Some time back I rescued a couple of old Smith wheel guns from a buddy's parts bin. Both were in about as sorry shape as an old Smith can get, out of time lots of endshake and pitted bores. You know the kind of junk a gunsmith keeps around just for parts.
Decided to work on the first one a few months ago. It's a model 1899 m&p 38 hand ejector... or was. I started by pulling the barrel only to find the threads are not what you would expect to find on a "K" frame .500 X 36 tpi. So turn out a barrel from a blank time. I also discovered the lock work is unique to this model. I made a new hand, cylinder stop, sear and all springs. Would up with a nice clean 2.25 lb Sa trigger and 3.5lb da pull. Well lock work done new barrel fitted cylinder bushed and gap set at .0015.
I installed an old set of target grips and some sights off a muzzle loader barrel I had laying on the shelf and set off to find a load that it likes.