Custom j frame revolvers.

[MUSICALGUNNUT45]

Does anyone have any experience ordering j frame revolvers with custom features. ie custom barrel lengths and finishes ect. Im saving up to buy a custom gun of some sorts ( either a revolver or a 1911) and was wondering if anyone had any experince and examples.

 

[rcmodel]

S&W doesn't do custom barrel lengths.
And you are pretty much limited on finishes to Stainless Steel, Anodized Aluminum, and blued steel, depending on what the J-Frame is made out of.

The closest you can come on a new gun is what they list in the catalog, and the Performance Center stuff.
But they are catalog items, and what you see is what you get.

rc

 

[WC145]

Buy what you want for a base gun then send it to a quality 'smith to have the custom work done.

 

[rcmodel]

(either a J-Frame revolver or a 1911)

Might want to narrow down your intended use before getting too carried away on a custom gun.

Those two platforms are about as far apart as you can get.

rc

 

[MUSICALGUNNUT45]

Yeah well I like them both And I figure in a few years I'll be able to save up and get whatever one I didn't order the first time. There both must haves for my to get list so the order in which I buy really dosen't matter to me.

 

[sidheshooter]

One idea:

Buy a used j of your choice of of gun broker, and send it to these guys:

http://www.geminicustoms.com/S&W/S&WServices.htm

I will probably do just that, when the right 36-1 3" heavy barrell round butt shows up on GB. I 'm not a fan of the weigand porting, but a melted, slicked, chamfered, sighted J with a birdsong finish sounds good to me.

YMMV, of course.