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.

 

[Retired W4]

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

In Arkansas it's a bar ditch, in Alabama it's a barrow pit. Two totally different things.

What kind of gun were we talking about?

 

[CH4]

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

Eggs have yokes.

 

[raljr1]

let's drift again....not a Model 30, but kin..and a crane by any other name would swivel as sweet.

 

[JohnRippert]

I found my "J" Tyler-T grip and my faux ivory Altamonts were missing the screw, so T-grip it is. Would look better with a aluminum or brass one, but you go with what you got.

 

[Green Frog]

Eggs have yokes.

The yoke is on you! Eggs have yolks! sometimes even two of them!

 

[Green Frog]

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

If it's late enough to have a model number, with or without an "ash" it is a "New" or "Improved" I frame with a coiled mainspring. The thing to remember about this is that with the dash 1, the frame is a J type rather than the smaller I.
Froggie

 

[Inland7-45]

Pre Model 30

Here is my pre model 30 from 1955 with two .32 RPs. All three are great shooters. Wish I had gotten an earlier start with .32 S&W Long / NP. Easy and fun caliber to reload. This weekend I am going to break in my RCBS mold for a 98 gr SWC Bullet.

I am always looking to add more .32s. Maybe a J frame or Colt PP or Detective Special.

 

[raljr1]

I found my "J" Tyler-T grip and my faux ivory Altamonts were missing the screw, so T-grip it is. Would look better with a aluminum or brass one, but you go with what you got.

Is that the same gun?? Sure cleaned up nice.

 

[Muley Gil]

In Arkansas it's a bar ditch, in Alabama it's a barrow pit. Two totally different things.

What kind of gun were we talking about?

Tons of my kinfolk are from Alabama and I lived there for 29 years. I NEVER heard the term "barrow pit"?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

How bout Borrow Ditch?
Then Cut down and Southern Slurred into Bar Ditch.
Wiki Say -
A bar or borrow ditch is a roadside channel dug for drainage purposes. Typically, the dirt is "borrowed" from the ditch, and used to crown the road. It is a variation of a bar or borrow pit, in construction, when dirt is removed and used for construction purposes, and later left to fill with water, forming ponds or lakes. The term is most often used in the Southwestern United States.