It is nickel, pinned and recesed but not ttth. Made in 1975- a time when, with a little bit of luck, you could get optimal development along with satisfatory quality control. This one is in perfect mechanical trim with optima single and double action trigger pull.
I've used it with .38 special wadcutter only- either speer or hornady hbwc with 2.8 bullseye. This is a 760+fps load that is about as accurate as you can find.
Given the age of the revolver and the unlikely hood of finding a gunsmith willing or able to keep it in optimum trim, it seems prudent to treat it as a K38 and avoid magnum loads. It should have a long service life loaded in accordance with early handbook loads for he .38 special that drove 158 -grain lead bullets to circa 1,000-1100 fps.The group pictured on the left is fairly typical of a one-hand slow-fire thing at 25 yards while the one on the right is well within the capabilities of the revolver but better than usuall for the shooter.
I've used it with .38 special wadcutter only- either speer or hornady hbwc with 2.8 bullseye. This is a 760+fps load that is about as accurate as you can find.
Given the age of the revolver and the unlikely hood of finding a gunsmith willing or able to keep it in optimum trim, it seems prudent to treat it as a K38 and avoid magnum loads. It should have a long service life loaded in accordance with early handbook loads for he .38 special that drove 158 -grain lead bullets to circa 1,000-1100 fps.The group pictured on the left is fairly typical of a one-hand slow-fire thing at 25 yards while the one on the right is well within the capabilities of the revolver but better than usuall for the shooter.
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