Mine also has an amazing trigger, I am often "surprised" touching one off.
November 1940. I had a Colt letter but I can't find it . It's a "no letter" gun, ie, they know when it was made but the shipping info and other stuff they'd include in a typical letter was misplaced or destroyed.Wow! I am impressed. I particularly like hammer and the sights. 1st Gen huh? Do you know when it shipped?
My wife and I shoot it just like it is. No changes.Jack B., that's an excellent photo of an under-appreciated Colt. It just takes more muscle and tolerance for recoil than I've got. And I wish I could keep my guns in that kind of shape. Do you shoot it with the factory grips? Do they suit you?
I go back and forth between 2, but this would be it right now.
Maybe because I'm shooting it a lot these days.
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How does that mount go on? I like that setup
Who makes that grip and do they make a round butt version?Hmm...that's a hard one. All of my revolvers are different, so it isn't the easiest choice to make.
But...with that said. This is my 627 pro I picked up late 2017. I had it reworked by a local smith who is superb at doing S&W DA revolver work. (It's a crying shame that once he's gone, that skill will go with him, at least locally). Anyway, this fella has been designed for DA, 38 special range work only and at that task, it is superb. It's almost criminally easy to shoot with that red dot and trigger job. It's digested 1000's of my reloads and keeps asking for more.
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Who makes that grip and do they make a round butt version?
It's a no frills Hogue:
https://www.hogueinc.com/handgun-gr...-rubber-conversion-no-finger-grooves-monogrip
It is for a round butt, but it's a "conversion". It's super comfortable, especially with my sweaty hands. I'm not a fan of the finger grooves on most Hogue grips, it frustrates me that they don't offer more without them.
Dang I was hoping someone else was making a smooth grip like that. Hogue only makes the smooth version in round to square conversion. I really want a smooth round butt version.
Freedom arms 83 in 454 casull, 10" barrel. Makes shooting big heavy bullets more fun, lighter loaded rounds are more fun too. That one always gets a few looks at the range, I was going to have it shortened to 6" but I have other guns that are meant to be portable already so this one's going to stay long (to impress the ladies, or something like that)Jeeez, what in the world is that cannon?
The grips on that N frame is no bigger than factory grips. I find it odd, that a person can't shoot with different grip setups. A double action in a larger caliber is different than one in a rimfire. Also a single action is a total different set up. As is moving from revolvers to simi-autos. Myself, I don't find it comfortable or fun to shoot larger caliber double action revolvers with small grips, but a single action revolver is better because the shape of the grip is not straight into the palm of the hand in recoil. Grips are a personal thing. What works for one may not work for someone else. Look a the grips Elmer Keith and others had on their revolvers. The carvings he had on some of his revolver grips would eat my hands up, but it worked for him well. I shoot what I have well, if not, I would change it up so it would shoot well or if I couldn't, I would move it on.Gary W, Strange, it is remarkable to me that same person finds all those different grips comfortable. That N-frame grip looks just plain huge. I have to say my favorite of these is the S&W .22, but I would be all over the place with that long slender barrel. I hope you can shoot it well.