Revolvers

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>>31904269
Good stuff OP. I dont know much about wheelguns but that seems like a good deal to me.

Not bad, not great, but definitely better than most folks find.

>>31904269
>evil Hillary hole
Explain?

nice watch

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>>31904269
Just finished facing down my cylinder. Took the machine marks out with a tool post grinder on the lathe today.

This is for my S&W 625 I'm building for USPSA revolver division

>>31905032
I was about to ask the same

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>>31905105
and the grinder in action

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>>31905032
>>31905111
Fucking /k/ids

>>31904269
Not bad, not great. 686+ go for around that much here.

>>31905105
>>31905120
Do tell more, this is intriguing.

>>31905153
so I'm cutting the cylinder back to reduce the rotational mass the bolt has to stop under rapid double-action firing.

It also provides a slight reduction in trigger pull because it reduces cylinder weight which factors into your double action pull.

Did I mention almost all USPSA revolver class shooting is in double action?

I've also polished my engagement surfaces on my trigger which has greatly smoothed the trigger pull.

As for accounting for the faced down cylinder, I will have a longer shank on the barrel, shooting for a .0012" cylinder gap (what our instructor recommends for race guns)

I'm also re-barrelling this gun. Then I'll cerakote it gold and white, slap my leupold deltapoint pro on top, and hopefully display it at SHOT show 2017!!

>>31905032
>>31905153
Turns out its just the hammer lock on sw revolvers. Google that shit now I'm wicked smart

>>31905189
if this makes no sense and jumps around alot it's because I'm drunk

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>>31905205
>>31905189

I follow ya, that sounds rad as fuck. You gonna bob the hammer and run it like a PPC revolver with a super light double action then? Or is that not something they let you do?

>>31905056
Second, the much under appreciated Casio.
Simple, neat, easy to use. Plus great for "improvised" projects lel.

>>31905268
I'd rather keep my hammer intact for easy single action when that rare longer distance target pops up in a stage.

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>>31905189
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCiDuy4mrWU

This also may or may not have been playing while I was doing the grinding.

>>31905987
>fucking image rotate fucking up
miss me with that gay shit nigga

>>31904269
Not bad for the price. Check check for cylinder wobble, that the barrel still has good threads and the hammer doesn't "push off" (google that one).

>>31905987
hows inland empire m8

>>31904269

I got the revolver bug and just bought a 586-8 6inch model.

I've been doing some reading, and it seems I would have done better to have just bought an older Smith and Wesson, probably would have gotten it at a better price that the new one as well.

But, I wanted this revolver to really put a lot of rounds through and practice with, even for competition, so perhaps I did good by buying this one, and then in the future, buying an old smith just for collection.

>>31906064
>barrel has good threads
You mean rifling? I don't think revolvers generally have threaded muzzles.

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Mine, left to right: S&W 642, Colt Cobra, 1985 Nagant, Ruger GP 100.

>>31906067
I aint in fuckin' cali nigga

>>31907565
he means the threads on the barrel shank, which is what threads into the frame.

a dumb thing to recommend because it's not like you're gonna get your action wrench out and take the barrel off standing there in the shop.

unless it's got a dan wesson barrel system on it.

>>31905198
>I'm wicked smart
Do I sense the presence of a fellow Mainefag?

>>31907619

>1985

>>31904269
>chromed gun
you didn't do good
you should have gottenon in matte finish preferably black.

>>31908259
>implying that's fucking chrome you mongoloid

It's a high-polish stainless steel

>>31904269

Good on you for wanting to purchase good speedloaders, not the HKS garbage

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>>31904269
What do you guys think of my ruger sp101 2 1/4 inch? - Typically use .357 140 grain hornady HP

I use it for CWP, it's cold and rainy here so i have no problems.

>>31905111
Its the internal locking system on the revolver. Its a key actuated safety. Its been known to very rarely fail and lock up the gun, but mostly it looks ugly as fuck having that stupid hole above the cylinder release
>>31905032

>>31910213
what do you think makes steel stainless?

>>31910419
I'm a gunsmith not a metallurgist dammit.

But I know for certain that isn't a chrome coating. And a chrome-steel alloy certainly wouldn't constitute a "chrome gun"

Also hating stainless steel is dumb it's better than chro-moly for receiver/frame material for revolvers. It has better harmonics than chro-moly does.

Just cerkote the damn thing if you want a matte finish.

>>31910230
You Lose alot of velocity with such a short barrel, while making the noise and flash louder. You should go for a short barrel 357 load to help with the report. Though at the short of a barrel a 38 spl might be better, you just get a little less velocity. Then if you are outside then it don't matter as much.

