edwardware
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Recent difficulty sourcing sight parts has me wanting a 50-year future-resistant strategic collection of spare parts for my small collection of pre-MIM K/L frame Smiths.
For those of you who've seen a significant number of old Smith's coming in for service, can you suggest what I should have on hand to keep my revolvers running for my grandkids? Figure 50 years at 500 rounds/year, 38 Spc only.
The subject revolvers are: 19-5, 10-6, 586 and a 686. For reference I retimed the 19-5 with a C&S Hand and Stop, so retiming as necessary doesn't scare me.
I figure:
- New Oversize or Factory Hands
- New Cylinder Stops
- New or used Firing Pins (rivets, springs)?
- Used Trigger and Hammers?
- Used Ratchets (any point? used will be worn. . .)
Anything else?
For those of you who've seen a significant number of old Smith's coming in for service, can you suggest what I should have on hand to keep my revolvers running for my grandkids? Figure 50 years at 500 rounds/year, 38 Spc only.
The subject revolvers are: 19-5, 10-6, 586 and a 686. For reference I retimed the 19-5 with a C&S Hand and Stop, so retiming as necessary doesn't scare me.
I figure:
- New Oversize or Factory Hands
- New Cylinder Stops
- New or used Firing Pins (rivets, springs)?
- Used Trigger and Hammers?
- Used Ratchets (any point? used will be worn. . .)
Anything else?