Picked her up yesterday from my FFL. Having seen and handled several in stores, I knew what to expect from the finish quality, or lack of I should say so this one was no surprise. Looks like S&W hired Ray Charles to do the final finish on some of these. Frame finish is good, but I'd like to even out the barrel's appearance, see pic. Both sides look the same and it's mainly at the muzzle end. What method do you guys recommend, polish only, scotch brite then polish? Any particular brand of polish that works best?
As for the fit of the revolver, it's fantastic. B/C gap is .007" with only .002" movement, all throats mic'd between .501" and .5015", and the barrel mic'd at .4996". The trigger is what all revo triggers should be . Very smooth 10.5# DA, 3# SA with an amazingly crisp break. Heading out to the shop this morning to cast some 440's for it. Already have some 350gn XTPs loaded with CFE-BLK and H110 and can't wait to hit the range.