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To make a long story short, I bought a NIB Model 40 with the Case Colored finish. Gun arrived and the finish was BEAUTIFUL (If you can handle it not being blued or nickel). The barrel sucked!!! Bad chatter marks in the lands and grooves, bad sharp burr on the forcing cone, cylinder slop, and the...

Does anyone know if the case coloring on the modern production Model 40's is actually a hardening process, or if it's just a painted on finish like Ruger puts on their revolvers? Also, I heard a rumor that Doug Turnbull had done some case coloring for S&W in the past. Was that only for custom...

Hello all! New poster here. I recently aquired an old 3rd model safety hammerless (serial #1026xx) in .38 s&w. Mechanically this revolver is in excellent working order. My question is a matter of opinion. Is it safe to fire factory loaded ammo (magtech .38s&w). I understand the age of such a...