Sort of FYI here are two links that may be helpful.
Brownells Firearms Supplies
Gunsmith.com locator and information
Brownells Firearms Supplies
Gunsmith.com locator and information
My first S&W revolver, have a few basic questions
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AID_Admin said:
If watch repair was your hobby, the innards of a revolver ought to be a snap for you. Maybe not now, and maybe not on this revolver, but for anyone who's going to shoot revolvers a bunch, learning how a DA revolver works and being able to do your own basic tuning & repair is well worth the effort.
I guess it's true. When I got a Nagant revolver I completely took it apart to clean and polished trigger, hammer and a few more parts in process. I did not find it being hard at all compare to assembling a watch movement. But I never thought about it from that perspective. I am not use dealing with assembling of anything larger then a size of a quarter...
Range test
I just came back from the range. Took my new stainless friend with me and also rented 66-7 with 4" barrel just for comparison. In short: I love this gun! Longer barrel gives a lot closed grouping! Especially on the longer ranges. At 75ft I was able stay "all in black" with this gun where with a shorter barrel I was "all over the place". I understand this mostly has a lot to do with longer aiming sights, but I think the gun itself may be a little better than rental too, as latter shows a lot of use.
To my surprise grips were not bad either. They felt strange and uncomfortable two days ago when I first grabbed them. But after two days and a few hundreds of try-fire rounds they feel fine. I compared them against rubber fingers-sculptured grips on the rental and I did not find them much less comfortable. I think a few more range sessions and I'll forget that I wanted to change them.
Same goes for a trigger, although the skin on my index finger is slightly irritated now. While the smooth trigger on the rental felt a better, I think it's just a matter of getting use to serrated trigger. Worst case scenario, may be I'll polish it a little when I take this beauty apart...
Overall I love the way this revolver looks, feels and shoots. I am also impressed with it's accuracy even with basic, cheap .38Spl loads. Thank you again for helping me make a decision to get this model!
I just came back from the range. Took my new stainless friend with me and also rented 66-7 with 4" barrel just for comparison. In short: I love this gun! Longer barrel gives a lot closed grouping! Especially on the longer ranges. At 75ft I was able stay "all in black" with this gun where with a shorter barrel I was "all over the place". I understand this mostly has a lot to do with longer aiming sights, but I think the gun itself may be a little better than rental too, as latter shows a lot of use.
To my surprise grips were not bad either. They felt strange and uncomfortable two days ago when I first grabbed them. But after two days and a few hundreds of try-fire rounds they feel fine. I compared them against rubber fingers-sculptured grips on the rental and I did not find them much less comfortable. I think a few more range sessions and I'll forget that I wanted to change them.
Same goes for a trigger, although the skin on my index finger is slightly irritated now. While the smooth trigger on the rental felt a better, I think it's just a matter of getting use to serrated trigger. Worst case scenario, may be I'll polish it a little when I take this beauty apart...
Overall I love the way this revolver looks, feels and shoots. I am also impressed with it's accuracy even with basic, cheap .38Spl loads. Thank you again for helping me make a decision to get this model!
AID_Admin said:
An interesting tidbit: Grant Cunningham, one of the most respected revolver gunsmiths around (and one of the few who are qualified to work on Pythons), got his start in watch repair:
Thanks for the range report. Glad you like your new toy! Enjoy!