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S&W Revolvers: 1980 to the Present All NON-PINNED Barrels, the L-Frames, and the New Era Revolvers


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Old 02-18-2010, 05:48 PM
JayDubya JayDubya is offline
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Earlier this year I had to send my 637 snubby back to S&W for repair. The firing pin simply stopped striking primers in midload. They diagnosed it as a failed firing pin bushing and replaced the entire frame -- serial number and all, with all that entailed. Sigh.

Two days ago, I fired twenty rounds of DEWC range loads from that handgun without incident. Then, after cleaning it, I found I could not get the cylinder back into the frame. I called S&W today, expecting to send my 637 back for more repairs. The technician explained that there probably was a grain of powder or something under the extractor, which would cause this to happen. He asked if I had the revolver with me. I did. He then asked if I had a can of air handy. As it happened I did. He told me to shove the extractor handle in and blow out the inner face of the extractor and its recepticle. I did that. And it solved my problem completely. The whole episode took about five minutes. Excellent service. And I have learned how to fix a problem I had never faced before.

Cordially, Jack
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Old 02-18-2010, 06:17 PM
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Jack;
I suspect that this has happened to all of us at one time or another.

Train yourself, whether loading casually at the range or running reload time drills with quick loaders, to eject with the revolver vertically, barrel in the air. Burnt powder kernels will be in the case and will eject with the case never getting a chance to get under the extractor.

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