The machining of my Navy conversions are nearly done... will try to get a couple pics in the next couple weeks
new cylinders made for 38 Long Colt, new recoil plates, no loading gates, just slotted like would have been done by local smiths, at the time period... barrels are lined with .357 barrel liners, & trimmed to 4.5" ... we decided to trim up the thickness of the brass dovetail sight base, so it's not as thick ( & thus, not as wide at the dovetail ) I think it'll look more correct in proportion to the guns... I left them full height for now, & will trim them to shoot to point of aim ( they look really tall right now ) we kept the original loading levers, & cut them to barrel length & radiused the end... still working on those... trying to decide if we can bend them, so the loading rod runs flush with the underside of the barrel, or if we can relocate the pivot point to put it flush with the bottom of the barrel... we did not put an ejector & housing on the guns, instead used a ball mill, & added a thumbnail indent at each chamber to pull out the empties... if they are a little sticky, my screw-knife should work well for removing empties, while shooting CAS...
My Walker conversion goes in next for cosmetic finishing, which will give me until late winter to develop loads, & test fire this pair, before putting a high polish blue on the new parts... will have to decide ( & will likely ) re-case color the frames, since they were beautiful from the factory, & they now have machined loading slots added...
anyway... should have some pics of those brass sights on my Navy's in the next couple weeks...