What you need to do is start out with a smith and wesson model 67 combat masterpiece, then have a different barrel put on it. You need a pencil barrel with a pinned front sight and no underlug. That will get you the lighter weight and hopefully bring you down to 30 oz or less. And the pinned front sight will allow you the capability of adding night sights to the front. A round butt would help a little too, but I don't know if the 67 was ever offered with a round butt.
The hard part will be finding a stainless pencil barrel. They may not exist. You might have to have someone turn down a heavy barrel on a lathe, then weld the front lockup lug back on and the front sight.
Actually, I just had a thought. There might be an old colt 38 that could get you closer to your dream than s&W. Colt made small lightweight 6 shot revolvers. THe original was called the colt detective. Then came the colt cobra, with an aluminum frame, then came the colt agent with a stubby grip.
I know the king cobra was offered in stainless, but the king cobra was .357 mag. The cobra was a 38 special but I don't know if it was ever offered in stainless. As far as I know, the cobra never was offered with adjustable target sights...and 4" bbls were very rare.
You're going to have to do some modifying to get your dream pistol.
The hard part will be finding a stainless pencil barrel. They may not exist. You might have to have someone turn down a heavy barrel on a lathe, then weld the front lockup lug back on and the front sight.
Actually, I just had a thought. There might be an old colt 38 that could get you closer to your dream than s&W. Colt made small lightweight 6 shot revolvers. THe original was called the colt detective. Then came the colt cobra, with an aluminum frame, then came the colt agent with a stubby grip.
I know the king cobra was offered in stainless, but the king cobra was .357 mag. The cobra was a 38 special but I don't know if it was ever offered in stainless. As far as I know, the cobra never was offered with adjustable target sights...and 4" bbls were very rare.
You're going to have to do some modifying to get your dream pistol.