Recent content by McH2o

Brother, If all you manage to do is fire off one round in the direction of an evil doer, you will have fulfilled the call of duty. Every soul on the wall counts as does every oz of lead that leaves your muzzle. If, (God forbid) you go down in a SHTF scenario, squeeze off another one and let...

Thanks everyone for the comments. Feeling a bit better about it. I've sourced another local G.S. who I will have take a quick look at it just to confirm. Thanks for the tips on the clips and mooning tools.

Had the same issue with mine. The laser screw was the culprit. I tried multiple times to rack it and while gently tapping and jiggling it in between tries, the screw moved enough to allow the slide to move all the way rearward. I then disassembled it and removed the laser cover and laser...

Thanks Richard, I dropped by a shop and spoke with a gun smith. He said that it is normal to have some excess metal on the ratchet and that it works off during normal cycling of the hammer. He checked the timing and lock up and said it was as good as it gets. I'll take your advise and call S&W.

They are hard to see in the pics, but two of the lugs still have a part of the spur on them, and two are almost completely sheared off. The other two are gone. It's hard for me to believe that the piece was inspected and moved on with those spurs unless they are normal and shear off in normal...

Recently purchased a used 625-4 "Model of 1989". New to the 45 acp revolver scene. First thing is I wasn't aware that the 1/2 clips had a particular side for loading the rounds correctly. One side facing the cylinder caused the cylinder to bind when trying to cock. I noticed when removing...