1917 Snub Nose Project

[Shtf45acp]

Hondo44 I tried to message you but it would let me send pictures so I'll just post up my questions. I'm not really sure what you are trying to tell me. The lanyard hole isn't a concern for me so if that would need to be welded up or cut out I'm fine with that in my venture for a round butt.

The front has plenty of room for any kind of grinding or shaping. The rear is limited because of the serial number.

I lined up a set of ahrends round butt grips and there is no way to just grind to shape in the rear. It would cause the separation of the frame and not to mention almost completely losing the serial number. Here are some pictures and ideas I'm throwing out here to see what everyone thinks.

The blue is where the serial number is. The red is the possible cuts.

To cut the backstrap and move it inward I don't think will work as there isn't enough room to physically do that. The serial number is only a 1/4" off the back of the frame.

My idea is cut from the rear forward just under the pin for the grips. Then to cut straight up from the bottom. Then a small slice possibly in the back bottom corner to allow variations in angles when the back is move forward. Then cut the lanyard hole out and move the back strap forward along with the bottom and serial number. Weld up the cuts and then there should be enough material in the back to grind the round butt.

Maybe this is what you meant Hondo44 and I miss understood.

What do you guys think?

I included a bare photo of the frame. Feel free to draw on it any ideas of how I can accomplish this. Thank you!

 

[jack the toad]

I can't seen to find 625 barrels except for a new 4"

How many 625-10 (2"x.45) barrels are you wanting?
PM if you'd like.

 

[Shtf45acp]

I'm going to do just that right now thank you

 

[410bore]

Not a "snub" and I didn't do it but the guys at King chopped the barrel on this 1917 and added their "Super Police" night sight package to my 1917

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[jack the toad]

I like them all but actually prefer the 3.5-4" 1917's anyway.

 

[jack the toad]

Pics are repost

 

[Hondo44]

Hondo44 I tried to message you but it would let me send pictures so I'll just post up my questions. I'm not really sure what you are trying to tell me. The lanyard hole isn't a concern for me so if that would need to be welded up or cut out I'm fine with that in my venture for a round butt.

The front has plenty of room for any kind of grinding or shaping. The rear is limited because of the serial number.

I lined up a set of ahrends round butt grips and there is no way to just grind to shape in the rear. It would cause the separation of the frame and not to mention almost completely losing the serial number. Here are some pictures and ideas I'm throwing out here to see what everyone thinks.

The blue is where the serial number is. The red is the possible cuts.

To cut the backstrap and move it inward I don't think will work as there isn't enough room to physically do that. The serial number is only a 1/4" off the back of the frame.

My idea is cut from the rear forward just under the pin for the grips. Then to cut straight up from the bottom. Then a small slice possibly in the back bottom corner to allow variations in angles when the back is move forward. Then cut the lanyard hole out and move the back strap forward along with the bottom and serial number. Weld up the cuts and then there should be enough material in the back to grind the round butt.

Maybe this is what you meant Hondo44 and I miss understood.

What do you guys think?

I included a bare photo of the frame. Feel free to draw on it any ideas of how I can accomplish this. Thank you!

You got it!

Eliminating the swivel hole makes it even a little simpler.

And your angle cut in the web of the rear corner for the angle of the butt change when the backstrap is bent forward is good.

However, with a little more thought I foresee one potential problem with both of our plans:

When the backstrap is bent forward and the angle of the butt is bent downward, it's going to add slight length to the grip frame. The back half of the butt will no longer be flush with the front half. It'll likely gain about 1/32" in length and be too long for rd butt grips. Can't grind it off because of the serial #.

Therefore the angle cut in the rear corner web will have to go all the way thru. This will allow the rear piece of the butt to be moved up and also correct the angle.

 

[Hondo44]

Not a "snub" and I didn't do it but the guys at King chopped the barrel on this 1917 and added their "Super Police" night sight package to my 1917

That's cool!

Does the rear groove also have the white outline 1/2 circle ?

 

[Shtf45acp]

Oh yeah I didn't think about that. I just didn't want to separate the number completely from the frame. But that probably isn't a issue as in not defacing the number or replacing it. Plus it still matches the barrel and my paper work from when I registered it.

This will actually make it easier because I could work with the back strap and probably even roll it to match a round butt profile and have minimal grinding on the rear.

I think I'm definitely going to go this route and go ahead and do the conversion.

Is standard E70S-6 filler good enough to use for welding? Or do I need a exotic filler rod?

 

[Hondo44]

I'd use the E70S-6.

 

[410bore]

That's cool!

Does the rear groove also have the white outline 1/2 circle ?

indeed it does.