Non-Standard or Custom J-Frames and Other Snubs...Anyone??

[El Juero]

In 1995 I had Weigand take a S&W 640 and do their executive package. It has a 2 3/4" ported barrel. Then he bead blasted it and polished the cylinder flutes. Has a set of older Spegel boot grips. Carried a long time as an undercover agent. Carried the older Corbon 115 grain bullets. Pretty cool for a modified J frame. Dont have any pics but you can Google Weigand j frame and find some. Gemini Customs does one similar now. Will try and take some good pics for everyone.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Probably the rarest of the J-frames is this Etherium model, which was actually crafted to be lighter than air. Here's a picture of it when I aired it out last April 1.

John

 

[Dale53]

I bought a 60-4 when they first hit the market. I really wanted a 4” barrel but they only made them in 3”. However, I was nearly blown away when I discovered how well i could shoot this fine little revolver. It made a wonderful field revolver and was a perfect “side” to my over/under bird gun. Many a sitting rabbit (both cottontail and snowshoe) as well as a wounded or sitting grouse was harvested with that fine piece.



FWIW,
Dale53

 

[ME94]

649 with the new grips. I bought off Ebay for to much money. Oh well

 

[HamHands]

I have a few J's that are a little out of the norm.
36-6 the ideal trail gun


31-1 3"


36-1 Target


431PD & 432PD in 32 H&R Mag


Mod 40, Mod 640, and 940


Pre 30 in 32 S&W Long (Actually a Improved I Frame)


Mod 34-1 and 63-1 .22RF

H_Richard... as to the Blued "J" in your 5th pic from the top...; (Nice J-Frame Humpbacks by the way), what kind of grip extension/device is that nestled between the stocks? Also, do you know if that can be ran concomitantly with a Tyler-T grip as well. I think that if I could run that with the Tyler-T and the Stock OEM Magna's that could make for the perfect J-Frame grip for my beefy hands. Thanks in advance! And as to that "Pre-M30"... I'm droolin' over that .32Long!

-Hams

 

[ContinentalOp]

H_Richard... as to the Blued "J" in your 5th pic from the top...; (Nice J-Frame Humpbacks by the way), what kind of grip extension/device is that nestled between the stocks? Also, do you know if that can be ran concomitantly with a Tyler-T grip as well. I think that if I could run that with the Tyler-T and the Stock OEM Magna's that could make for the perfect J-Frame grip for my beefy hands. Thanks in advance! And as to that "Pre-M30"... I'm droolin' over that .32Long!

-Hams

Apologies if I'm posting out of turn, but I believe that "extension" is the safety lever on the 40. You have to squeeze it to fire the gun.

 

[gnystrom]

Hands down the best 2" I have ever owned.

 

[Jim Watson]

I don't have a picture, but a friend has a Centennial - I don't know if it is a 640 or 642 - with three inch barrel.

 

[Fackler Rebel]

Here's mine. First snub nose that I have owned.

Nice little J frame. Shoots real good. Single action is whisper smooth.

 

[Linejudgemick]

There are some beautiful snubbies shown in this thread. I have a more contemporary 642 Talo Performance Center that I like. It has a wood insert in the grip, is cut for moon clips, polished flutes and screws and the performance center enhanced action.

 

[Larry from Bend]

I have a 2" Model 60 with adj. sights that I bought new back in 1985 or so. I still wear it around the place or when fishing in Rattlesnake season.

 

[colt_saa]

I LOVE Snubbies.

That is guns with barrels under 3".

The 3" revolvers are a class of their own and would need another thread

Since I do teach basic firearms handling, I have several J-frames on hand with various grips mounted so folks can get a feel for things

But not all snubbies are J-frames. The N-frame Night Guards are fantastic snubbies

Sticking with the N-frames, there are some 2" Pug nosed revolvers that I really like. The 8 shot Model 327 as well as the 6 shot 45 Long Colt Model 625s

And we can not forget the Models 19 and 66

And of course we have the 2 5/8" barreled UDR/PDR revolvers in 357 Magnum, 41 Magnum and 44 Magnum

A personal favorite of mine is this 2 3/8" Model 25 chambered for 45ACP that was built be Austin Behlert

Following along that same concept is this 2 5/8" John Jovino Astra based TERMINATOR chambered in 41 Magnum

Then there arere some 5 shot Taurus snubbies that I really like. Their total Titanium models are fantastic The top two are 41 Magnums while the next one is a 45 Long Colt in shadow grey

BTW, did I mention . . . . . I LOVE Snubbies.

