Very nice Petander looks like a great choice !
Very nice Petander looks like a great choice !
Sounds like a K-frame is what you want. 357 option is there,up to you. I personally never shoot 38's in my 375's.
A 4" Mod 67 that I'm handling right now is much,much lighter and smaller than a 7 1/2" Ruger. And sort of feels even smaller - I think I found a keeper and I'll even keep the original small grips.
Shoot yours some before deciding on target grips.
It's funny how a 586 / 686 can feel so much bigger after handling a 67.
I just slugged,this one has a .357" bore, I'm lucky with the throat/bore ratio here. Forcing cone is short and still has tool marks from the factory reamer.
Wow, that looks GREAT! Most all look small compared to the Blackhawk.
Petander, you are very fortunate to have found a S&W with .3585 cylinders. All of mine, every last, one has .357 throats. I size to the cylinder (might as well) and get good accuracy but I powder coat which might be the reason I am not having any leading issues. If they go through the cylinders at bore diameter, the "bump up" factor is a great benefit to cast boolits as well. Let us know how that Mod 67 shoots. It is a beautiful revolver .
IT AINT what ya shoot--its how ya shoot it. NONE of us are as smart as ALL of us!
Yes,I was suprised by the throats... and they are all the same. I have a mod 66 with throats .3575-360,for example.
I cleaned the gun and took a box of Magtech factory 158 FMJ rounds out with me , a nice 8 Fahrenheit winter day.
15 meter claybird accuracy was good,no surprises. I could tell was 2" high.
.358" MP "Keith-HP--SWC" shoots good and clean. Pretty soft PC:d alloy, 8 BHN or so.
The lands in that forcing cone on that gun look brand new. Are you having any trouble finding primers and powder in Finland.
IT AINT what ya shoot--its how ya shoot it. NONE of us are as smart as ALL of us!
My favorite used K-frame .38spl is the M-15. I got a couple off GB a few years ago when there was a large group of trade ins listed by a bunch of the surplus guys. I made low-ball bids on several and won a -2 and a -3 and a M-67 that was missing the rear site.......
I was able to get 'The Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson' 4th addition, thru interlibrary load, didn't cost a dime! I start studing tonight. Tom
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |