I am sending off a Model 64 to Karl Sokol to have some work done.
The plan is to do the following:
Chopping a 4" barrel into a 3"
Re-crowning it to 11 degree
Cutting a NLM dovetail and installing a customer supplied Warren Tactical .175T x .115W front sight
U-Notch the rear sight
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Now, you may or may not be aware that the front sight on most S&W HB K-Frame revolvers is .150T x .140W (or thereabout, come-on, its S&W we're talking about here). A 1.175 will cause the gun to shoot low. It might require some range time for Karl to get it sighted in, amongst any adjustment he might hav to do. I, as an ammo whore, completely failed to stock up on the 135gr+P Speer GDHP. I feel shame. That said, I have this press here, I have a decent supply of primers, powders, casings, and I have the ability to find bullets by using Google. So I am asking for some help to replicate the aforementioned load for use by Sokol, and future practice for myself.
BTW: If anyone wants to trade 1:1 some 135gr+P Speer GDHP 50 round boxes for some 147gr Federal HST 50 round boxes, holla at me.