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Post by Burnston on Feb 10, 2017 12:08:37 GMT -5
If you're comfortable sharing, I'd love to have a general idea of how much this exquisite job set you back. I've held long complaints that there aren't more .44 Spec. options out there. John Taffin wrote a great online book called the Book of the 44 which included an informative chapter on Skeeter's habit of converting various Ruger and Smith .357s to .44 spec. Knowing him and the crowd he ran with, he was probably able to get it done a lot cheaper than the rest of us.
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Post by Burnston on Feb 9, 2017 23:19:06 GMT -5
Thank you both for the input. rjm52, is it possible to put me in touch with this forum member who deals in these plugs? Also, are these self installed or is it a gunsmith job? I've never had the lock engage itself, even after several hundred rounds, but I suppose it only takes once.
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Post by Burnston on Feb 9, 2017 19:22:10 GMT -5
I got into the S&W game a little late in life, but I was raised on the stories of Skelton and Keith with their praise of the .44, both special and mag. Attempting to relate to the greatest and fastest shrinking generation, I bought the pictured S&W 21-4 in .44 Special, which has been one of the greatest purchases of my short 30 years. I dressed it out with a slick Tennyson made rig and had Mr. Grashorn make up a set of masterpiece ellk service grips to tickle that stag craving I was born with. I've also got a Tyler t-grip on order to add the finishing touch. When excitedly telling an "old hand" about my new Smith, he casually replied, "Yeah, but its not a pre-lock, and its got a frame mounted firing pin." So disheartened was I by his response that I had to go out and buy a Model 19 in .357 with a hammer mounted firing pin just to right the ship. Can anyone shed some light on why the "old timers" (and I mean that respectfully) cringe at the sight of a frame mounted firing pin? Am I wasting money by buying these new Smiths with safeties and frame firing pins? Tell me what I'm missing.
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