Recent content by nofishbob

******This is sold pending funds.****** For sale is this unfired S&W 66-1 with the original box and papers. This is a nice pinned and recessed model, and is of course, pre-lock. There are no flaws that I can see on close inspection of the revolver and box. Some things that look like flaws in...

Regardless of whether or not you believe that an external trigger stop is essential, the one on the OP's revolver is faulty. My view is that if a gun does not have an external trigger stop, I would not go far out of my way to add one. If it comes from the factory with one, it should be...

To the OP: Does your trigger stop actually function? The trigger stop on my recently purchased PC was ground down so far that it never touched the frame. S&W fixed it for me, but yours looks pretty short, like mine did, in your picture. Good luck! Bob

I bought a Hornady 4 die set for S&W 500 a few weeks ago. I was surprised to see that it had a STEEL resizer. What a brass grinder! Horrible even with lube. I went to Cabela's and bought a Lee 3 die set, with a CARBIDE resizer. The Lee resizer is smooth as silk! No lube required...

The website Ultimatereloader.com has some really nice videos that may be helpful... Good luck! Bob

Steve, The OP bought his first 500 from Bud's. The Bud's gun had the problems. The OP then bought the JR 500, and he was pleased with it: No problems. Bob

I am unclear on the issue of is this a "new" gun. If the gun was shipped from S&W to the distributor, and then on to the dealer that sold it to the OP, I would consider it to be "new" and S&W is obligated to provide warranty service for however long it was when the gun was made back then. If...

How are you measuring the OAL? Variations in the tips of bullets sometimes make this measurement more difficult to do consistently. Look at bullet comparators that measure the length to a reference diameter on the ogive rather than the tip. Here's one: Graf & Sons - HORNADY COMPARATOR SET...

Hi donvieira- When I had my revolver at S&W, I got a letter from them about a week after the gun was received by them advising me that they had it and and that lead time would be 10 to 14 business days. A week later the gun was delivered to my house. It was a happy surprise, but I wished that...

Look on GunBroker. There seems to be a few that come and go there at decent prices. Good luck! Bob

tdan wrote: I am not sure where the load data stated by the OP came from. For example, Hodgdon lists 16gr and 14gr of Titegroup as starting loads for 370gr CBP LGC and 375gr Barnes bullets respectively. Its hard to make a definitive assessment without identifying the actual bullets that...

Have faith- S&W's plan seems to be to push products out the door with no real QA inspection, and then fix them if the customer notices. I recently bought a PC revolver that was a mess-it had multiple obvious cosmetic and functional problems. S&W fixed it correctly when I sent it in, with...

I am sorry for your issues...few things are as frustrating as paying a premium for a "special" item and then discovering that you have been mislead. Do I understand correctly that you have already sent the gun back to S&W on your own dime and without a RGA? I had to send my new PC revolver...

Is your new 500 from the performance center? if so, the PC logo on the left side of the gun seems to replace the "500" logo on the guns that I have seen. If it is not a PC gun, I am guessing that it was an oversight. Good luck! Bob

Harrison wrote: Experiments done on detonation in cannon are not applicable to small arms. The research talks about shock wave propagation and harmonic effects that are thought to be negligible or non-existent in small arms. . The subject of detonation is controversial in that it is like...