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Ok Ladies and Gents:
I have inherited my Granfather's/Uncles's 1917 S&W revelver. The barrel is ugly, probably too much corrosive primed ammo and not enough cleaning. The timing seems to be a touch out in that on a couple of cylinders the locking bolt does not lock before the hammer falls. My desire is to return it to shootable condition for a few hundred mild rounds a year with special emphasis on powder puff loads for my Mother now 70 some to reconnect with her father. Anyone have revolver smith recommendations in Tidewater VA? Or elsewhere? Plenty of stories have been told to me regarding activities of the Sheriff(s) when they carried this revolver.
I have inherited my Granfather's/Uncles's 1917 S&W revelver. The barrel is ugly, probably too much corrosive primed ammo and not enough cleaning. The timing seems to be a touch out in that on a couple of cylinders the locking bolt does not lock before the hammer falls. My desire is to return it to shootable condition for a few hundred mild rounds a year with special emphasis on powder puff loads for my Mother now 70 some to reconnect with her father. Anyone have revolver smith recommendations in Tidewater VA? Or elsewhere? Plenty of stories have been told to me regarding activities of the Sheriff(s) when they carried this revolver.