Two S&Ws I purchased in the last year were in decent shooter shape but both had damaged knurling on the extractor rod. Both guns had right hand threads on the rods and I suppose they loosened in use and someone used pliers to tighten 'em up again. Both were unsightly since the guns overall were in at least very good condition. I could not find rods because of the right hand threads so attempted to repair the damaged knurling by passing a correct sized knurl over the existing area. I did not want to remove metal, reducing diameter and knurl again afresh. I feared that would be too noticeable. After measuring the lines per inch on as many rods as I could stand, I searched for knurls that came the closest, since I intended to mate up to the existing pattern. It seemed to work fine but I did not take any pics of the three ( a third test rod from my discard stash ) was done first.
Mating up to what knurling remained and knurling somewhat deeper, or at least with some added pressure, restored the knurling adequately for my eyes. I have another gun, a later 28-2 that also has damaged knurling and I have taken pics of the different stages. The first pics are from different sides of the rod showing not only plier damage but also double-track of one of the original knurls.
Dan T.
Mating up to what knurling remained and knurling somewhat deeper, or at least with some added pressure, restored the knurling adequately for my eyes. I have another gun, a later 28-2 that also has damaged knurling and I have taken pics of the different stages. The first pics are from different sides of the rod showing not only plier damage but also double-track of one of the original knurls.
Dan T.
