My ugly duckling.

On the cylinder gap and support hand near or forward of it:

Yes and no actually! For sure no, for basically anyone shooting revolvers, generally, across the board, having a hand anywhere in the blast zone.

However, there were some extremely successful competition shooters that used their support hand well forward and they were holding revolvers in the most completely ridiculous ways. There was one guy in particular that won a title, it may have been a national title, and his photos were splattered all over gun magazines, he was holding the barrel right behind the front sight.
 
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I have to admit that the first revolver I ever shot, shooting single action and I laid my thumb right along the cylinder barrel gap. The one shot was a quick lesson in where to place your thumb. Happy Holidays!
 
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What you have is a custom built PPC race gun. I have not seen one in quite a while, but they were popular items well into the 1980's.
 
Nightowl said:
If I read that serial number correctly as a K250xxx, then it preceeds the Combat Magnum by 10,000 serial numbers.
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I agree... and the SN appears to have been stamped after that gun left the factory. I have never seen that font used for a SN Stamp on any S&W. Is the SN the same on the butt of the grip frame?

With all that said, it looks like a blast to shoot!!! Nothing I enjoy more than shooting 38's out of a heavy gun - very pleasant and very accurate. That is one that needs a little range time. It allows you to keep your pristine N-Frame .357's pristine. :)

Thanks for sharing,
 
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RKmesa said:
I agree... and the SN appears to have been stamped after that gun left the factory. I have never seen that font in a SN Stamp on any S&W. Is the SN the same on the butt of the grip frame?

With all that said, it looks like a blast to shoot!!! Nothing I enjoy more than shooting 38's out of a heavy gun - very pleasant and very accurate. That is one that needs a little range time. It allows you to keep your pristine N-Frame .357's pristine. :)

Thanks for sharing,
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Yes it is but after looking closer it appears to be K256020.
Could have the frame been purchased by itself and built from scratch??

The SN on the butt looks a little off to me for some reason. Maybe its the K.
 
Is it just my poor eyes seeing an optical dillusion, or is the bore not centered in the barrel blank?

These guns were made to be tack drivers with HBWC 148gr. Standard mid range match ammunition. Double action accuracy is unbelievable, because the bbl flip is almost nonexistent.

This is mine. It started life as a M15-3. I had the work done by TNT arms in North Conway NH in about 1977. The bbl is 1.25 inches, Douglas premium air gauge, full length Bomar rib, polished trigger, cylinder charge holes opened. The cylinder was spun with compressed air and jeweler's rouge and spins like it is on ball bearings, no resistance to turning.

The action is unbelievably slick. Also, the mainspring was converted to coil type.

Cost to have the work done.......100.00

i got the idea from a front cover photo on Gun World Magazine. I also could have had a slab sided BBL
 

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I've still got my old "ugly duckling" I built on a model 10-5 frame back in the 1970's. Bo-Mar rib, Aristocrat barrel weight. Kind of an unusual one inch diameter 10 land/groove barrel by Apex. (Apex, I think)

Thousands of wadcutter rounds through this one, mostly from Star Reloading Co. in Indianapolis. Served it's purpose well. Finally changed out the modified (DA only) hammer and the trigger several years ago. Accuracy from these revolvers is truly amazing.


 
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Narragansett said:
Is it just my poor eyes seeing an optical dillusion, or is the bore not centered in the barrel blank?

These guns were made to be tack drivers with HBWC 148gr. Standard mid range match ammunition. Double action accuracy is unbelievable, because the bbl flip is almost nonexistent.

This is mine. It started life as a M15-3. I had the work done by TNT arms in North Conway NH in about 1977. The bbl is 1.25 inches, Douglas premium air gauge, full length Bomar rib, polished trigger, cylinder charge holes opened. The cylinder was spun with compressed air and jeweler's rouge and spins like it is on ball bearings, no resistance to turning.

The action is unbelievably slick. Also, the mainspring was converted to coil type.

Cost to have the work done.......100.00

i got the idea from a front cover photo on Gun World Magazine. I also could have had a slab sided BBL
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Twins. :D

Yep, the bore isn't centered. I know nothing about this gun other that what I have been told here in this thread.
 
armorer951 said:
I've still got my old "ugly duckling" I built on a model 10 frame back in the 1970's. Served it's purpose well. Finally changed out the modified (DA only) hammer and the trigger several years ago. Accuracy from these revolvers is truly amazing.


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Interesting carter. First time I have seen weight added to the bottom of the bbl, as opposed to a heavy rebarrel. I like it
 
I have a full house gun built by Ron Powers. Put about a billion rounds
down range with it in the 1970's. Like every else said, accuracy was
amazing. Still resting in the safe. Can't seem to part with it. Lots of
good memories.
 
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