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Ok, so after some conferencing with both Don at the Possible Shop, and the gunsmiths at Traditions, things are settled. First off, I'd like to give Don props for his knowledge and efforts in squaring this away for me.
The internals and the pin boring were not post-production after all. The Navy I ended up with was in fact new, but was an older piece made a few Traditions owners ago. The tooling and such was a little different, so when the smiths took a look, things were a little different than they are accustomed to, so they thought there was aftermarket work done.
Once this was established, the next step was to get the thing repaired. Traditions couldn't do it, since they only have equipment to service current factory weapons, and aren't geared to modify. After consulting with everybody, I agreed to accept a display Navy they had to replace the unrepairable one.
Well, it got here yesterday, and it looks pretty good. It's been cycled quite a bit and dry-fired (don't care, I use Tresos), and the bolt is way too think for the cylinder notches. I'll have to measure and file it down. Something I hadn't seen before that struck me odd was the top of the bolt itself. When gripping the weapon, the top of the bolt is cut in a right down to left angle. The bolt on the other revolver was level.
Either way, other than the bolt width, fit and finish is outstanding IMO.
I'll try to post pics tomorrow.
The internals and the pin boring were not post-production after all. The Navy I ended up with was in fact new, but was an older piece made a few Traditions owners ago. The tooling and such was a little different, so when the smiths took a look, things were a little different than they are accustomed to, so they thought there was aftermarket work done.
Once this was established, the next step was to get the thing repaired. Traditions couldn't do it, since they only have equipment to service current factory weapons, and aren't geared to modify. After consulting with everybody, I agreed to accept a display Navy they had to replace the unrepairable one.
Well, it got here yesterday, and it looks pretty good. It's been cycled quite a bit and dry-fired (don't care, I use Tresos), and the bolt is way too think for the cylinder notches. I'll have to measure and file it down. Something I hadn't seen before that struck me odd was the top of the bolt itself. When gripping the weapon, the top of the bolt is cut in a right down to left angle. The bolt on the other revolver was level.
Either way, other than the bolt width, fit and finish is outstanding IMO.
I'll try to post pics tomorrow.
