Got my 43C back from S&W repair..2nd time Update :/

It sucks that happened to you allglock.

I'd ship it back to them AGAIN. On their dime too. "S&W will make it right!".

At least thats what I read here several times a day. ;) Good luck! Regards 18DAI
 
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Two times back, and Over 4 weeks without my 43C, and still nothing......
Think positive think positive think positive....
 
allglock, In retrospect, if you had an inkling that any of this was going to occur would you have done anything differently from the beginning?

I have the 43C on my list of "wants", but it's not very near the top. I'm wondering if all this has to do with S&W trying to take advantage of the current rush on guns. Maybe it's time to just chill on gun buying until the hysteria subsides.
 
Tyrod said:
allglock, In retrospect, if you had an inkling that any of this was going to occur would you have done anything differently from the beginning?

I have the 43C on my list of "wants", but it's not very near the top. I'm wondering if all this has to do with S&W trying to take advantage of the current rush on guns. Maybe it's time to just chill on gun buying until the hysteria subsides.
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Well, my problem is.... My LGS can never find the guns I want, for some reason, and they charge top dollar when they do have them. So I chose to buy my S&Ws sight unseen, from an online dealer. That is where the probem arises. I dont think I will ever buy sight unseen again!
The last 5 S&Ws I have bought online needed to go back for repairs. That being said, I just bought a 438, at my LGS, where they had 3 to choose from NIB..... 2 of them were totally unacceptable and one was barely acceptable ( I had to replace the extractor on it because of binding).
So I dont know what to tell you?
I guess I will just buy used from now on.... Gunbroker here I come! I need a model 60-10 3" no lock...:D
 
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Trigger pull was good but to heavy. A 9 lb hammer and a 13 lb rebound spring and 1000 rounds took care of that. A clean out the innards and re-oil. Also I smoothed the triggers surface and removed the pinch point at the top of the trigger. Bigger Hogue grips that cover the back strap.I,m very pleased with this little revolver.
 
Does the torx nut on the two piece design actually thread to the barrel? If that's the case then its more than likely just holding the barrel shroud in place and not used to tighten barrel to frame. If the barrel is separate from the sights which are mounted on the shroud you wouldn't have to take a full rotation worth of barrel shoulder to set back the barrel. I don't know what pitch thread they use for the two piece design but that's what would determine the amount you'd need to remove to close the cylinder forcing cone gap.
 
Well, some good news! Got it back today, and all "looks" well... need some range time to check it all out.
Barrel gap looks good, so we should be good to go. (fingers & toes crossed).
Forgot to mention, they replaced the barrel, and overall down time so far, was a little over a month.
 
I guess you are now mostlyglock, instead of allglock. Shoot it and let us know how it goes.
 
Shot 150 rounds today. It shoots great, and all is well! This really is a neat little gun. Everyone should have one!
 
Congrats on the gun allglock! Sorry the journey was so long.

I just sent another of my S&W guns back for repairs... It is a 1984 model 60 with a broken hammer stud! Unfortunately, the shipping and repair will be on my dime since the gun was made before they covered their work.

I'm still waiting to see what the word is.

Edmo
 
New 43 C Has Very Heavy Trigger Pull

J-FRAME said:
Trigger pull was good but to heavy. A 9 lb hammer and a 13 lb rebound spring and 1000 rounds took care of that. A clean out the innards and re-oil. Also I smoothed the triggers surface and removed the pinch point at the top of the trigger. Bigger Hogue grips that cover the back strap.I,m very pleased with this little revolver.
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We purchased a new 43 C last week for my wife. She has a Bodyguard 38 and loves it, so she wanted the 43 C to match it and use for plinking.

Great Gun and she already loves it. However, we went to the range a few days ago to practice and we put 180 rounds of Mini Mag ammo through it. The trigger pull and cylinder rotation is amazingly heavy, so much so, that she could not fire several of the rounds. I found the DOA trigger to be quite heavy too. Besides the very heavy trigger, the empty shells were very hard to eject from the cylinder - even for me. The plunger could not simply be pressed - it had to be pushed on very hard.

We were both surprised at the characteristics of the new gun, because we expected it to be more like her Bodyguard 38 which has a great trigger pull and ejects spent shells very easily when the plunger is pressed. I was told by one of the Range Officials that the 43 C is built to very tight tolerances and that is why we had this experience. He suggested we contact S&W.

Before taking the gun to the range, I cleaned it and made sure there was no grease in the cylinder or the barrel.

Anyone else had this experience when their 43 C was new?
 
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