Post by tinkerpearce on Dec 24, 2017 21:14:28 GMT -5
...before it becomes impractical?
I have a Rossi M68 that has become my 'bench-gun,' the gun I play with and experiment on, and decided to find out just how small I could make it without compromising function. I cut down and modified the grips and frame, shortened the barrel to 1-3/4", bobbed the hammer and serrated the top so that it can theoretically still be thumb-cocked. I had to shorten the ejector to match the barrel, and I relieved the trigger guard at the front on either side to allow faster access to the trigger.
I still haven't mounted a front sight, but I took the gun with me to the range just to function-check it. Everything works as it should, and even though I was just pointing and blazing away all the rounds were on the paper at five yards- I expect the accuracy will be reasonable once there is a front sight again. The handle shape makes the gun point quite naturally, and there is enough there to manage the recoil of standard-pressure rounds. I think I've taken this one as far as I care to go. I'll make a new grip, install a front sight, refinish it and call it good. Time for e new bench gun, I think.
I have a Rossi M68 that has become my 'bench-gun,' the gun I play with and experiment on, and decided to find out just how small I could make it without compromising function. I cut down and modified the grips and frame, shortened the barrel to 1-3/4", bobbed the hammer and serrated the top so that it can theoretically still be thumb-cocked. I had to shorten the ejector to match the barrel, and I relieved the trigger guard at the front on either side to allow faster access to the trigger.
I still haven't mounted a front sight, but I took the gun with me to the range just to function-check it. Everything works as it should, and even though I was just pointing and blazing away all the rounds were on the paper at five yards- I expect the accuracy will be reasonable once there is a front sight again. The handle shape makes the gun point quite naturally, and there is enough there to manage the recoil of standard-pressure rounds. I think I've taken this one as far as I care to go. I'll make a new grip, install a front sight, refinish it and call it good. Time for e new bench gun, I think.
