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Originally Posted by Hondo44
Now think about this:
If S&W were to recall revolvers to have their cylinders checked, wouldn't it be more like factory protocol and make more sense to mark the cylinder rather than stamping a red circled "C" on the box? How many boxes are usually retained with the revolver and how reliable/efficient would a marked box be?
* I suspect magnafluxing was actually to verify if someone had shot 44 Mags in the cylinder and damaged it.
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I bought a 624, well used but in very nice shape, that turned out to be in the recall range. I spent a lot of time looking into the issue, came across all of the information in Hondo44's post, and eventually decided that if the recall were all that big a deal they'd be marking the guns, not the boxes. My 624 is a great shooter and gets shot a lot - I've stopped caring or even thinking about the alleged problem.
*Never considered that might be the "real" reason for the magnafluxing, but it does make some sense.