Custom S&W 58 by Defensive Creations

[GeauxLSU]

Bobbed hammer looks right on barrels 3” and shorter.

Illicit...Or Elicit??? Which is more correct? SCRATCH THAT--Which one is more ''Aesthetically Pleasing"--LOL!

Actually when it comes to bobbed hammers, both are correct.

 

[GeauxLSU]

Bobbed hammer looks right on barrels 3” and shorter.

Thats like saying, its ok to neuter your dog, as long as its a short one.
Enough derail. Looking forward to it being back in service!

 

[cmshoot]

Gotta start handloading for the .41.

I don’t need a “full power” load that is generating in excess of 1,000ft/lbs of energy at the muzzle. The Gold Standard for defensive handgun “stopping power” for decades has been the 125grn .357 Magnum doing 1450fps for 584ft/lbs of energy.

A well-designed 210grn bullet at 1225fps would give me 700ft/lbs and be controllable. A 180grn at 1325ft/lbs would give about the same energy results.

 

[Outlier]

In for the pictures later.

 

[fhsjrm]

Gotta start handloading for the .41.

I don’t need a “full power” load that is generating in excess of 1,000ft/lbs of energy at the muzzle. The Gold Standard for defensive handgun “stopping power” for decades has been the 125grn .357 Magnum doing 1450fps for 584ft/lbs of energy.

A well-designed 210grn bullet at 1225fps would give me 700ft/lbs and be controllable. A 180grn at 1325ft/lbs would give about the same energy results.

I love my Model 58s...but I’d love ‘em even more if there were such thing as a .41 Special. I think some have made a hand-loaded version but I’m talking about commercially available. I think .41 Mag, like .357 Mag and .44 Mag would have enjoyed much greater popularity if there had been a .41 Special to go along with it.


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[mikey357]

I love my Model 58s...but I’d love ‘em even more if there were such thing as a .44 Special. I think some have made a hand-loaded version but I’m talking about commercially available. I think .41 Mag, like .357 Mag and .44 Mag would have enjoyed much greater popularity if there had been a .44 Special to go along with it.


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There is a .41 Special, but it's a wildcat, so Brass and Loading Data are hard to find...

 

[41MagFan]

There is a .41 Special, but it's a wildcat, so Brass and Loading Data are hard to find...

Starline and Brian Pearce

 

[cmshoot]

Got bored and did some of the work myself. Cleaned all the crud and rust out of the action, polished a little here and there, lubed ‘er up.

Bobbed the hammer and removed the serrations from the trigger.

 

[mikey357]

Looks good so far...You might wanna' "Break the Sharp Edges" on the BACK of the Trigger, too--Those surfaces can PINCH your finger if you shoot a lot in DA Mode...

 

[InTune]

I love my Model 58s...but I’d love ‘em even more if there were such thing as a .41 Special. I think some have made a hand-loaded version but I’m talking about commercially available. I think .41 Mag, like .357 Mag and .44 Mag would have enjoyed much greater popularity if there had been a .41 Special to go along with it.


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Georgia Arms sells what they call Cowboy loads. Less recoil if that is what your looking for