Sidearms & Scatterguns Handguns...show 'em
- By diggler1833
- The Armory
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A couple stainless guns I've "restored". The first is a 629 no dash that was extremely misrepresented on Gunbroker by one of the larger sellers. It had been shot loose and suffered a timing issue as well. I also managed to apparently miss a lot of the scratches on it. My fault. It has since turned into one of my favorite revolvers and I shoot it a lot... but I keep away from full house magnums in this one. Replaced the cylinder stop and hand with sourced parts off of GB, and added both cylinder and yoke endshake bearings from Power Custom. Did the 2000 grit sandpaper, followed by a light touching up of Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish by hand. Added the smooth targets because I'm a sucker for those.
Have a 686-6 that I almost wish I hadn't bought. I hate the internal lock. Anyway, this was my test revolver in seeing how light and smooth I could get one while still having a serviceable revolver. I had at one point a Wilson Combat mainspring, but consistent ignition was gone, so I went back to the factory one.
The barrel is overclocked from the factory, and there's nothing that my limited skills can do about that. However, it shoots so well that you'd almost ignore that part. I put hours of hand polishing into this one ... and then learned that the moment you touch it you leave fingerprints everywhere. Not doing that again. I also added the early thumb piece as I hate the modern slanted ones. It is wearing Culina grips. This one is essentially a safe queen, or I let the wife shoot it.
Sorry, I thought I had more examples right off the bat. I'll have to photograph a few more revolvers in a little bit.
Have a 686-6 that I almost wish I hadn't bought. I hate the internal lock. Anyway, this was my test revolver in seeing how light and smooth I could get one while still having a serviceable revolver. I had at one point a Wilson Combat mainspring, but consistent ignition was gone, so I went back to the factory one.
The barrel is overclocked from the factory, and there's nothing that my limited skills can do about that. However, it shoots so well that you'd almost ignore that part. I put hours of hand polishing into this one ... and then learned that the moment you touch it you leave fingerprints everywhere. Not doing that again. I also added the early thumb piece as I hate the modern slanted ones. It is wearing Culina grips. This one is essentially a safe queen, or I let the wife shoot it.
Sorry, I thought I had more examples right off the bat. I'll have to photograph a few more revolvers in a little bit.