1937 S/42 Drilled barrel ... why?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Yes, not for the faint of heart...The approach I detailed is extreme, and fraught with liability issues...

Especially for this forum...

I would do it, if it were mine and I cared about keeping it original. I don't consider it an extreme repair.

An acquaintance of mine once had a nickel plated .357 Colt Python revolver that shaved bullets every time it fired...You could see the copper/lead shooting sideways out of the cylinder to barrel gap...He wanted to correct it, but the timing seemed OK...I told him that re-cutting the forcing cone should help, but he never 'got around to it'...