New revolver fail discovered!

[Lou_the_welder]

Hello all,
I was at my range one day, to go shooting and took two revolvers with me. My 629 and R8.
Put my bag down, put the targets up. Opened the cylinder to my R8 and ping! I shot something out?!
I thought, what the deuce! [emoji33]
I was sure it wasn't loaded! It was empty!
Nope. Shot out the ejector rod out almost 15 feet! I called out the RO's and had to shut the range down. Then I had the RO looking for the spring too (thanks Jacob!). He found the rod part, but I hadn't realized how it broke or why.
Has anyone broke one of these all of the sudden and launched it from their revolver? I'd sure like to know I'm not the only one!

Thnx, Lou.

 

[andy52]

It's most likely not broken, just unthreaded. Screw it back together and use some blue locktite

 

[bigggbbruce]

It 'aint broke it's just poor machine work..Looks like the screw machine that cut the threads on the rod was out of spec.. some new parts needed.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

It's most likely not broken, just unthreaded. Screw it back together and use some blue locktite

I really did think it didn't break too. If you'll notice in the last pic, the center pin is still inside the extractor star. I sat there at home trying to screw it in as well.
The last threads off the extractor rod are still on the extractor star.
Trust me. I was very amused.

 

[Guitarmageddon]

Post another pic of your site/rail configuration? Ive had my R8 since 2013 or so and its my favorite handgun, by far. Love that gun. Hopefully it is an easy and quick fix for you. Ever have other issues with the gun?

 

[Lou_the_welder]

Post another pic of your site/rail configuration? Ive had my R8 since 2013 or so and its my favorite handgun, by far. Love that gun. Hopefully it is an easy and quick fix for you. Ever have other issues with the gun?

The barrel loosened twice already. Sent it back both times. Had the barrel shroud replaced due to the top rail , that scratches the shroud that no one tells you about. Had the cylinder replaced at 1600 rounds. As was the barrel replaced that time as well.
This is the current setup.....

 

[75Vette]

That sounds like a S&W disposable gun. 1500 rounds and throw it away. YIKES!!! Anxious to see how many rounds you're able to run through it before it starts giving you trouble again.
I'm glad you're good natured and all Lou. The average person would be mad!

 

[Lou_the_welder]

That sounds like a S&W disposable gun. 1500 rounds and throw it away. YIKES!!! Anxious to see how many rounds you're able to run through it before it starts giving you trouble again.

I'm glad you're good natured and all Lou. The average person would be mad!

I know huh! And its barely broken in too! Only 3k rounds!

You know I would have sold it, if it wasn't the most accurate 8 shot Smith makes! Next to my V-comp of course.
[emoji1783]

 

[Guitarmageddon]

I know huh! And its barely broken in too! Only 3k rounds!

You know I would have sold it, if it wasn't the most accurate 8 shot Smith makes! Next to my V-comp of course.
[emoji1783]

Ooohhh youve just admitted to owning the other gun on my list. Damn I want one of those!

Careful, we dont need your state eyeing to illegalize "high capacity moon clips" next....

 

[Bullet Bob]

If you don't mind telling us, what went wrong with the cylinder at 1600 rounds?

Thanks.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Some one has to take the "quality hits"! Thank you!

 

[Lou_the_welder]

If you don't mind telling us, what went wrong with the cylinder at 1600 rounds?



Thanks.

I wish I knew. It was working fine. There was something that they didn't like about at the factory.
I sent it in for loose barrel the first time, they noted, ' repair barrel shroud'.
I only found out they replaced the barrel too on the second time, when they noted in my records, that the barrel had been replaced.
I knew they replaced the cylinder, as it had a very faint turn line. It looked new.

 

[Nightowl]

I sent in a 686 a few years back for push off. They replaced the cylinder and some other stuff when they fixed it. Never figured that one out. It was one with the lock that had never had anything but .38 ammo through it.

 

[Narragansett]

I know we only hear about the bad ones, and I am sure there are good ones produced, but I would not consider buying a new S&W You need feeler gauges, magnifying glass and look for barrel cant, B/C gap and a host of other things. Buy vintage. Just my .02

 

[Bumpus13]

I know we only hear about the bad ones, and I am sure there are good ones produced, but I would not consider buying a new S&W You need feeler gauges, magnifying glass and look for barrel cant, B/C gap and a host of other things. Buy vintage. Just my .02

*shrug*

I check ALL new-to-me guns before I add them to the pile.

Now, I prefer the older examples as well ... But “Vintage” doesn’t mean they haven’t been abused by a previous owner, or that you aren’t buying someone else’s problem.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

I remember the 29-3 that I purchased at the beginning of the year, that turned out to be junk, that had to be fixed at the factory.
We're in 2020 after all.
I had a thread in the gunsmithing section about it.
You can buy someone else's problem. I thought I checked everything, but it ended up having a deceitful symptom. And had to pay the factory $150(?) To fix.
Buying new to me , means having factory support for the heavy shooters, having a warranty that will back up the product.

 

[Rule3]

Can't you just "weld it"

 

[Lou_the_welder]

Can't you just "weld it"

Ha! I see what you did there!
[emoji28]

Already got it back from the factory yesterday. The official report on the work order read, "broken extractor ". Which makes sense and doesn't.

My original question still stands:

Has anyone launched one of these extractor rods out of their revolver? (At least 15 feet!)

Brownie points if you've shot yours farther.[emoji851]

 

[cmj8591]

It's not unusual for an extractor rod to back out. In revolvers with a front locking bolt, you would know about it before it had a chance to completely loosen because the gun would open or close hard. The R8 doesn't have one of those so the rod was able to back all of the way out without binding the cylinder when you opened it. I would keep away from the lock tite. I have made checking the tightness of the ejector rod part of my cleaning routine. A good addition to your tool kit is one of the ejector rod tightening tools from Brownell's. Remember to put empties in the cylinder to back up the ejector star when tightening or loosening the rod. And remember that it is threaded backwards. Lefty tighty, righty loosey.

 

[Oracle]

Ha! I see what you did there!
[emoji28]

Already got it back from the factory yesterday. The official report on the work order read, "broken extractor ". Which makes sense and doesn't.

My original question still stands:

Has anyone launched one of these extractor rods out of their revolver? (At least 15 feet!)

Brownie points if you've shot yours farther.[emoji851]

Does launching a model 1911 recoil spring and plug across a garage and behind around 800 pounds of steel count?