mike campbell
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It will hold 1.5" at 50 feet.
You'd lose the bet.
S&W lists the gun weight at 11.7 ounces. The Crimson Trace laser grips probably weigh more than the factory grips. Even if not, the mount and FF3 can't weigh even 3 ounces combined, since this entire pkg is 14 ounces.
The mount is sold here in the classifieds and on EBay for <$40. It's superbly made and worth every penny. It's made to be a drop-in fit on any K,L,N frame whose sight channel is rounded in front and top strap factory drilled and tapped.
It can be fit to a J-frame (as well as any old style K,L or N) by anybody you'd trust to drill and tap two holes in the top strap. If they can do that, they can narrow the rail tenon on the bottom and shorten the vertical section at the rear. Less than an hour's work. The maker did all the heavy lifting with the excellent machining to mate the sight to the base.
Search Ebay for an FF3 for <$200. Distinguishing features are the on/off switch, easy access battery, great sight adjustments and dot-intensity choices.
Shameless plug: the custom display stands can also be found here in the classifieds.![]()
what ammo???
It's funny no one makes an optics base for J-frames. At best you gotta whittle down a base sized for the rear sight channel of a K/L/N frame. Time and frustration, or cost you money if you pay a gunsmith to do it.
When you think of all the kit type guns that might benefit from a good scope base. Longer barrel guns appropriate for plinking and hunting small game. Like the 4-inch Model 34/63's (there's a million of them) and the 3 and 5-inch Model 60's.
Guys like me with not so great eyesight might buy a few and put some dot sights on those handy little guns. Sounds like the OP sure likes his.
What are you using for a sight base? Who made it?... I bought some of these "segmented hollowpoints" in the same "quiet" load....