S&W 38-40

[Will Farr]

I thought some here might be interested in seeing this. I sent an old pinned and recessed S&W 5" Model 27 .357 to Alan Harton in Houston. He did a no-frills conversion to 38 WCF (38-40 Win.). I put on a set of holly grips I had made for it while it was gone. It shoots pretty good with Oregon Trails lead bullets and Hornady XTP JHPs, and will make a nice companion gun to the 1892 Winchestor also pictured below.

 

[sceva]

NICE!!!


Did they re-bore the old barrel or put on a new one?

 

[Bear Claw Chris Lappe]

Amazing!!!!

 

[M'BOGO]

Now THAT is NICE.

 

[Will Farr]

sceva, the original barrel was rebored to 40 cal. It has all that nice fine M27 checkering on the rib.

 

[CraigC]

Lovely sixgun and great combination! Good to see another .38-40 fancier. Been playing with my Uberti 1873 Sporting Rifle a lot recently. 180gr Gold Dots do terrible things when pushed to nearly 1500fps. Toying with the idea of having my Old Model .357 Blackhawk converted to a 7½" .38-40.

 

[Ray Newman]

Will Farr: nice conversion you have there.

I shoot a 38 WCF Ruger "Buckeye Special" and the .38-40 is IMHO a very unappreciated cartridge. You given me an idea as to what to save for next....

 

[sdoyl123]

Nice Smith. I like the grips.

 

[Will Farr]

Thanks, boys. I have shot that Winchester a good bit, but this was my first experience with 38WCF in a handgun, and I loved it. Good velocity and power, nice loud boom, but not much kick--very easy to control. It has very quickly become one of my favorite pistols. I almost messed up. CraigC, you will appreciate this--my first plan was to have the M27 converted to 44WCF as a companion gun to my 44WCF Uberti 1873 Winchester Sporting Rifle. But I got to thinking, it would for all practical purposes be a 44Spl., and I already have 7 or 8 of those. So I went with the 38-40, and am glad I did. If yall decide to have a conversion done, I believe you will be very pleased with 38-40 in a handgun.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

THAT is an AWESOME PAIR. That 92 is something you don't see every day. I really like the holly grips on the Smith. Great idea you had there.

 

[Bkat]

Very nice set, Will. Who made the holly grips? Love the tone.

Bkat

 

[Will Farr]

Yes, it took me about 2 years to find a decent 1892 Winchester that I could afford. Bkat, I made the holly grips myself while the gun was being worked on. They are really not as yellow as they look in the pictures, but have a little more brown in the yellow. They look a lot like old aged ivory if you don't look too close.

 

[Bkat]

Very nice work on the grips, Will.

 

[WARD]

Real dang nice - one of my favorite calibers too! Good idea.

Ward