Model 30 no dash

[JohnRippert]

Been thinking about carrying my Model 30 lately. Since I had not broken it down and given it a good clean and lube, today turned into that kind of day. It was feeling a bit stiff although it functioned fine. Tight sideplate but when I got it off there was not a trace of lube to be found.

When I set everything in the box to take the post cleaning pic I asked myself, "Where the heck is the crane?" Then I went back into the garage and found it on the table. Laid it there while trying to get the extractor rod unscrewed from the star. After dinner I will break out the white lithium grease and put it back together.

Still debating whether to find my J-frame Tyler-T or pull out the simulated ivory grips from Altamont. Still have a box of .32 wadcutters from Buffalo Bore to load it with. Also going to need to put some of my favorite fluorescent yellow paint top of a layer or two of white on the front sight.

 

[gmborkovic]

What is a "crane"?

 

[JohnRippert]

What is a "crane"?

Top right corner of the picture. The cylinder fits on it.

 

[gmborkovic]

A "crane" is a large bird that wades in the water?

 

[STCM(SW)]

A "crane" is a large bird that wades in the water?

Now that's funny!
Didn't know a bird was part of a S&W revolver.....

 

[JP@AK]

Top right corner of the picture. The cylinder fits on it.

The point Mike was making is that in the S&W world, that part is called a yoke. On a Colt (and others), it is a crane.

 

[Muley Gil]

S&W revolvers have yokes. Colts and other revolvers have cranes.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

They ain't here yet.
Expect them anytime now.

 

[JohnRippert]

S&W revolvers have yokes. Colts and other revolvers have cranes.

And then you go look on the Interwebs and see a gazillion examples of it called a crane on S&W's. A crane by any other name.....

 

[bdGreen]

Now that's funny!
Didn't know a bird was part of a S&W revolver.....

Sure you did.

Remember, the partridge front sight?

bdGreen

 

[JP@AK]

Remember, the partridge front sight?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

The Partridge on the Left is of course on the Barrel.
The one on the Right is sitting in a Pear Tree.

 

[rbmac52]

Love my Model 30s, all the dash-1 variety. A blue 2" round butt, a nickel 3" round butt, and a blue 4" square butt (a 31-1, of course).

 

[sophie]

I've got a Model 30-1 that I carry sometimes and I put Pachmayr grips on it and it makes it more pleasant to shoot than the factory grips with a Tyler-T grip adapter. I don't like the looks of the Pachmayr's as well but it makes the 2" barrel easier to shoot.

 

[Green Frog]

What is a "crane"?

A long legged bird with long bill that is usually observed wading in shallow water looking for small fish.
The yoke's on you, son!

 

[Green Frog]

Putting grips by Goodyear on a sweet little Model 30 is like having a thoroughbred pull a milk cart! Sorry, but I just love my I frames way too much to treat them so shamefully. YMMV.
Froggie

 

[walnutred]

And then you go look on the Interwebs and see a gazillion examples of it called a crane on S&W's. A crane by any other name.....

You say Crane, I say Yolk

You say Clip, I say Magazine

Let's call the whole thing off

 

[gmborkovic]

You say stocks, I say grips.
You say lemon squeezer, I say safety hammerless
You say checkering, I say checking.

 

[Sistema1927]

And then there is the entire "bar ditch", "barrow ditch" controversary.

 

[gmarshall99]

Is it a dash 1? I thought model 30 no ash still had the old style spring.