Full Lug Friday!

[jag1954]

Sorry I'm late to the party....

 

[H Richard]

16-4

617-6

29-3

36-6 target (and 3" 36)

686 no dash

 

[Green Frog]

Froggie, that looks like a nice size for .327 FM; I've got a soft spot in me for that caliber.
The only full lug I have is a 6" Ruger GP100, so nothing special. I guess the 442 counts tho, right?

Glad you like it jeffrefrig. I sometimes forget how long it's been since I had this gun built, but if you like it you can read here all about the building of Project 616 here. It was the first real custom handgun I had built for myself from start to finish and is a treasured part of my personal handgun history.

Froggie

 

[fredcoyote]

Five Hundred Full Lug

Some good looking full lug pistols posted! Four inches in 500 looks just right: )

Fred

 

[pantannojack]

It took me 27 years to get one back again. Never sell your guns.

 

[xray97]

Only have one. 16-4

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I really wish I could saw all the full, useless, heavy, full lugs off and send them to you.......Why in tarnation do you need a full lug on a 60-4 or 617??

 

[GSP Fan]

I really wish I could saw all the full, useless, heavy, full lugs off and send them to you.......Why in tarnation do you need a full lug on a 60-4 or 617??

Because you can. There's no better reason than that

 

[LPD256]

Not everyone has the ultra-rare Model 68-1 but it is my only full lug L-Frame gun. A great shooter.

 

[Toyman]

A 586 with Patridge front sight.

 

[AJ]

My 4" Model 610-3.

 

[Boxhead]

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Because you can. There's no better reason than that

Nope. Wrong answer. Right answer is "That's the only way they offer them."

Thank goodness for 17's & 18's.

 

[jtcarm]

This is why I don't own any L-frames.

Full lugs make me want to [emoji2961]

 

[CH4]

Ok, here's a few

 

[Green Frog]

I really wish I could saw all the full, useless, heavy, full lugs off and send them to you.......Why in tarnation do you need a full lug on a 60-4 or 617??

Mike,
I felt pretty much the same way, at least about the 617 with its tiny little bore through all that stainless steel. OTOH, with a .313" hole bored through it, it worked out quite well for the 327 Fed Mag Project 616 with its not-insignificant level of snap. My next "big build" project, the recreation of a Model 16-3, got a much lighter weight barrel to complement my 1948 vintage K22 and K 38.
"Useless" and "heavy" are relative terms. I like the extra heft on my 60-4. In both cases the extra weight is a positive for me. Of course YMMV.
Froggie

 

[quikdraw67]

586 4" no dash no M stamp. The 1st S&W I ever owned, a gift from my brother. It started my lifelong love of Smith wheelguns.

681 4" no dash no M stamp. My last revolver purchase, from one of the members here on the forum.

 

[GSP Fan]

I just got my first L frame a 686 no dash 4 incher. Can hardly contain myself waiting to try her out

 

[Bumpus13]

Currently 4 full lugs reside here - 1 S&W (686+) and 3 Colts (King Cobra, Cobra & Python)

 

[Walter Rego]

I've got a couple. An early Model 586 4" and its understudy, a Model 17-6 4".