I didn't notice this hairline fracture until I brought the revolver home and gave it a good cleaning. I thought I had checked it out pretty good. The LGS I do business with was kind enough to accept the return. I've learned a valuable lesson here on what to inspect on aluminum frame revolvers.

Wow... I had to look 2 or 3 times at the pic to finally see that... kudos to the stand up LGS... many would just hid behind the "as is" disclaimer usually put on used gun sales.

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Conrad
SWCA #1830 SWHF #222

It is hard to see which explains why I didn't see it in the shop. In fact I probably wouldn't have noticed it at all until I started reading some previous posts about this model. But once you see it, well...its there.

I also bought a 12-2 about 6 years ago at my local shooting range. I looked at it as close as I could there, and did not see the crack until I got it home in good light. The dealer laughed when I brought it back, he said at least 10 or 12 regular customers looked at it and about 4 employees, and nobody saw it.
It took me another year to find another snub 12

And another one bites the dust!
There's gotta be a fix for that. How about heliarc-welding the crack?