Smith 617 with Weaver Sight
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Dave Klingenstein
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I have a 617 and would like to know where you got the weaver rail? Is it just a screw on mount or did you have to drill & tap a hole for the weaver rail?
Standing Wolf
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Standing Wolf
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Hello, mec!
It's more accurate than I am, although it's not a High Standard. I meant to mention earlier that I like the way the scope on yours extends backward over the trigger. Mine puts too much weight forward—and it's already got plenty of forward weight.
I bought mine about a year before Smith & Wesson hopped into bed with the Snopes Clinton-Liar Gore régime, and ordered Herrett's stocks for it. It proved a pretty good shooter after I did a trigger job, so I sent it to Magnaport for bead blasting and barrel crowning and jeweling of the trigger and hammer. My arthritis and computer wrist got worse instead of better, so I took a gunsmith at his word that he could match the finish, and had him install a six-inch barrel. The finish didn't match.
Meanwhile, I found a High Standard Victor that's a better shooter, so I left the model 617 in the closet for many moons. I recently had the original barrel put on and the Ultra Dot mounted. It's a pretty gun, which is why I painted a picture of it, and accurate, too, but way too heavy for my wrist. I'll take a cue from the picture of yours and see whether I can't move the scope back a bit to help the balance.
If I'd ever found a good K 22, I doubt I'd have bothered with the model 617 in the proverbial "first place." Oh, well. Life includes occasional disappointments and surprises.
It's more accurate than I am, although it's not a High Standard. I meant to mention earlier that I like the way the scope on yours extends backward over the trigger. Mine puts too much weight forward—and it's already got plenty of forward weight.
I bought mine about a year before Smith & Wesson hopped into bed with the Snopes Clinton-Liar Gore régime, and ordered Herrett's stocks for it. It proved a pretty good shooter after I did a trigger job, so I sent it to Magnaport for bead blasting and barrel crowning and jeweling of the trigger and hammer. My arthritis and computer wrist got worse instead of better, so I took a gunsmith at his word that he could match the finish, and had him install a six-inch barrel. The finish didn't match.
Meanwhile, I found a High Standard Victor that's a better shooter, so I left the model 617 in the closet for many moons. I recently had the original barrel put on and the Ultra Dot mounted. It's a pretty gun, which is why I painted a picture of it, and accurate, too, but way too heavy for my wrist. I'll take a cue from the picture of yours and see whether I can't move the scope back a bit to help the balance.
If I'd ever found a good K 22, I doubt I'd have bothered with the model 617 in the proverbial "first place." Oh, well. Life includes occasional disappointments and surprises.