Combat custom revolvers

[Dave T]

Late to the party but I hadn't seen this thread before so I just ran through it to enjoy what others have found or built. I bought this 1918 vintage Model 1917 off GunsAmerica so I have no idea of the background. The Pointer stocks and Pachmyar adapter I added after taking off a large set of rubber grips.

This one I bought from another member here. It was a 25-2 rebarreled with a 1950 (tapered) 6.5" barrel. I sent it to my gunsmith with instructions to make it into a "Mountain Gun". It turned out great and is possibly the best holster gun I've owned.

Dave

 

[Joe Kent]

Another revival of an older thread.

 

[Dogmann]

I know it's an old thread- but why start a new one! These are some outstanding beautiful guns.

 

[lawandorder]

Joe glad this old Thread came back up.............

..............here is a replacement image for the 2008 one that went away of the old 3rd mod HE 44 that has been altered a bit.

here is a look at the unusual grip adapter...........

 

[Joe Kent]

Let's revisit and hopefully add to this older thread. Thanks and all my best, Joe.

 

[Dogmann]

PIMP-aLishish!!!!

Great thread, thanks for reviving it.

I can play! Everyone has probably already seen this, but here:

This is a 1917 which was modified prior to my ownership. It was very damaged with rust, so I had it engraved and plated.

Chopped barrel, sleeved and set back .2", cylinder cutback .2", trigger guard trimmed and lined, round butted, radiused trigger, bobbed and lined hammer (note it is trimmed to match the frame), checkered top strap, and a trigger stop added. They did a ton of custom work, and other then the rust pits, it was a work of art. It has an amazing trigger as well.

 

[nyeti]

As a modified old police gun, this is a good example. Shipped as a longer barreled blued gun, Registered magnum #40 was carried by an LAPD officer. When he went to a plainclothes assignment (likely in the 40's), the gun was taken to a local gunsmith to have a short factory 3.5" barrel (numbered to the gun) installed and round butted, and nickeled. That local Gunsmith was Frank Pachmayer. It was carried for a total of 35 years at LAPD.

 

[WCCPHD]

Jovino modified 25-2, .45 ACP

 

[SG-688]

As a modified old police gun, this is a good example. Shipped as a longer barreled blued gun, Registered magnum #40 was carried by an LAPD officer. When he went to a plainclothes assignment (likely in the 40's), the gun was taken to a local gunsmith to have a short factory 3.5" barrel (numbered to the gun) installed and round butted, and nickeled. That local Gunsmith was Frank Pachmayer. It was carried for a total of 35 years at LAPD.

More on this one please. What sort of grips was it wearing?

 

[nyeti]

More on this one please. What sort of grips was it wearing?

Gigantic Pachmayer presentations. I have some hand checkered 1917 grips on it now just to have something on it. I will likely have Ken Driskell do a set of custom stags for it.

Based on the modified grip frame it probably had a modified service grip and a Pachmayer/Mershon grip adaptor.

 

[153]

This thread is a bit old ... but a god subject!

I cut the hammer and added Farrant stocks, a light custom...

 

[H Richard]

With some "Old Style" HP's. I think I have a box of those somewhere in my pile of 38's.

 

[keithherrington]

One of the finest fighting revolvers ever made...

was the Colt New Service in 38-40. Its reputation as a man killer as better even than the 45 Colt and professional gunmen loved it due to its tapered cartridge case. Just tap the ejector rod and the cases would fall free of the cylinder, significantly speeding up the reload. The one shown in the foreground was made in 1919. It was a "targeted" model in that the buyer asked Colt to carefully regulate the sights with full power loads. The frame was stamped with a "T" near the serial number. This gun was VERY accurate and shot to POA at 25 yards with full power loads. The gun in back is a Bowen custom Model 58, which was in my opinion a modern version of the NS.






These photos also give you an appreciation for how large the NS is in comparison to a modern fighting revolver.

Keith

 

[BAM-BAM]

My Fathers duty gun from 1938/39 was a 6" Colt New Service in .357 magnum with King Sights and action job........... it also served as his centerfire target pistol in the 50s and 60s in the Pittsburgh Police Pistol League.........

I will attest it is one big gun!!!!

 

[rn4j0r]

was the Colt New Service in 38-40. Its reputation as a man killer as better even than the 45 Colt and professional gunmen loved it due to its tapered cartridge case. Just tap the ejector rod and the cases would fall free of the cylinder, significantly speeding up the reload. The one shown in the foreground was made in 1919. It was a "targeted" model in that the buyer asked Colt to carefully regulate the sights with full power loads. The frame was stamped with a "T" near the serial number. This gun was VERY accurate and shot to POA at 25 yards with full power loads. The gun in back is a Bowen custom Model 58, which was in my opinion a modern version of the NS.






These photos also give you an appreciation for how large the NS is in comparison to a modern fighting revolver.

Keith

Looks amazing!

 

[Safestuffer]

I picked up this gun at a swap meet.
I really liked the "custom" snub nose, as poorly as it was done,
But the barrel was pretty shot out and was replaced.

Before and after

 

[SuperMan]

70s vintage 58. It was on Auction Arms in January 2006...several hundred under the going price of an unmodified one. Think I was the only bidder.

Called the shop after the gun was delivered and was told that they had done the work for a customer in 2001...gun was like new. Action job, smooth and polished trigger, bobbed and serrated hammer, oversize cylinder release and Mag-Na-Port Quadporting... About $400 worth of "customizing" that decreased the value of the gun about $350.00.. And the guy brought it back to the shop at Christmas 2005 and sold it to them for Christmas money...and he had never fired it... But someone did what I always wanted to do to a 58 and could not bring myself to...

A few years later I found a complete mint parts set so now have a barrel, trigger, hammer and cylinder release to put the gun back to original...

Bob

 

[SuperMan]

Now wears something a little nicer than the Goodyears it came with...

 

[WC145]

Great thread, don't know how I've missed it all these years, especially with it being brought back to life over and over.

I've had a few that would be at home here, though most have gone on to new homes. All but this one (you've probably seen it here before), it's staying with me 'til the end. My Krebs Custom 'CROWBAR' is an M28 Highway Patrolman customized by Marc Krebs back around 1987 for an IL cop. It's been converted to .45ACP with an M25 cyl and shortened and ported M25 barrel. The adjustable rear sight has been removed and the top strap modified into a fixed rear sight to match the custom front sight and serrated to match the barrel and stop glare. The hammer was bobbed but cross hatched and the frame relieved to allow it to be cocked for single action shooting. In addition the right side of the trigger guard has been cut away for fast access and the grip frame has been round butted. The custom ebony combat style grips have round ivory inserts with little crowbars scrimshawed on them. This is a pretty cool piece, it always makes me think that if autos never became popular, this is the revolver a modern gun fighter might carry.

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The Crowbar posing with a Krebs built ORM Colt 1991A1 Commander, this gun was built in the mid to late '90s when Marc was at the top of the custom 1911 game. They compliment each other well.

 

[SuperMan]

Bet with that big PowerPort the recoil of the .45 revolver is zero.... I know when shooting the custom 58 with the Mag-Na-Port QuadPorts the muzzle rise is noticeably less than the standard non-ported 58 I have...

Bob