There's a new pawn shop here in town with a Rohm for sale. Normally I'd turn my nose up at anything with that name on it, but this doesn't feel like the normal crappy die cast .22 POS.
this one is a model 57 in .357 mag, all the major components *look* milled, though all the angles are a li'l chunky. Through the frame and cylinder it bears a great deal of resemblance to one of the old Smith .38-44s. The barrel is easily as heavy as my ex-friend's Smith model ten heavy barrel.
Are these as crappy as the lesser models, or is there hope? Not knowing for sure what the material is, it does *look* hell for stout. If I buy I don't know that I'd run anything better than .38 special through it.
They want $150 for it (same as their Nagants). What I'm liking about it is the barrel rib and front sight assembly are retained on the fully circular barrel with allen screws. That means I could take a block of steel and bore it the same diameter as the barrel and cut it for the ejector rod and to seat over the rear sight and top strap. Don't think I'd dare mill the strap flat to the bottom of the sight gutter for strength reasons. If I could post without a big fight I'd draw a picture.
Inlet the face of the block for a laser, cut a cute little flare at the end of the block and flatten the area behind it below the site of the flare, and cut a dovetail down the length of it on both sides for a battery operated reflex sight or mount an old Nydar to it.
I'm normally pretty practical when it comes to my guns... but that would look really cool, and if it being a .357 would stand up to 38 special, it would make a fun gun. Or I could let the cylinder out a little and use it as my test gun for .38 S&W loads....
So, end question... are the model 57s also comprised primarily of dookie, or are they built to a reasonable level of not-fallaparteyness?
this one is a model 57 in .357 mag, all the major components *look* milled, though all the angles are a li'l chunky. Through the frame and cylinder it bears a great deal of resemblance to one of the old Smith .38-44s. The barrel is easily as heavy as my ex-friend's Smith model ten heavy barrel.
Are these as crappy as the lesser models, or is there hope? Not knowing for sure what the material is, it does *look* hell for stout. If I buy I don't know that I'd run anything better than .38 special through it.
They want $150 for it (same as their Nagants). What I'm liking about it is the barrel rib and front sight assembly are retained on the fully circular barrel with allen screws. That means I could take a block of steel and bore it the same diameter as the barrel and cut it for the ejector rod and to seat over the rear sight and top strap. Don't think I'd dare mill the strap flat to the bottom of the sight gutter for strength reasons. If I could post without a big fight I'd draw a picture.
Inlet the face of the block for a laser, cut a cute little flare at the end of the block and flatten the area behind it below the site of the flare, and cut a dovetail down the length of it on both sides for a battery operated reflex sight or mount an old Nydar to it.
I'm normally pretty practical when it comes to my guns... but that would look really cool, and if it being a .357 would stand up to 38 special, it would make a fun gun. Or I could let the cylinder out a little and use it as my test gun for .38 S&W loads....
So, end question... are the model 57s also comprised primarily of dookie, or are they built to a reasonable level of not-fallaparteyness?