Recent content by S&WMod65fan

It's been many years, but as I recall I looked closely at the gun, and pressing the cylinder release was causing the center rod to go too far forward and catch, rather than tolerancing correctly so it would slide out to the left. Since this hadn't happened with a cooler gun, and went away...

Well, in my experience, 649's haven't been completely reliable, and this is in part why I'm wondering. I own four shrouded hammer J-frames -- a 638-3, a 649, a 649-2, and another 649, not sure on dash, the first one I ever had, which my 31 year old daughter has had with her since she was in...

I have a 649 "no dash" -- am interested in upgrading to -1 standard, which I understand are reliability mods (I don't care to shoot +P). Can I get the parts and do this myself ? I have had S&Ws apart and put them back together many times, have the right Brownell tools. Will the factory do it...

I have a 649 "no dash" -- am interested in upgrading to -1 standard, which I understand are reliability mods (I don't care to shoot +P). Can I get the parts and do this myself ? I have had S&Ws apart and put them back together many times, have the right Brownell tools. Will the factory do it...