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I thought that the Sheriff was overstepping, too - but the poster is from California - I guess that the rule makers, I mean law enforcement get away with that kinda stuff in those there parts.

The main reason I asked about this gun was because I've had light strike issues with revolvers where I tried to smooth out and\or lighten the trigger with different (lighter) springs - I usually just went back to the factory springs and learned to live with it as it was. I was wondering about...

Thanks for all of the guidance - I learned a lot - FWIW, as I mentioned originally, the gun I was asking about would be a range gun, a regular shooter - any gun I carry for self-defense, I'd never modify - but that's just my preference.

I’m just trying to understand more about the procedures of lightening a revolver trigger - what I read says that S&W somehow acquired what Wyatt developed - I don’t know about that or care about it - I’m just trying to learn about revolver trigger lightening, without light strikes - for a...

Thanks LPD256 - so just the spring kit, no internal parts polishing?

Thanks - perhaps it's just my lack of revolver experience, but I've tried going with lighter springs in some other revolvers and I've had light strikes. In the trigger pull lightening game, do lighter springs provide the majority of the benefit (a lighter trigger pull), versus polishing and\or...

I came across an article today related to the S&W 637 Wyatt Deep Cover. One of the claims in the article, was that the person who came up with the idea for the modifications (later adopted by S&W's Performance Center), was that "he had contacted S&W and told them he could modify one of their...

Thanks, all - for a variety of reasons, I've decided to NOT send the gun to S&W - on to the next chapter of "Adventures in Amateur Gunsmithing" !!

I have a S&W 686 stainless no-dash 6" that I'll be sending in for the "M" fix - I bought the gun used and noticed that there was no M. Since the gun is going back to the factory on their dime, I'm considering having some refinishing work done, or possibly the Combat Revolver Package...

The end of the adventure . . . I put some more time in on the ejector rod assembly last night and today - used some more penetrating oil, tried a few cleaning cycles in the ultrasonic cleaner, and ultimately wrapped the end of the ejector rod in a piece of leather belt and used vise grips -...

Thanks, all, for the exceptionally helpful guidance! Thanks, too, for your patience and civility, understanding that what's second nature to some (you guys) can be confusing to someone doing it for the first time (me). I've continued using the Kroil on the cylinder, and given that there may be...

Thanks for the guidance. I just checked the movement of the front locking bolt and it seems to move OK without feeling that it's gummed up or restricted in any way, besides the obvious push back from the spring. On the cylinder assembly, I'll play my old guy card here and say that I'm not...

I'm back at this again from last January after letting the gun sit for a while - recovering from some foot surgery has me chained to the house, so this gun as called out to me needing to be fixed properly. I have a mostly very nice 686 - S\N is AAC8xxx (M) - I was in the process of sending the...

686 "put a few empty cases in the cylinder" - thanks - I saw that in one of the videos - LOL, took me a while to figure out why that was important - just another reminder for me of why it takes so long and how much there is to remember to be a good gunsmith.

686 "Clockwise, to remove" - WOW - thanks for catching my mistake - I could have caused a disaster! I watched the video again, more closely, and see that with the ejector rod held fast, the cylinder is turned off clockwise. LOL, glad I asked the experts before getting into it!

I have a 686 serial number AAC82xx - I purchased the gun used - the spring loaded "nub" on the back end of the extractor (what the bolt pushes on to release the cylinder) moves, but it is VERY stiff. A bit of oil hasn't helped it get less stiff. I've been reading lots of posts and watching...

"I would not consider sending that into S&W to mess with one way or another." - my 686 isn't a collector item, at least for me - LOL, more of an impulse buy. It's a shooter, but I like it to look good - the polished finish has what, to me, look like a normal amount of scratches and rubs for a...

"It's been replaced by a shoddy rig mounted media tumble" - S&W quotes their bead blasting service on the web site, but they don't specify how it's done - are ya saying that it's actually "glass beaded" in a tumbler, versus a traditional approach with a compressor and bead blasting gun? Some of...

I'm leaning towards having it done by someone who knows what they're doing - S&W does it, and I'm also looking for someone who does it near me.

I had this post in the Gunsmithing section - another member suggested that this might be a more appropriate forum. I need some guidance about bead blasting my 686 no dash. I like the look of a bead blasted pistol, and I have access to a bead blasting setup to use. I've blasted a couple of...