![]() I have a Lyman mold #311008 and the RCBS GC mold (don't recall the #) that I use for my 32-20 rifle. I also have a pair of ivories I put on it from time to time. I am whittling a set from apple to fit to the old revolver. These are not the grips it was shipped with from the factory. BUT, when I got it the barrel was chopped just in front of the ejector lug. I would hope it has more bluing! This one has been carried a lot and wears it's age well. That looks like the one I have coming, but with a bit more bluing. There seems to be a thread running in the Group Buys area involving a "314008" rendition, IIRC. Can you say "product line characteristic"? I mention this to emphasize that your Lyman #311008 castings may not be wide enough to fit the throats in your revolver for ideal functioning. 3125" grooves-which is incidentally the same dimensions as my much later Model 16-4 in 32 Magnum. I have to load cartridges specific to each of my two revolvers. I give the Bisley Colt 6.0 grains, and both guns shoot very close to their sights on target. ![]() 5.5 grains has become my go-to load in the 1905 with a 120 grain Mountain Molds revolver-specific boolit I had Dan cut for me 5-6 years ago. His data sahowed 6.0 grains under 115-120 grain boolits to be top-end in strong examples (Army Special, Colt SAA)-5.5 grains in the S&W K-frames-and 5.0 grains in the Colt Police Positive Specials. The gist of the text is his "Pet Load", which used SR-4756 powder to do his revolvers' best work. ![]() If you can find a copy of Ken Waters' article on "The 32-20 WCF In Revolvers", it may be the best piece I've read dealing with the subject. For my own part, neither the old OEM or the later Magna grips seen on Straw Hat's gun do my hands any favors-most of my revos wear aftermarket stocks of some type. These don't extent all the way up the grip frame to the recoil hump, and form a circle at the S&W logo at their top end. OEM grips on pre-war S&Ws can be seen on a few of their "Classic Series" N-frame revolvers now in production. The grips shown are usually post-war, but are pre-1968 due to the "diamond" surrounding the grip screw. ![]() The grip set on Straw Hat's example may not be original to the revolver. ![]()
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