Has anyone seen a two piece K fame bolt like this. It was in serial number K684xxx! It appears to have been made as pictured, not altered.
jcelect
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K frame bolt?
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I have seen a bolt of that design back around 1980. It was in an older model 10 as I recall, not a model 19. Not sure about when, why or for how long they used them. Someone on the forum will be along to give us the run-down I'm sure.
I've had a lot of revolvers apart, but haven't run across that design. All have been a one piece.
Alk8944
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In over 50 years working on S&W revolvers I have never seen that. May have been something like the "floating" hand, or gas ring on the yoke that didn't last long. Maybe the transition between the one-piece and two-piece bolts? The other, more likely, explanation is it was a "field expedient" repair for either a bolt that "Bubba" shortened because he didn't understand how the gun unlocked, or to repair a bolt where the pin had broken off some way. Again, probably Bubba was probably involved. Later bolts are two-piece, where the pin is pressed into the bolt body, instead of being machined from a single piece as earlier ones were.
tomcatt51
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Never seen one like it. BUT, it that's a "Bubba" as has been speculated I think "Bubba" deserves a bit more respect. If that's a modified bolt someone did a nice job...
