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06-28-2011, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by krehmkej
In my experience, there's some truth to this.
In 1975 I purchased a new 8-3/8" 29-2.
After several years of hunting use, I used it for revolver silhouette shooting. 240 grain FMJ with 22.0 of 2400 was my standard load.
After firing several thousand of these, it started to occasionally reverse rotate the cylinder upon firing.
Later S&W introduced the "endurance" package to address this issue.
My $0.03 - draw your own conclusions.
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I concur with the above...As I too have experienced the
same difficulties with a 29-2 that I used for handgun
silhouette shooting.
Change bullet weights and it helped, went from usin' the 240 & 265 grainers to a Sierra 220 grain match type.
Wound a heavier locking bolt spring also, if I remember right.
Hey it's a machine, things manfunction sometimes.
But, I was shooting somewhere in the neighborhood of
300-500 rounds a week through it.
* I used three different revolvers in rotation,
although one of those was my primary competition revolver.
Of course pratices pays off...
Was IHMSA state revolver champ two years a runnin' way back when. 
Su Amigo,
Dave
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Last edited by keith44spl; 06-28-2011 at 09:33 PM.
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