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Update: Got a call from S&W today. Seems the 642 is unrepairable and I will be sent a new one to a local FFL. I was told the MRAP could not be performed on J frames, only a "trigger enhancement." When I asked them to perform the trigger enhancement, I was told they can't do it at the factory...

Finally got my return shipping label after what seemed like an eternity. My well worn 642 went in about 2 years ago for a barrel that had been slowly unscrewing itself from the frame. Now its going back for a broken hammer stud. I requested the MRAP and a quote on refinishing. Mine has...

So I called in and was able to talk with a person. He generated an "order number" and gave that to me but was unable to give me a shipping label, saying it would be emailed in two days. A week later and still no shipping label.

I have a 686-6 6" with ~6k reloads through it, all 357's and most of them on the upper end of the load chart. While I have never loaded over max in any of my manuals, I will say the 686 will take a regular beating of full house published loads all day long and not flinch. My recommendation would...

In my experience, FedEx is one of the few non-gun businesses where the employees don't bat an eye when I've told them the package contains a gun. I'm sure they get more of those than you think.

The repair would be replacing a broken hammer stud on a 642. The gun went in 2 years ago to replace the barrel which had become canted to the point of making closing the cylinder difficult. I have 4,331 rounds logged, the frame is scratched up with dings in the aluminum side plates, the clear...

I used the S&W website to obtain a return shipping label. After a few days I received a response telling me due to increased traffic it would take about 5 business days to receive a response. 15 days later, I submitted another request using a tracking number provided in their original email. I...

Sig p210. Get a CZ when you can't find the Sig.

Drink the cool aid and get a 550b. Then wait for starline to do a run of 357 brass.

I have been working up a deer load using the Cast Performance 180 gr. wide flat nose gas check bullet with 2400 lately. The gun is a 686-6, 6". After calling CP for several weeks and not getting through (no load data provided), I started looking around for similar load data. I could not find...

Fine grit sandpaper should remove any burrs on the seating plug. Loading about 1,000 rounds has the same effect. Whatever you decide to do, know that Dillon will unquestionably stand behind their product.

I used to have this problem with 32ACP on a Dillon550b. Some things to consider: 1. Foreign brass? Sometimes its thinner. 2. Are the bullets true to advertised diameter? Calipers are essential to diagnosing this problem. 3. Like Ken said, check that you index the shell plate correctly. 4. Case...

Loaded my 10,195th .45 ACP on 8/5/2012. Loaded my first .45 ACP 1/2/2009. All on a 550b. All through a Glock30

You're going to get bloody web from just about any grip unless you modify your hand hold significantly. I could never build a callous on the web of my hand thick enough to keep it from ripping open from extended sessions with my 642. But I shoot best with thin wooden grips so I either accept the...

I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a cool morning in aught-nine or maybe double o-ten. Just finished a twelve hour shift on a 3 day rotation. I really needed to replace my crappy Taurus 850 (constant light strikes, even after being "fixed"), and saw a good deal on a website for a store...