Posted: 1/30/2008 12:56:51 AM EDT
So here's my quandary. I have a S&W model 10 I inherited from my grandfather about 5 years ago. Its has the tapered (6 in?) barrel and is nickel plated, and .38 cal. I would say its about 85%. It has been sitting in on of my cases not getting any use. I have been kicking around the idea of putting a heavy 4 in bbl. on it and getting it converted to .357 and having a new finish put on it since I am not real big into nickel. If this is possible do you guys think it would be disrespectful to modify an heirloom like that or is worse to to let a perfectly good gun just waste away?. I would like to pass it on to one of my children as well some day. So what do you guys think. Am I way out of line, or should I not feel guilty about these thoughts. If all this is possible who do you guys recommend that is reputable and reasonably priced. Thanks for lending me your brains. Sgt Bell edited spelling |
+ eleventy billion While I'm not fond of nickel finishes, I LOVE the old skinny barrel model 10's. Figure in that it's a family heirloom, and there is absolutely no way I would even considering tampering with it. |
FYI, Model 10's used the "K" frame which incidentally is the very same frame size as the 19. The frame is not too short. The conversion would wreck the gun, however, as neither the frame nor the cylinder were made sufficiently strong at the time to handle 357 pressures. The Model 19 was heat treated differently to handle the stress. Even if one installed a model 19 cylinder onto the 10's frame, the frame would stretch in a short order rendering the gun useless. |