fireman 9731
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Nice piece! Is the front sight taller or shorter than factory? What I'm getting at is, does it shoot to point of aim?
My take. For a fighting revolver, you should set back the barrel closer to the cylinder. This accomplishes two things. It reduces flash at night, and it increases velocity.
Do you have data to support your claims?
The average thickness of a piece of paper is .004". A business card is .008". So how much is velocity increased by a .001" at a time.
You mean that the flash from the B/C gap which is below the front and rear sights causes loss of night vision? It seems the big fireball exiting the muzzle of the gun is what cause loss of night vision.
What a tight barrel / cylinder gap DOES is INCREASE the chance of the cylinder dragging when the front of the cylinder gets dirty or fouled by debris such as being dropped in the dirt. Imho fighting handguns should have a B/C gap of at least .008" and I have some instructors and experts recommend as wide as .012".
I like a .008" b/c gap on my self-defense handguns.
Have received a lot of questions already asking why didn't I have it converted to a round butt frame while I was at it. The square butt fits my hand better -- Hey what can I say I like a big butt
For a fighting revolver, you should set back the barrel closer to the cylinder. This accomplishes two things. It reduces flash at night, and it increases velocity.
I see a couple of nice looking revolvers here, but have to ask a question. What exactly is a "fighting revolver" and how is that different from a average short-barreled/internal or bobbed hammer/ revolver of medium/large caliber? I always just assumed that my Model 640 was for defense while my Model 57 was for hunting.
Uh, what???My take. For a fighting revolver, you should set back the barrel closer to the cylinder. This accomplishes two things. It reduces flash at night, and it increases velocity.
A revolver optimized for gunfighting, as opposed to one optimized for concealed carry, which very often has too many compromises.What exactly is a "fighting revolver" and how is that different from a average short-barreled/internal or bobbed hammer/ revolver of medium/large caliber?
Written on the box of my 686 Smith it says "Distinguished Combat Revolver"
In the video my point of aim as bullseye or center hold so I would say yes. I chose this front sight because it was as close to the original by my measurements.
yeah like engaging the guy with a rifle that has you pinned down from 50+ yardsI hope your crystal ball is as clear as you think it is, and that everything will work out exactly as you envisage.
cheers
Rob is there something specifically you wish to know that may not be in the video?Mr.Revolverguy, any update on this great piece? I'm looking forward toward to a review on your site!
here is a picture, the others were scrambled when someone tried to hack into my photobucketAbout 28 years ago I set about to create my idea of the perfect fighting revolver. I had a couple 1917 Colts , one an as issued Postal Service gun in mint shape and one a 1917 production run military gun in lesser shape, both in .45 ACP with shouldered cylinders. I sent the lesser finish one to Cylinder and Slide with my ideas on the subject. It turned into a 2+ year project that cost almost $3000 in those days money. A Douglass air guaged 4" heavy barrel was fitted and a custom gold blade front sight machined in. The rear sight picture was squared up and opened slightly on sighting in for Ball ammo at 25 yards. An under shroud with custom ball detent front lock mechanism was fitted to a new crane as the old crane was a bit wonkie. The whole action was blue printed and polished with a 9 pound DA and a 2.5 pound SA , which is as light as 100% ignition of military primers would allow with moon clips.The cylinder was chamferd and lathe turned to index perfectly and BC gap set pretty tight at .003". When their work was completed and gun sighted in I had them ship to Colt in Hartford for 50% banknote engraving and Colt Royal Blue. THEN the gun was shipped to Roy Fishpaw for Exhibition grade French Walnut Gunfighter grips with a tracing of my hand and a check . I had a friend make the case which is stuffed with Ranch Products moon clips and the display Auto rim Cartridges which shoot very well in the gun. I have put less than 500 CAREFUL rounds thru it in 25 years and have a custom simple cross draw scabbard made for it to try to keep it's substantial bulk a handy size . This gun could probably not be duplicated today. It is capable of very fast DA work with full 230 grain loads, yes I placed very well in a regional pin match 20 years back Not quite ready to sell it, my Dr. son is really getting into guns and has some interest in it
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Similar to what the FBI issued a while back a 3 inch barreled K frame 357. Theirs was blued steel...