686 project

[Ojje]

Thought i should post a little about my Project, it is/was a 686 practical champion (performance center) and hade a bad barrel when i got it (it did not shoot that great).
Got Connection in germany so i can get my hands on Lothar Walther blanks

 

[Ojje]

Lets continue the project
New sight, grip etc. from germany

 

[Ojje]

Time to break down the revolver, cut barrelblank in my old lathe and testfit

 

[andy52]

Nice work!

 

[Ojje]

checking if my project will be within rules for Swedish nationalt, dimension is OK weight is 60 grams over

 

[Ojje]

drilling for sightramp and a Quick test for accuracy @35m (aprox. 40 yards) …. it really looks promising

 

[Ojje]

milling away material from barrel under the sightramp and fit a fluted cylinder .... now i am under 1400grams as regulated in Swedish nationals

 

[Ojje]

drilling setting for crane ball lockup, markeing frame and grinding lockareas

 

[KAC]

Beautiful work Ojje! Looks like it will shoot!

 

[bigwheelzip]

Välkommen to the forum.
That's a very impressive and unusual introduction. Thanks for sharing your interesting workmanship with us.

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[Ojje]

Project near done, some more testshooting @ aprox 55 yards (50m) with ironsights and my 50 year old eyes … looks like it will stay withing 2" with some practice
Did throw bonuspic. with my project glasbeaded on top of my bar, for an amateur i think i did an OK job

 

[16thVACav]

Nice work!!!

 

[Stroker468]

Impressive. You have skills, dude!

 

[Moo Moo]

Great job mate. Can I ask, what brand of grips are those with the S&W logo? KN Nill?

What's the course of fire for your nationals? Is it like WA1500?

Cheers

 

[llowry61]

That is pretty impressive. Are you a gun smith by trade or a machinist. If you are a hobbyist you are talented to say the least.

 

[Ojje]

Great job mate. Can I ask, what brand of grips are those with the S&W logo? KN Nill?

What's the course of fire for your nationals? Is it like WA1500?

Cheers

Yes that is KN "club 30" (a brand for european gunsmith) and i somehow got to buy a couple of them

 

[Ojje]

That is pretty impressive. Are you a gun smith by trade or a machinist. If you are a hobbyist you are talented to say the least.

Nope, not gunsmith or machinist but one of the very best educations on this earth .... born, raised and still liveing on a farm (farmers can learn anything buy on their own)

 

[Ojje]

A friend wanted some help with his s&w practical champion, history of is a damaged barrel after some bad (soft) handloads and someone hacking of 2" of the barrel .... that is not the way to treat a nice revolver , made a barrel from a lothar walther blank

 

[Ojje]

Put a nice "semimatt" 11 degree crown on the muzzle, and did part time assembly, later this week it will have some "millingtime" to lose some weight and drill/tap for sightramp

 

[Ojje]

Great job mate. Can I ask, what brand of grips are those with the S&W logo? KN Nill?

What's the course of fire for your nationals? Is it like WA1500?

Cheers

Forgot, i do shoot WA1500 sometimes but that has a weightlimit of 1750grams, my main goal for this build was to compete in "magnumprecision" and "fieldshooting" those have a weightlimit of 1400grams