RBHarter
West Central AR
Yes it's as bad as it sounds ......... The good news that it was just another old Smith in a.bucket of surplus ......That's what I'm telling myself anyway . I guess someone wanted a Jerry McKilnik 45 ACP and used a perfectly good April ,1918 produced 1917 that was just laying around.
The picture is being uncooperative this morning ......
They added a target type adjustable rear sight and hacked the bbl off right at the front of the ejector lug for 3 3/16" bbl sort of snubby "N" frame . The chambers are chamfered , I hope not too far . The grip was some god awful kit grip for a coil spring gun I guess . Even with ACPs I could see banged up knuckles from the trigger guard . In the spirit of instant gratification I immediately Hogued it , much better . The chambers are more generous than the September sister with the all matching numbers and probably untouched .
I bought it for the action and the base anyway . It occurred to me last night as I pretended to sleep well that the 4" minimum bbl length for a hunting pistol isn't required most other places . Additionally the " case length of at least that of the Remington 44 Magnum " also isn't called for either .
The intent was to have a mouth headspace or half moon clip 45 Colts double action but I think this may be the perfect opportunity for a not quite so incorrect 45 Schofield/S&W . Naturally hot rodding is out of the question but the search will continue for a replacement cylinder that can be headspaced for Colts/Schofield and turned for full moons ,because I have about 50 . AR is in the mix and I have a secret source for more of that brass . Of course a little more bbl wouldn't hurt my feelings and there's somebody out there somewhere with a junk box full of parts .
The picture is being uncooperative this morning ......
They added a target type adjustable rear sight and hacked the bbl off right at the front of the ejector lug for 3 3/16" bbl sort of snubby "N" frame . The chambers are chamfered , I hope not too far . The grip was some god awful kit grip for a coil spring gun I guess . Even with ACPs I could see banged up knuckles from the trigger guard . In the spirit of instant gratification I immediately Hogued it , much better . The chambers are more generous than the September sister with the all matching numbers and probably untouched .
I bought it for the action and the base anyway . It occurred to me last night as I pretended to sleep well that the 4" minimum bbl length for a hunting pistol isn't required most other places . Additionally the " case length of at least that of the Remington 44 Magnum " also isn't called for either .
The intent was to have a mouth headspace or half moon clip 45 Colts double action but I think this may be the perfect opportunity for a not quite so incorrect 45 Schofield/S&W . Naturally hot rodding is out of the question but the search will continue for a replacement cylinder that can be headspaced for Colts/Schofield and turned for full moons ,because I have about 50 . AR is in the mix and I have a secret source for more of that brass . Of course a little more bbl wouldn't hurt my feelings and there's somebody out there somewhere with a junk box full of parts .