>>31910419
>stainless steel
>stainless chromium alloy steel
>DURRR makes it chrome!

I guess by that logic of there is nickel finish it now makes it a nickel reciever/action?

>gold plated golden deagle
>fire shot and watch as 24kt goodness warps and splits

>>31910660

Ignore this chump, load the case full of rifle powder, use the fucknormous fireball to burn/blind your foe.

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>>31904269

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>>31911241

>>31911178
>>DURRR makes it chrome!
it gets the distinctive color from chrome
i don't like chrome on anything least of all guns

>>31904269
Cheap watch best watch

>>31910473
>I'm a gunsmith not a metallurgist dammit.
>But I know for certain that isn't a chrome coating. And a chrome-steel alloy certainly wouldn't constitute a "chrome gun"
>Also hating stainless steel is dumb it's better than chro-moly for receiver/frame material for revolvers. It has better harmonics than chro-moly does.
>Just cerkote the damn thing if you want a matte finish.

Steel with more than ~11% chromium is considered stainless, aside from D2. Chromium makes steel brittle, moreso than standard carbon steels. If your choices are shit potmetals or stainless, stainless is usually better. If you can get decent forged steels they're usually better and longer lasting than stainless, unless you're planning to use it around salt water.

These are the reasons I don't buy Taurus or Ruger anymore. They're either cast or shit potmetals like the SIG mosquito or the P22. Taurus quit making their .454casull revolvers because their shit potmetal frames only handled a few hundred rounds before they stretched.

>>31904269
S&W is the best revolver you can get and that one has a great barrel length, grip and overall proportion, nice gun. Don't worry about the Hillary hole either, they're fine, they don't lock up, it's a complete non-issue, except as a reminder that Hillary is the enemy of your gun.
As far as the price, it depends entirely on the condition. That price sounds reasonable, how is the:
>cylinder lock up
>bore
>cylinder gap
>hammer fall off
?

>>31913328
>cylinder lock up
Great, welded fit with minimal play on rotational axis
>bore
Rifling looks nice and shiny, no pitting, clean crisp lands and grooves
>cylinder gap
Don't own go-nogo gauges but I can not fit anything larger than a sheet of paper in
>hammer fall off
Not sure what that is honestly, new to revolvers, there is no push off if that's what you mean, the internals are damn near new looking

Now I just need to take it out and shoot it. Still haven't taken my 92FS I bought 2 months ago. I'm a pistol novice, rifle I am a decent shot but I have minimal pistol experience.

Once I have handling down I need to get my LTCF(live in PA). Only problem I don't know anyone for references here, moved from rural NY about 5 months ago and sheriff says all my references must be PA residents in the county I apply in.

>>31904269
>$675
How
I haven't seen one for under $700 ever

>>31914259
>no push off if that's what you mean
Yes

Very nice gun, grats.
I've owned a few S&W revolvers. I'd be reluctant to take the side plate off. I've detail stripped them myself but they're complicated and the side plates need to be put in and removed properly to keep from rounding the edges on their perfect fit.

>>31914974
Used.

>>31913100
If you stretch a Ruger revolver I will personally suck your dick.

>>31915501
Seriously, this guy doesn't know that rugers are considered the gold standard for durability and reliability in the revolver world.

>>31915501
>If you stretch a Ruger revolver I will personally suck your dick.

Shoot around 2k hot buffalo bore through an sp100. I'll wait.

>>31915618
>Seriously, this guy doesn't know that rugers are considered the gold standard for durability and reliability in the revolver world.

Because you're dumb enough to not know where that assumption comes from doesn't mean it's true. They're no stronger than S&W everywhere but one non-magnum cartridge. S&W is forged while ruger is cast. There's no reason to buy cast unless you're poor.

>>31904269
Congrats OP, now practice your reloading!

https://youtu.be/sPbTWGEPi2o

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Excuse me while I hijack this thread. My 686 suffers from a peculiar problem. When I shoot 357 the shells slide back from recoil against the recoil shield. This jams the cylinder keeping it from rotating. Pic related with empty shells for illustration. Anyone else have this problem and what do?

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>>31910660

I use the Speer Golt Dot 135gr for short barrels and it hurts so fucking bad out of this thing. The powder doesn't just burn, it fucking explodes violently.

Are the colt snake guns really worth 2500+?
Id like a nice revolver and the older ones seem nicer. 2.5k just seems really fuckin expensive for a 6 shooter, especially one i would feel aweful if it got damaged.

>>31917286
they're only worth that because they're rare. You can take a colt and have it worked over by a competent smith and get the same result as a snake gun