Anyone Had the Barrel Lug Milled Off?

[5Wire]

I also wish the 686 had a half lug also. The full lug is too muzzle heavy for me.

How about this 686-5 7-shooter...from the factory...

 

[S.B.]

Sorry not the pistols you mentioned but, my 617 after I took hacksaw, files and emory paper to that God awful full under lug. Now she's the perfect woods walker gun.(for me anyway).

Steve

 

[Muss Muggins]

I was just wondering if anyone has had the full lug of their 686/629/625 barrel milled off to make it a half lug?

I didn't read any of the posts in this thread except for the first one, because I doubt there's anything that was posted that could change what I am about to post.

I will never understand people . . .

 

[BUFF]

Different strokes. If there weren't, S&W would have offered just one .22 LR, one .38, one .357...

Variety is the spice of life. I really like that de-lugged Model 617, S.B.

 

[jspick]

Sorry not the pistols you mentioned but, my 617 after I took hacksaw, files and emory paper to that God awful full under lug. Now she's the perfect woods walker gun.(for me anyway).

Steve

I think when I get my second 629 done I will make a half lug out of my 617 no dash 6". I like the looks of that Steve.

 

[Mr.Harry]

S & W currently is marketing a sort of 2/3 lug 686, the SSR. It's significantly lighter, by 8 ounces, than its full-lugged sibling, the standard 686.

This is interesting, I was going to ask how many ounces you think you lose by doing so. I would not have guessed so much. Half a lb is pretty dramatic. I do love the full lug on my 629 6 1/2 inch though. Like the look, love how it eats recoil, and I'm more accurate with it than any other handgun I've ever fired. But I also kind of like the idea of customizing your own gun to fit your specific tastes. A lot of work, no doubt, but so is tying your own flies for fishing. Your gun your world.

 

[10xatten]

A handgun is a tool, like a shovel. Why would you cut the handle off?

 

[JohnRippert]

A handgun is a tool, like a shovel. Why would you cut the handle off?

Sorry, comparing the lug to the a handle on a shovel is apples to oranges.

 

[SweetMK]

A handgun is a tool, like a shovel. Why would you cut the handle off?

Who has a body part forward of the cylinder gap during firing??