Arik
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Aerodynamics!!What's with the hole on the left side on the frame?
Poor 357 magnum
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Josh M.
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686 hunter barrel on a m66?
gwpercle
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Just what I was thinking. After homeowners were allowed back in New Orleans, after hurricane Katrina, a lot of firearms were brought into gunshops looking like that... Looks like that one got lost in the debris and just surfaced.
Gary
DFrame
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Thats what I think.
Alan, are you thinking of the 686 PC Light Hunter? It had a similar barrel.
If this was a custom barrel made from a blank, they put a lot of work into it. Usually such barrels on PPC customs don't lock up in front with the ejector rod, they have a ball detent installed in the crane. And they usually have a simple shape. This looks like a Weaver rail milled into the barrel.
OP, can you tell us about the front lockup?
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Cooter Brown
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For a number of years now they've been machined into the frame. It's easy to tell the difference because the machined ones are elongated looking, running down from the cylinder window toward the trigger. The ones that are pressed in are round.
I'm too lazy to look up when they made the change but it was actually a pretty good while ago.
Edit to say--looking forward to seeing the project, Panerai.
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Would anybody care to comment on the "no serial number-big problem" remarks? I think there is a legal problem with owning a firearm which has had the serial number removed. If There is, I wouldn't want to put any work/money in it and get caught with it. OP- is there a serial number on the bottom of the butt?
DocB
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Wow!!! You've just been awarded a lifetime membership in the Ugly Gun Club with all benefits forever. We're voting tomorrow, and there's a good chance you'll be elected president (for life) of the club too.
Engine49guy
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wasn't there a color picture of one of these in birdsong green in the older Standard Catalog ?
Looks similar to the barrel on the S&W Classic Hunter Performance Center 629 except in .357 magnum instead of .44 magnum.
Any response to serial number on the bottom of the frame under the grip or model number on the yoke?
This is the 3rd or 4th time this reasonable question has been asked. I would be reluctant to offer further info until I at least knew there was a serial #. I think others would go along with me on this...
Kaaskop49
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no serial number
You know what "illegal" is don't you? It's a sick bird (ill eagle)
You know what "illegal" is don't you? It's a sick bird (ill eagle)
spdguns
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Looks like one of my "boating accidents"!!!
OP
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Hi
As i said in my previous post there is no number anywhere !!!!!!
Bottom of the frame, under the grip or model number on the yoke don't exist. The frame under the grip was so corroded it may have been there but not any more.
Restoration now finished phase 2 and the final Phase three ongoing.
All internals cleaned and reassembled and working correctly, a few small parts remade and installed.
As i said in my previous post there is no number anywhere !!!!!!
Bottom of the frame, under the grip or model number on the yoke don't exist. The frame under the grip was so corroded it may have been there but not any more.
Restoration now finished phase 2 and the final Phase three ongoing.
All internals cleaned and reassembled and working correctly, a few small parts remade and installed.
OP
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DWalt
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You probably have reasonable grounds for getting a new SN stamping approved by BATFE, should you choose to do so.
gunnails
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How is it that the logo and barrel writing is quite easy to read yet all the Serial and model numbers are gone?
