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Old 05-26-2018, 02:24 PM
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Picked up a 4506 and already took it to the range. No issues with function. While cleaning it I noticed that the guide rod housing had a large triangle portion missing. Is this normal? I have a 5906 and the housing is totally intacted. See photo attached. Thanks
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I went and looked, and mine has it too.

Never noticed it before.

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Seems to be normal for this model, not sure if it's done at the factory or just a very common breaking point that occurs when removing the long barrel. I have a 4506 (R4) and a 4505 that both arrived (used) with this feature. I took the liberty of rounding the edges and corners of the break on my 4506, in order to possibly prevent any snagging and strengthen against future cracking.

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It's there to facilitate the removal of the barrel in the 5" Big Boy 3rd Gens. I don't believe any of the 4 1/4" models (4566, 4576, 4586, etc.) have this triangle cut. FWIW
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Denver Dick is correct; that cut is not present on the slide on my 4566.
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Makes me want to go and look at mine now.
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That chunk is/was broken out at the factory to facilitate getting the barrel in and out. It's present on all the five inch guns ie. 1006 and 4506 et al. There are a couple other things that S&W tended to pre-break that were prone to cracking, 4513TSW slides for one.

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