i brought my new (to me) 629 home today, i was looking it over ...ok i was fondling her haha , and was a little disappointed that i missed something during my pre-sale inspection, if i ear back the hammer VERY slowly the cylinder does not lock .if i cycle the action at any speed it locks fine. i did test for this at the shop but i guess i didnt go slow enough...is this a function of the hand? the star? can i fix this? i just talked to the guy at the gunshop he says the piece is good to go, the centrifigal force of the cylinder will lock it in every time at normal cycle speeds. my 17 locks no matter how slow i cock it.
what would be the recommended course of action? the piece is in otherwise pretty good condition
open to suggestions, as i am learning daily how little i know!
thanks-mike

if I really liked the gun and planned to keep it i would send it to Smith, have them check it out. Many years ago I had a 629 no dash where the cylinder stop would not remain in place after firing max loads, after firing the cylinder was free to rotate. I replaced the stop spring, still did it. Sent the gun to smith, they fixed it , no charge as I remember.

A lot of S&Ws do what your 629 does. As long as it locks up using a normal cocking action, I would not worry about it.

Bill

that was nearly word for word what the gun shop said.
thank you good to hear it from an impartial observer.

we in canada cannot send our guns back to s$w they go to a s$w certified warranty provider(or something like that) they were just at our annual gun show this weekend. guess ill look em up i want this piece to be as good as it can be.

Uhhhh, he ain't called "DOC44" for nothin'.

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