.357 revolver barrel chop (106mm) update: done

[pjnorth]

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[targettarget]

Looks good.

 

[Westicle]

yeah but look at the prohibited item in front of the handgun

I am currently having my ruger super redhawk cut to 106.68mm as well... at a different place, but the 454 should have a little kick, pictures to follow

 

[slicknick]

Oddly enough, I was thinking about having the same thing done to a revolver for the g/f and/or myself. Was thinking of using the Astra .38 that frontier has for sale. Alas, still in college and cannot afford it

 

[pjnorth]

yeah but look at the prohibited item in front of the handgun

I am currently having my ruger super redhawk cut to 106.68mm as well... at a different place, but the 454 should have a little kick, pictures to follow

This item has been destroyed, in the interest of public safety .
I'd like to do big bore next too, need to find a cheap .44 to work with.

 

[Westicle]

that makes me laugh eh, a cutoff piece of barrel that is not even threaded is legally considered a prohib item....

got to love our laws eh.... have you shot it yet or still under construction ?

 

[dinsdale]

Have you found Speedloaders that work well with it?

A buddy has one and never found loaders that worked well enough.

 

[NAA]

If I was going to spend any serious money getting a wheelgun barrel chopped down my starting point wouldn't be an Astra.

Hope your project works out to your satisfaction, though.

 

[dinsdale]

If I was going to spend any serious money getting a wheelgun barrel chopped down my starting point wouldn't be an Astra.

Hope your project works out to your satisfaction, though.

Cost RideauWragler ~$100 to get his GP100 chopped. Not exactly serious money.

 

[NAA]

Cost RideauWragler ~$100 to get his GP100 chopped. Not exactly serious money.

Still wouldn't spend the money on an Astra revolver. Ruger or S&W would be a different story.

 

[Westicle]

even so for example it is around $200 to have a ruger super redhawk chopped and fiber optic sight fabbed and installed.

just from what I have heard.

 

[peter2772000]

While no fan of an Astra, I can understand if someone snags one fer cheap and then shells out the bucks for the conversion. It does look a lot like the real McCoy, at least to most. What's the shortest barrel length available from S&W for, as an example, a 686 anyways? 5 or 6"?

 

[evan the cdn]

Cool. I didn't realize this was possible.

 

[dinsdale]

I had considered doing it to something like a Model 13 but doing it with an Astra would let you get it all done for the cost of the Model 13 alone.

 

[pjnorth]

If I was going to spend any serious money getting a wheelgun barrel chopped down my starting point wouldn't be an Astra.

Hope your project works out to your satisfaction, though.

Actually the gun cost me zero, it was an old family piece. And it actually works quite well, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.

 

[pjnorth]

Have you found Speedloaders that work well with it?

A buddy has one and never found loaders that worked well enough.

Colt I frame (Python) speedloaders work fine.

 

[dinsdale]

Colt I frame (Python) speedloaders work fine.

Thanks ,

I'll give them a try.

 

[Dragoon]

pjnorth, you should come out and shoot that gun in Alberta Tactical Handgun League matches. We're always looking for Stock Service Revolver division competitors.

 

[pjnorth]

Bump for pics of finished gun on page 1

 

[evan the cdn]

Bump for pics of finished gun on page 1

Do you have any shots of the muzzle?