Beautiful guns. I love everything about old Smiths.
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Beautiful guns. I love everything about old Smiths.
Point taken, Artos. More correctly, recessed chambers were last used in magnums. My pre-model 10 has recessed chambers.
Moon
19-3, Osage Orange (Hedge Apple) grips, slicked up Double Action, removed trigger serrations.
Slick unit.
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Yeah, the target hammer/target trigger are great for single action, but the target trigger (or even the ribbed one) doesn't work well for double action.
Moon
As a handgun hunter (traditional, DA revolvers) I will occasionally shoot single action, but that’s rare.
I need to have DA capability as the scenario/situation nearly always dictate what shot you have.
A 1-1.5 second window to shoot, think narrow opening in heavy cover, nearly always mandates DA.
My usual hunting handguns are “N” Frame, 4”, caliber .4X S&Ws.
Beautiful revolvers! I too love the 19's & 66's. Just picked up this one owner, low, low round count 66-4. Need to change the grips but it's near pristine.
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They arrived home a few days ago, and I quickly proceeded with a grip change, combats for the 19 and target football cut for the 66
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And then off to the range
This military 25 meters range “tolerates” 38 spl but wad cutters only
They both shot left for me so I had to sight them in
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Went to another range in the evening and shot some regular 38 spl. Given my bad experience with my 6 inch 66-2 (2 broken barrels), I think those will mostly shoot 38.
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