Recent content by FHRZR1

Update: S&W contacted me regarding the barrel failure issue. Weapons were sent to metallurgy lab for testing. Lab claims that there is nothing wrong with the metal. Cause of failure per S&W is "barrel were over-torqued during assembly". S&W offered to send back my original revolvers and replace...

Keep in mind that the kids shooting these weapon are raw recruits. Most of them have never fired a revolver in their entire short life. Large number of them have never fired a handgun. These are recruits going through basic firearms training.

I am the Coordinator were the incident with the Model 67 barrels took place. We have a batch of Model 13 S&W that must be older than creation and have fire probably over 60,000rounds with no failures at all. We acquire the Model 64 in 2008 and had four barrels fall off. In 2010 we acquire the...

Two new S&W Model 67. Less than 800 rounds. Firing line, night fire. At the same time, two barrels fail. One flies off the gun and the other is angled downwards. What is wrong with S&W. It is not the first time this has happen. In 2008, I had 4 Model 64's loose their barrels during firing. They...