5" Model 10s, while not rare exactly, are oft coveted, much like 3" by serious collectors, for a reason.
Modding Grandfathers heirloom... well, that's your call, but I'd leave it just as Grandpa shot it last and smile every time I take it to the range or do the fondle clean put back in safe thing.
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A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." - George Washington, January 8, 1790, First State of the Union Address
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