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I posted this in the gunsmithing forum and have not had any luck. I'm hoping someone here may be able to help.
I have a High Standard Sentinel 22 revolver that has sentimental value as it was my fathers. It has a 6 inch barrel that I would like to have cut down to 4 inches. Would anyone be able to recommend a good gunsmith for the job? Thanks in advance.

https://www.renogunsmithing.com/

These guys are pretty competent. They're instructors at the Lassen College school of gunsmithing; they could very easily handle cutting down a barrel.

I believe those barrels are press fit/pinned in, so if you can find a 4" barrel it should be an easy swap.

All the gunsmith shops I have worked at, we turn them away at the door. Working on what we then called "off brand" revolvers became a VERY un-profitable pursuit. Every time you think it will be easy, you end up losing money on the job. FWIW, back in "my" day, we even refused Ruger, Dan Wesson, Astra, Taurus, etc... It was Colt or S&W that's it. Once Ruger got a little less uptight about spare parts, we added them.

I've been in the lockwork of those old Sentinels and didn't find them fun at all.

Your gun, you're certainly free to do as you please with it, but from my perspective there are a couple things wrong with what you want to do. First, you want to modify the gun. That would seem to indicate you want to use it. Okay, but it was your father's, it's got sentimental value....if it were I, I'd just leave it the way your father had it. How much do you really gain by lopping off 2 inches? So, if you want a .22 revolver to use, wouldn't you be further ahead to just get a Smith, or Ruger 4" and use it, rather than spend money to end up with an old revolver that may not have a really long useful lifespan and probably won't be as good for your purposes as a Smith or Ruger. I mean, if you had some specific use for a .22 revolver that could only be met by cutting down an old High Standard Sentinel to 4 inches....okay. I would vote to leave it alone and get something else...a Ruger Single Six or something.

Thanks, I appreciate your input guys. All valid points. It sounds like it would be more complicated (and probably more expensive) than I thought.

You could probably buy another one for close to what cutting dad's would cost.
(and it really won't be dad's after you change it)

I bought a 4" one this summer for no good reason other than retro cool. It shoots way too high for my liking or to be used for what I planned to used it for. But what fixing that would cost is certainly prohibitive.

Since the front sight is removable, I would think a good gunsmith of even a wielding shop should be able to add a little metal to the top of the sight blade and then you could re shape it. But you may be right the cost could be prohibitive.