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Originally Posted by HarrishMasher
I asked my buddy who owns a high volume LGS if they noticed a problem with timing of new 7 shot S&W revolvers. They said they rarely see a timing problem on the 6 shot and 8 shot S&Ws, but frequently see 7 shot Smiths with bad timing that they send back to the distributor for replacement. They said they see it surprisingly often lately.
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ONE WOULD THINK THAT FACED WITH THIS VOLUME OF GUNS RETURNED FOR THE SAME ISSUE, THAT S&W WOULD MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO PINPOINT THE EXACT SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM--A PERSON OR PERSONS, A MACHINE, LACK OF QC, WHATEVER--AND CORRECT IT. THAT WOULD SAVE EVERYONE A WHOLE LOT OF GRIEF. ONE OF OUR FORUM MEMBERS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE MANUFACTURING STEPS COULD VENTURE AN EDUCATED GUESS, I'M SURE. I HAVE TWO 7 SHOT 686s. TIMING APPEARS TO BE GOOD ON EACH……….