I have a 1990's Smith & Wesson 60 snub in .357, bought used, I checked carefully for defects, but didn't know about canted barrels when I bought it. Weeks after buying it I noticed the front sight looked funny, but when I'd check, I couldn't tell if it was my eyes or the gun. Long story short, one day I noticed the flat top of the barrel did not line up with the flat top of the frame where they meet, and I realized I had a gun with a crooked/canted barrel.
This was very annoying, and though I intended to send it back to the factory to be straightened I learned to live with it as the gun, though from the 90's, was as new and had been fired very very little. Perhaps one day I'll return it to the factory IF they can straighten it with the current barrel, I do not want a replacement barrel, as I would rather have a gun ORIGINAL with a slightly canted barrel than a vintage gun with a decades newer barrel.
If the 63 has a flat topped barrel and frame, then where they meet, those two flat lines of the top surface should be parallel to one another, and you'll know it's fine. One last point, last year I wanted to buy a Colt Lawman, and turned it down when I saw the barrel was canted, Ruger also has this problem, just so you know.
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