haras Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 I have a NIB S&W 627 .38 Super with an un-fluted cylinder. Does anyone know where I can get the cylinder fluted like the factory does (getting shallow towards the rear)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8shooter Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 I have a NIB S&W 627 .38 Super with an un-fluted cylinder. Does anyone know where I can get the cylinder fluted like the factory does (getting shallow towards the rear)? Any compitent Smith should be able to do it. Try Randy Hollowbush at The Handgunner Gun Shop in PA or Mark Hartsthorne at Pinnacle also in PA. They are the only two I could recommend, as I have seen their work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Hmmmm.....bet I could flute a cylinder with my Dremel tool...... Bet I could flute it up real good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.carden Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Hmmmm.....bet I could flute a cylinder with my Dremel tool......Bet I could flute it up real good. I'd pay money to see the end result.......But then again Mike,.......your probably "THAT" good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Glenn, Contact Clark Custom in Shreveport.........(You can go through RENEET on these forums) Jim does all kinds of work........including wheelguns. I think Renee has Clark Custom in the business directory here too? FWIW, instead of fluting it just sell it to me, It will save you a bunch of trouble ! HOP And Dan, Please don't be giving Carmoney anything to get the big head about !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haras Posted November 18, 2006 Author Share Posted November 18, 2006 Contact Clark Custom in Shreveport... I sent them a request, I guess it'll be Monday before I hear back. FWIW, instead of fluting it just sell it to me, It will save you a bunch of trouble ! Ohhh... so that's where we are. I laid eyes on it this morning (heh, heh, heh). Had to leave it with my machinist to install a Weigand Classic front sight base (can't leave anything alone). It'll be a month before it's shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 I would give Mark Hartshorne at Pinnacle a call. (610) 285-4392. He fluted the hunter(read unfluted heavy sucker) cylinder on my 627 that became the Short colt gun. I have pics of the gun posted in the Revo forum. Turned out really well. The only thing that I would be concerned with is that the cylinder is a different color, ie. I think it is coated, and not blued. If I remember they did somthing funky with the cylinder for some reason. It may just be blued, but I think they put some really hard coating on it and that may cause some issues. I would check with Mark or Randy Lee to find out for sure. I unfortunately didnt have mine long enough to look into fluting the cylinder.... Good luck, DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haras Posted November 18, 2006 Author Share Posted November 18, 2006 The only thing that I would be concerned with is that the cylinder is a different color, ie. I think it is coated, and not blued. If I remember they did somthing funky with the cylinder for some reason.Thanks for the tip. I doesn't look blued and has a matt finish. I was considering having it hard chromed (brushed) afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 And Dan,Please don't be giving Carmoney anything to get the big head about !!!! Just leave my big head out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10mmdave Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 I believe the 627 Super's cylinders are Ti, they can be machined but I think Randy mentioned there a bit tough on the tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Dave, I don't think so.....I have a 627 in .38 Super (the one DougC used to own, in fact), and it has the weird-looking blackish-gray cylinder, but it's heavy. Mine is definitely not Ti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10mmdave Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Dave, I don't think so.....I have a 627 in .38 Super (the one DougC used to own, in fact), and it has the weird-looking blackish-gray cylinder, but it's heavy. Mine is definitely not Ti. Must be the coating that's very hard, I dulled a tapered reamer opening up the back of the cylinder for 9mm's, cut some material off the extractor star fine but didn't seem to remove anything from the cylinder. So whatever the cylinder is made of, or coated with, you might want to get some specific's before you take a cutting tool to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haras Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 Looks like this road is a dead end. Mark Hartshorne at Pinnacle says these cylinders are hard as the "Hammers of Hell" (I took that for a no). Guess I'll grin and bear it. Oh well, black and smooth it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8shooter Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 The Smith distributor over here said the coating is actually like black hard chrome .... same process just not chrome. He actually took all the coating off his own cylinder with a bench grinder fitted with a wire wheel. I didn't like it personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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