S&W Spec Series 5 wear.

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My brother just purchase the Spec Series gun from a dealer in the Atlanta area. When he took it apart after bringing it home he noticed the barrel showed signs of use, & in the slide, the center ridge that goes from front to back, the finish was worn away. Anyone have one, & does it look like this, or did the gun store owner decide to put 100 down the pipe to give it a “test run”? He’s upset that his $1500 purchase isn’t new. I told him most guns are tested before leaving the factory, but he thinks this gun was fired quite a bit. I mentioned the 49 year old Browning Hi Power I bought 2 weeks ago didn’t have that much wear. Gary.
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Never mind. He went back to the store where they opened up the other one. Exact same wear, so maybe with the gun being so expensive it’s well tested at S&W. GARY
 
Yeah, I can scrub that off every pistol I own, and within a few rounds, it’ll look like that.
As Beju said, that’s just brass residue from test fires.
If he looks at the breach face, where the case sits against the pistol and the primer gets struck by the firing pin, you’ll see a very similar color most likely.

In being honest, I’d rather see that than not on a new gun, it means it was actually fired before it left.
Nothing to worry about at all.
 
That’s about 200 rounds down range and a semi healthy scrub with a brush.. By no means is that “worn down to the finish”, it’s quite normal.
Also a pic of the breech face, clean…but similar brass color.

Go shoot it :)
 

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So my brother took his new purchase to the range. 80% failure rate with 115 gr, & 124 gr ball ammo, & he used different mags. No steel, or aluminum casings. And he cleaned the gun when he took it home. Stove pipes, & non extraction issues. I told him to call S&W to ask for advice, & get the mailer to send it back. When the gun did fire, it was right on target, but the next round wouldn’t feed. For what he paid, he’s pi$$ed. Anyone else have problems? GARY
 
Sheesh! Send in all the old guard who are certain the Spec Series V never had any problems until the internet appeared and told them so! 🤣 🤮
 
Within my first 50 to 75 rounds I had 3 stove pipes.
One while I was shooting, one in my buddy’s hands, one in my wife’s.
I completely broke it down, including taking the striker block, trigger, sear housing block.
Removed the striker…
Cleaned it all (took time to polish the trigger bar as well).
Oiled and reassembled.

I’ve probably run another 250 or so since. Zero issues. My total round count is between 300 and 400 rounds.
124 grain reloads, 124 grain blazer, 124 grain HST, and tonight…a few hours ago, 147gr Federal American Eagles.

I would make sure…the comp is tight and straight. Other than that, yep, send it back unless he somehow reassembled it wrong after the cleaning?

Good luck. It may end up being a catch and release for me…but I’m happy with it so far.
I just happen to have two other target/range pistols that shoot as well or better…
 
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