Sportsterguy
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Greetings,
I love .41 mags! Really love em! Have a no dash 6.5" 57 that's been through hell and back. It did two tours in Alaska and has taken 44 deer over the years. While in Alaska it did suffer some light speckling from being exposed to saltwater on Kodiak and Sitka Islands (Heaven for hunters
)while traveling around on my old Lund skiff. Also has lost much bluing at the bore, cyinders and other high contact spots.
I have had to send it back to the factory twice for timing issues. My fault from shooting probably close to 25K + rounds of full powered rounds through it.
Here is my problem. I have a spare 4" barrel that has the pin hole and I already have a 4" no dash 57. Also have a 3" 657. An acquataince of mine is a recently retired Senior Chief Gunners Mate and has worked on my 1911's and did a fabulous trigger job on my model 15. He has been working on S&W revolvers for years and packs a 629 as his carry gun. The man knows his stuff! He recently opened his own shop and I'd like to send some business his way. He says he can easily do a Jovina like mod to mine REALLY cheap. After the revolver has seen its mod I'm sending it to Accurate Platin and Weaponry for a brushed hard chrome finish. They did one years ago on a BHP and the finish lasted forever, but I let it go in a moment of weakness
Should I have him cut down the 4" or 6.5" barrel for the job? I'm leaning towards using the 4" as the 6.5" has seen many rounds down the barrel.
Your advice is appeciated.
I love .41 mags! Really love em! Have a no dash 6.5" 57 that's been through hell and back. It did two tours in Alaska and has taken 44 deer over the years. While in Alaska it did suffer some light speckling from being exposed to saltwater on Kodiak and Sitka Islands (Heaven for hunters
)while traveling around on my old Lund skiff. Also has lost much bluing at the bore, cyinders and other high contact spots.I have had to send it back to the factory twice for timing issues. My fault from shooting probably close to 25K + rounds of full powered rounds through it.
Here is my problem. I have a spare 4" barrel that has the pin hole and I already have a 4" no dash 57. Also have a 3" 657. An acquataince of mine is a recently retired Senior Chief Gunners Mate and has worked on my 1911's and did a fabulous trigger job on my model 15. He has been working on S&W revolvers for years and packs a 629 as his carry gun. The man knows his stuff! He recently opened his own shop and I'd like to send some business his way. He says he can easily do a Jovina like mod to mine REALLY cheap. After the revolver has seen its mod I'm sending it to Accurate Platin and Weaponry for a brushed hard chrome finish. They did one years ago on a BHP and the finish lasted forever, but I let it go in a moment of weakness
Should I have him cut down the 4" or 6.5" barrel for the job? I'm leaning towards using the 4" as the 6.5" has seen many rounds down the barrel.
Your advice is appeciated.
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