I have a friend who is crippled shoulder wise and needs to hunt with a pistol. Pistols are unobtanum at the moment so I got to thinking he could use my model 10 smith and wesson- model 10-11 made in 1999- if I had the cylender bored from .38 to .357. THe cylender wouldn't be marked and I am unable to shoot heavy pistol loads in anything so no one beyond me would know the cylender was extended.
He probably wont even hunt as badly hurt as he is. I would like to keep his outlook as good as I can. He certainly cant hunt with heavy enough loads to near heavy or +p territory.
The reason I can't put together +p .38 loads is I have a colt .38 match pistol i want to soldier on for the next several centuries and won't have any heavy 38 loads in my inventory. The colt is my pride and joy and I will not have the possibility it gets stressed by even one not weak-titted load.
So, is a model 10 built in 1999 strong enough to drill out to .357 for occasional shots in .357? I cannot shoot heavy loads in any pistols with my inventory of injuries so this thing will get shot at most ten or 15 times in magnum loads.
I'm having a little resistance from the nephew who will mill the holes to .357. He says get a .357. I say, suggest, it is a kframe like my long ago model 19 which was in .357. What say you?
Ted