Recent content by Old_Blue

Agreed. The feedback from the experts on gunsmithing and metallurgy has been outstanding.

Appreciate the feedback, muddocktor. Anyway, after that talk with customer service, I'm cured of the impression that S&W's 21st-century revolvers are any more able to tolerate dry-firing w/o snap caps than my circa-1990 guns are. Now if they'd just edit their FAQ to make that clear, they might...

The revolver is back. Here are the results of my inspection and an eye-opening follow-up talk with S&W customer service. The sear and its spring were replaced. The gun was returned clean and well-packaged. The action was fine, except that the trigger return was a little sticky. Some lubrication...

I've been a serious user of snap caps, for obvious reasons, since acquiring my 686-3 and 29-5 a few decades back. That habit carried over to the 640 Pro for the proverbial thousand-dry-fire "trigger job." After that was finished, I double-checked S&W's online FAQ to see if they were absolutely...

The revolver shipped out from S&W today, 13 days after they received it. Looks like it will be a 17-day turnaround.

Hello, all. New member here, but not new to S&W firearms. Finally have something noteworthy to contribute, after reading this forum for years. Today I was dry-firing my 640 Pro, bought new less than a month ago, when the trigger jammed to the rear. There were no visible obstructions to the...