 

[Lonestar57]

I have a few although most are cataloged I do consider these as non-standard J frames.

Mod 36 Nickel 1976-1977. I bought this from the original owner which bought it new. It's odd in the fact although its Nickel it has a flash chromed Hammer and Trigger. Apparently a factory mix-up.

60-1 Ashland model.

60-2 NY-1

940 no dash 9mm

 

[JimCunn]

I've got three of these.
Airweight 637-2 with titanium cylinders reamed for 9x19mm & moonclips.
One has Hogue laser sight (laser switch modified for easier activation), and the other two have Altamont rosewood combat grips.
Weigh 12 ounces with the combat grips.

 

[RWJ]

Not too custom, but it IS non-standard....

Model 31-1 3" fitted with a .32 Magnum cylinder. This one is reaallly fun to shoot, and makes a nice carry in anything but the warmest weather.

 

[The_Truth]

Model 31-1 3" fitted with a .32 Magnum cylinder. This one is reaallly fun to shoot, and makes a nice carry in anything but the warmest weather.

I don't want to get this thread off on a tangent so feel free to PM me if you feel it's necessary, but how difficult is it to convert a 32 long to a 32 mag? Just a barrel, ejector, and cylinder? I know there are lots of 32s... 327 Federal, 32 Long, 32 Short, 32 H&R Magnum... I want to get my girlfriend into revolvers and I feel like a 32 magnum is the way to do it, but I would prefer to get her into a prelock vintage piece, either a snubby or a 3". I would also prefer that the gun be chambered in whichever of the above will shoot all of the above which I think is either 32 magnum or 327 Federal... or are those the same?

So many 32 questions. Maybe I should just search or start a new thread.

I love all the snubbies guys, keep em coming!

 

[RWJ]

.32 mag and .327 Federal are not the same; this was a used cylinder bought off an auction site from a 632, but the 631 & 632 cylinders were the same size as the 31-1. Brownells used to carry replacement cylinders in their factory parts listing, but don't know if they still do _- bought a second new one when they did for another project. Other cylinder parts may be needed or swapped out from the original, and an armorer or gunsmith to adjust/install.


Great starter centerfire gun for working up to recoil for new shooters, & reloaders.

 

[snowman.45]

I'm a bit partial to the J-frames. Here, I have two that mean a lot to me. The Model 60 was bought in the early 80's and was my duty back-up and off-duty carry most of the time. It saw a lot of use. I sold it off to a partner of mine in the late 80's - early 90's. He carried it off-duty and in retirement for many years, then contacted me and said he would like something a little lighter. I showed him my 9mm Shield, and he asked if I would be willing to trade. I took it back in a heartbeat. It was a little banged up, so I disassembled it, bead blasted and re-timed it.

The 36 was a gun another retired partner gave me. He had gotten it from a the son of a retired CHP who had carried it as a back-up for many years. It was pretty rusty in spots and I ended up replacing the cylinder and refinishing the gun. Both shoot excellent. I have the original wooden J-frame round-butt grips somewhere, but took them off to preserve them. Too bad I can't remember where they are now.

 

[uncleted327]

My favorite J for EDC is my 360. The unfluted cylinder makes it pretty unique amongst most Js, it's one of the things that drew me to it.

 

[AJR337]

Here's my "nonstandard" 640... when I recieved it, I replaced all of the springs (which included a Wilson Combat 8# hammer spring and 14# rebound spring) and lightly polished the rebound slide contact surfaces.

It had about .004 endshake so I installed a .003 endshake bearing and the resulting cylinder gap is now about. 007/.008.

I always liked nickel j frames so I decided to polish it...I started with 800 grit, then went to 1500, and finally finished with a lot of 2000... then polished with Flitz and buffed it out (on low speed) with my dremel and several cotton polishing wheels. I left the cylinder flutes satin to match the nickle plated trigger and also took my time and carefully sanded and polished the front edges of the cylinder.

Finally, I added a new set of Altamont Combat G10 grips.