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Originally Posted by AlwaysArmed
Second trip back. This revolver was a lemon. I should not have accepted it at my local FFL for the transfer. We couldn't get the crane to open. We messed with it for ten minutes before I slammed it on the counter to get the cylinder down. S&W changed a bunch of parts and opened the forcing cone A LOT. The thing won't group and is tight on several cylinder holes. I took it to my local range and the gunsmith there said the rifling in the barrel didn't look complete. He shot it and was amazed at how bad the trigger was. He couldn't get it to group either. When the revolver is empty everything works smoothly but put some rounds or snap caps in it and it tightens up.
He gave me the email of the local S&W sales rep and I told him what had happened and sent him the paperwork from S&W from the first trip back. We sent the revolver back in again.
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SADLY---YOU ARE CORRECT, AlwaysArmed. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED IT, FOR TRANSFER. OF COURSE, HINDSIGHT IS 20/20.....
UNFORTUNATELY, MUCH OF THE QUALITY CONTROL EFFORT, AT S&W, SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SHIFTED TO THE END USER. (A TAURUS TACTIC, IMHO) ALSO IMHO--THERE IS NO REASON WHY A PRODUCT LIKE THAT SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE S&W FACTORY ! ! !
TESTIMONY TO MY OPINION IS PROVIDED BY THE AMOUNT OF WORK IT TOOK, TO ATTEMPT TO COBBLE THE REVOLVER INTO AN ACCEPTABLE WEAPON. DESPITE ALL OF THAT, IT FALLS SHORT OF THE MARK---IN LIGHT OF ITS PERFORMANCE ON THE RANGE, AND THE OPINION OF THE RANGE GUNSMITH, THAT EXAMINED IT......
I WOULD EXPECT THAT NOTHING LESS THAN ANOTHER NEW REVOLVER, WOULD REMEDY THE SITUATION, AND MAKE YOU WHOLE, IN THE TRANSACTION.....