Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. DelFatti’s elegant holster went hand-in-hand with Marc’s work and Esmeralda’s incomparable grips. i was honestly hesitant about the ports. i think you don’t need them, but they “ can be nice — and they can be nasty — so you have to keep your wits about you. ” Smith says, “a handgun should be comforting, not necessarily comfortable.” Which led me to the American Pistolsmith’s Guild, that august group of talented pistolsmiths, and to select members therein. When the dust settled, Marc Morganti, owner, operator and sole-pistolsmith at his shop Gemini Customs, took on the task to build this gun, with other Guild members lending able hands. But it gets easier, because, you see, Marc was way ahead of me it seems. He already knew what needed to be done — and was already doing it on J-frames. Since this gun was going to get shot lots, we started with a S&W Model 640, the all-steel, hammerless model. Then the magic really started. Marc agreed we wanted to end up with a smooth, reliable premium revolver, a carry piece, but something you would be proud to own. And the funny thing is if something looks like it works, it generally does. And Marc’s stuff looks like it works. I pointed him in that direction and said, “go please?” WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM The Raw Goods The barrel had to be a bit longer for sure, and Marc had that answer already. He used a custom barrel blank produced by William Jarvis, of Jarvis, Inc., and CNC-machined to spec and to profile by Jack Weigand of Weigand Combat Handguns. Nothing like getting the best. Then Marc went to work. He custom-machined it, including Hybraport Porting in a V-8 configuration, keeping the barrel at the “stock” length, or a bit longer. A longer barrel allows that better Continued on page 80 45