Newest arrival: NY-1 massaged by Sand Burr's Denny Reichard

[Totem Polar]

What was it that SN/Craig said? Roughly: "people who cut their teeth on DA revolvers seldom have issues learning other triggers" (more or less).

Ps: oh yeah, hairy HiTS SME speaks the truth on grips:

http://www.precisiongunspecialties.c...eout-main.html

They came with the gun. Nice grips.

[SamAdams]

Very nice wheel gun !

I picked up a couple of 64s a few years ago. They are DAO and were surplus from an armor car company (I was told). They have excellent, smooth triggers. I can hardly imagine how good the trigger must be on the OP's 64.

[HRL]

Thanks guys have seen these before and been wondering where to get them from for awhile. Checked out the heirloom revolver conversion package. Very cool and sight system looks awesome, can't wait to hear more about them.

[Totem Polar]

Very nice wheel gun !

I picked up a couple of 64s a few years ago. They are DAO and were surplus from an armor car company (I was told). They have excellent, smooth triggers. I can hardly imagine how good the trigger must be on the OP's 64.

I had a round butt "Brinks" model 64 that was the spitting image of my gun in the OP, minus customizing. Evidently Brinks, among other companies, still orders up the NY-spec package.

Oddly, that Brinks gun, while both gorgeous and fantastic, shot to POA with lighter bullets, eg. fast 110 grainers. I very reluctantly sold it because Every. Single. Other. K-frame or J-Frame I have (which is, uh, more than one) shoots identically in my hands: POA with 158gr loads.

I need all the help I can get: having one revolver off by inches at 15 yards didn't do much for my shooting.

That's the only fixed-sight S&W wheelie (or steel Ruger, for that matter) I've shot that didn't hit to POA with 158gr loads, or approximates. I'm sure yours rock like all the other 64s I've loved before.

[Bigghoss]

I'll be in my bunk.

[Nephrology]

Since I started showing up at matches with my 686, I am seeing that. I think it has also been educational for everybody. The scary thing is that many of the very good shooters with polymer semi-autos would likely find that they would be even better if they spent some time running a wheel gun. You simply HAVE to be very accountable on your shots and you have to learn to press a trigger. The biggest thing for me is working through the long stacking trigger press and the control needed with it. It helps my service pistol shooting skills a lot in my mind.

I will say unequivocally that my purchase of my Model 19 was the best thing I've done for shooting in years. It also brought some of the joy back into firearms collecting... I definitely have more Smiths that I will purchase sooner than later.

[LHS]

One of my good friends has a similar setup. It started out as a 4" HB M10-8, issued to the head of a small security outfit who kept it in his desk and never carried it. When the company got bought out, disarmed the guard force and had all the guns sold through a local shop, my buddy was able to jump on that one. It then went to Nelson Ford to be converted to DAO, the trigger was polished, and now it's just plain awesome. That was the first revolver I ever handled that felt like a weapon to me, rather than a curiosity.

[Moonshot]

I'll be in my bunk.

Another Firefly fan. One of the best series ever. OK, end of thread drift. That wheel gun is beautiful.

[41magfan]

This is the medicine for a fixed-sight revolver that doesn't shoot to POA. It's not a pretty thing to witness, but it works just fine. :^)

[LtDave]

This is the medicine for a fixed-sight revolver that doesn't shoot to POA. It's not a pretty thing to witness, but it works just fine. :^)

A long time ago I was the counterman/service writer at Cheshire & Perez in Monrovia, CA. They were a S&W distributor and warranty service center. We would not allow the customer to watch the gunsmiths "do their thing" . I think it was to prevent heart attacks and screaming fits.