What's your best looking revolver,

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I don't own one but always thought the 4" Colt Diamondback was beautiful and perfectly balanced to my eye. I walked away from $1200 a couple times, wondering if I would actually shoot it much.
 
Michael Pearce, WOW. What model top break is that. Also what grip did you use. I have several old top breaks and I would like to try something like what you did. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Again fantastic job !
 
It would be hard to choose just one. Probably my Colt SAA with the custom Ivory grips. A few other candidates would be a Browning Medalist, one of my Pythons, one of my S&W "N" frames, or a Colt Match Target.
 
Bo said:
Not only good looking, it's also fun to shoot!
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Great picture, but my model 19-4, although 4 inch, looks pretty goofy with its original grips. Yes, it's fun to shoot, but being a K-frame I have chosen to find a moderate load for it, still well above 38 +p, that makes the gun enjoyable to shoot. Full power 357 Magnum is not good for either me or the gun, and unattractive rubber grips used to address the problem are not something I would choose to use..
 
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Michael Pearce, WOW. What model top break is that. Also what grip did you use. I have several old top breaks and I would like to try something like what you did. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Again fantastic job !
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This is a S&W .38 Double Action Safety Hammerless (4th Model) chambered in .38 S&W. The grips are book-matched Select-grade Desert Ironwood, and I made them myself. The barrel of this one is cut-and-crowned at 1-5/8". If you are contemplating such a conversion I have found that some neoprene J-frame grips from Pachmyer and Hogue fit pretty well on the S&W .38 top-breaks.

I would strongly recommend basing your project on a S&W top-break; there is a world of difference in quality between these guns and some other manufacturers. I've put over 1500 rounds through the gun shown above, and it's still as tight as the day I bought it. Some other companies made guns that would do that- but they didn't do it consistently. Also the S&W uses a cylinder-lock, where as the other pre-war guns of this type 'lock' the cylinder by pinning it between the hand and a stop- if not done to a very high level of quality (like a Webley RIC or Bulldog) this is not a terribly durable system.

I have an old set of grips similar to these in shape but made from Walnut (this gun's previous grips) just sitting on the bench- if you have a S&W to put them on I can hunt them down and send them to you.

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This is just an ASM SAA clone, nothing special, but it's awfully pretty!
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dbmjr1,

That is painful to even look at. The only (ONLY) saving grace is that it's a pre-lock gun.

Dave
 
Easy, the Colt SAA in .45 Colt with a 7 1/2" barrel. The absolute classic ... bar none!
 
I have an old S&W Model 1905 in .38 Spl that has no rust, no damage, and no blue, with 100% patina, and I think it is beautiful. I can't get a pic that does it justice, maybe if I try outside in good light.
 
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