Worked over my S&W Model 65 today

[UpStateEd]

Picked up a 4" Model 65 yesterday..gave up looking for a 3". (It was a dirty police trade in)

Today I bobbed the hammer, bead blasted it, boot grips installed and light champer on the cylinders.

That extra inch of barrel isn't hard to hide, it came with a round butt so the back end is the same as a 3". The 4" has a longer extractor which helps getting the spent casings out.

 

[UpStateEd]

Here's a pic with my "high capacity old school clips" (with temporary bullets)

 

[JaguarJaguarGolf]

Boot grips are great. Easier than dealing with Tyler.

 

[Bananabandit]

Beautiful fidget spinner

 

[S&W Fan]

Nice job, I like it! You prefer the speed strips to the speed loaders??

 

[S&W Fan]

I know where there's a like New 3" 65 for sale right now.

 

[fartgamer]

Nice blast job.

 

[UpStateEd]

Nice job, I like it! You prefer the speed strips to the speed loaders??

Speed strips lay flat for pockets during warm weather, speedloaders when I can wear a jacket with pockets.

Where is the 3" curious about what they want for it.

 

[S&W Fan]

PM sent

 

[UpStateEd]

Both the cylinder and cylinder release had sharp edges that dug into my skin carrying it in my waistband without a holster. So last night I chucked up the cylinder in my lathe and removed the sharp edge on the cylinder front and also removed the sharp edges from the cylinder latch.

 

[S&W Fan]

Some nice little custom work you did on that. You now have a perfect DA only magnum ccw gun.