black powder in both cartridge and muzzle loaders for over 65 years. Back to OPs question. Properly loaded or factory ammunition will...

Leading is a factor of bullet fit, hardness and lubrication. Bullet shape has nothing to do with it. If our supplier offers different sizing options select .411" to .412", not .410. Since I cast my own I can choose the lubricant I use as well as the bullet alloy. You will be better off with...

If you call S&W Customer Service at 800-331-0852 they can give you the production date for the alpha-numeric serial numbers to the actual day!

The color is a bit odd for MOP. The factory claimed that the medallions were the proof that MOP stocks were factory original, compared to after-market that had no medallions. I would polish the medallions, they look really badly tarnished for being Gold! Use a Q Tip with Mothers or Flitz to...

You said AC1, you meant A!C, or should have. I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic in 1992. Fortunately all I need to keep my A1C well below 7.0 is to watch my diet. :)

The electro-pencilled number is not the assembly number, the 79X79 on the butt below the stock pin is. It should be in the yoke cut and inside the sideplete too.

TK Custom: https://tkcustom.com/products/cup-tip-punches-for-precise-firearm-assembly-and-maintenance Google is your friend if you will only use it!

Springfield Armory should sell all accessories to their M1A.

There have been binding issues with all editions of the SCSW that have been printed in China! The spine of my 3rd edition is broken. Unfortunately the authors have no control of where their books are printed or bound, that is strictly up to the publisher, and is simply a matter of economics! It...

Whaat are you intending to hunt that you are concerned with penetration with a 500 S&W? The factory ammunition will shoot clear through a Buffalo/American Bison side-to-side, what more do you think you need? Bullet placement should be your only concern on any American big game species!