586 lug cut down

[Engine49guy]

Im in the like it crowd...NICE!

BTW, I just put the micrometer on the N and K frames and they measure the same thickness,
Cant say if the barrels have the same thread or if they have the same amount of forcing cone .
Anything is possible with the right tools but there are several options for a person wanting that look.

Perhaps the guy that did the original work can shed some light on how he accomplished removing all that extra barrel?

Im guessing if he didnt remove the barrel first it involved a cutting tool and lots of grinding and sanding.

My dream gun is a K22 with a model 19 barrel.
perhaps It can be accomplished with a 17-6 full underlug barrel as yours was.

 

[C/O]

That turned out ever nice. Good save.

 

[scooter123]

There is just one problem with the re-finish jobs from S&W that I've seen posted. That is that you take a gun you wouldn't think twice about shooting to an absolute GEM. I don't envy the debate you'll have with yourself about whether to actually shoot this one, it's so darned pretty I'll bet that just a smudge from a stray finger has you reaching for the wax.

 

[TiroFijo]

Very good looking!

But it seems the front of the barrel is not perfectly square? The 586 has a slightly slanted/rounded front that is difficult to take away completely.

 

[Condition Yellow]

VERY nice. Per S&W's gunsmithing services page, that is the standard polish and blue.

 

[Joe in SC]

I like this revolver very much, probably one S&W should have made.

 

[Engine49guy]

Someone recently posted asking if anyone had a 586 with a Python barrel or cut their S&W barrel to look like a Python but got no repsonse.
There actually was a guy that did that kind of work back in the day so they exist.
Imagine that.

 

[NFrameFred]

I LIKE IT !

 

[k22fan]

1 [...] BTW, I just put the micrometer on the N and K frames and they measure the same thickness,
Cant say if the barrels have the same thread or if they have the same amount of forcing cone .

2 [...] Perhaps the guy that did the original work can shed some light on how he accomplished removing all that extra barrel?

3 Im guessing if he didnt remove the barrel first it involved a cutting tool and lots of grinding and sanding.

4 My dream gun is a K22 with a model 19 barrel.
perhaps It can be accomplished with a 17-6 full underlug barrel as yours was.

1 N frames have a larger dia. barrel thread than L and K frames.
2 I'd also like to know the most practical way to de-lug a FL barrel.
3 The original post looks like hand file work which can be done well with a radius gauge.
4 A S&W ejector rod shroud is not a "half lug" and extends down lower than a FL. Additionally, an ejector rod shroud has its own classy cross sectional shape. Someone answered your recent thread on this topic suggesting that you use a model 53 barrel. That's probably your best option if you can find one.

 

[Bwilli88]

I was the one who did the cut down of the 586, I did it with a small bench grinder. It took a few hours to grind it off. Next time I would have a metal shop band saw it and then grind to fit. It looks like S&W redid the front of the underlug to match a typical S&W look.

It looks like a great job, I wish S&W made them from the factory like this. I really would prefer a 3.25" like this with a round grip.

 

[Doug Add]

Thanks Brian. I was hoping you would chime in here, because I don't have answers to most of the questions being asked.

On a completely unrelated note, you don't have a 3" model 13 you want to part with do you? My last purchase from you gave me just what I wanted in an L frame, maybe you can scratch my K frame itch too!

 

[Doug Add]

There is just one problem with the re-finish jobs from S&W that I've seen posted. That is that you take a gun you wouldn't think twice about shooting to an absolute GEM. I don't envy the debate you'll have with yourself about whether to actually shoot this one, it's so darned pretty I'll bet that just a smudge from a stray finger has you reaching for the wax.

I understand what you're saying, it is gorgeous just to look at. That said, there will be no internal debate over whether or not to shoot it. I don't have enough money to spend on a firearm that will not be shot.

As soon as I get my buddy to take some professional quality photos I will be at the range with it. It won't be a carry gun, slipping in and out of a holster, but it will be a shooter.

 

[Engine49guy]

K22 fan,
Regarding issue number 4,
using a model 53 barrel my fear is that the .22magnum bore is larger and might result in accuracy issues.
I believe the interchangeable cylinder guns us the smaller .22lr bored barrel.
If it makes no difference its defilately easier but have not researched the validity of that yet
the 53 barrel may also have a shorter forcing cone as their cylinders are longer.

 

[k22fan]

K22 fan,
[...] using a model 53 barrel my fear is that the .22magnum bore is larger and might result in accuracy issues.
[...]

I didn't remember groove dia. diferences because I have no use for .22 magnums. Lots of 53s were sold as convertables with an extra .22 LR cylinder so you could start a thread in the 1961 to 1979 section asking owners of convertable 53s how well their guns group with .22 LR.

 

[BarkSlayer]

WOW. I bought my first blued steel 586 on Saturday and you just made me mighty glad I did, Doug. That's a beautiful revolver...and unique, too!

 

[one eye joe]

That's a beautiful 586, It would look great with a set of Ahrends grips. These are the ones I favor..............

 

[Doug Add]

I was looking back over this old thread tonight, and discovered I had deleted all those pictures from my photobucket account. So, here are a couple I took that I still have uploaded.

 

[Doug Add]

With a favorite Case pocket knife.

 

[Jebus35745]

That gun really has the cool factor. It looks great with the lug cut down. What bbl length is it now? I want to give Andy Horvath a K-22 to cut the bbl to 5" and reblue. Also want a gold bead front sight on it. Larry

 

[Doug M.]

That's the way the L frames should have looked. While I generally don't get wrapped around the axle about cosmetic aspects of a revolver, my opinion of the full lug barrels would peel the paint off a battleship and upset The Gorilla. I managed to luck into a 686+ MG, pre lock ... only one I would have.