15-3 2" noticeable click when hammer is pulled back..

[HMMurdock]

That is completely normal. All that's happening is that the trigger ledge is snapping into the hammer's single action sear notch under spring pressure, right after the cylinder stop is clicking into the cylinder notch under spring pressure. All revolvers make this sound and then move back forward a tiny bit when cocked in single action. How audible the click is is dependent on the amount of spring pressure and the size of the gun and the size of its hammer and trigger. A larger revolver with larger parts and more overall mass will dampen that sound a little more than a smaller revolver will. In other words, the frequency of the click will be higher on a smaller sized revolver. The very slight forward movement after the click is just the hammer and trigger mating together under the presssure of their respective mainspring and trigger reset spring loads. If the gun works properly, there's no cause for concern.

Thank you. This is actually something that sounds logical. I have 3 other smith's 19,36,60 and none of them make this noticeable amount of noise and or feel when rocking the hammer (letting off and on the spring once cocked) after the initial cocking of the gun. I popped the plate off once reading folks posts. Plastic bristle brushed the parts/springs and such. Q tip with a dab of oil to very lightly oil thing as well as lube points. Plate back on. Still makes the noise. I reckon a professional could polish and smooth it out or I could just shoot it and hope for the best. I'm sorry most just know this is normal. To me. It's abnormal because my other revolvers do not do this but one does?

 

[Thaddeus Beauregard]

Every gun, and every consumer product for that matter, is made to certain production tolerances. So, sometimes parts in one product will mate together more tightly than the same parts in another sample of the same product. As long as the parts are still within acceptable tolerances to ensure proper design function, this is perfectly normal. No two samples of the same product are ever EXACTLY the same. It's not economically feasible. They may be close down to millionths of an inch or microns of a millimeter, but there will always be some variance, the amount depending on how much expense is put into the manufacture of parts. These variations in fit between parts will cause slight changes in the sound they make when they interact. The difference may or may not be readily noticeable. You could have a different sound to the click simply from differences in mainspring and rebound spring pressure from one gun to the next. Or one gun could have a deeper SA sear notch than on another gun. There are a number of things that can make one gun's lockwork sound differently to another because there are multiple moving parts. Some guns just make more prominent mechanical sounds than others of the same model.

All we can go off of is your description, which sounds normal. Most likely if the gun is functioning fine, then there's nothing to be concerned about. We cannot say for certain without having the gun in hand to inspect though. If it functions fine and shoots well, I wouldn't worry about it. If something fails in the future, it can easily be fixed and you have a warranty.

 

[HMMurdock]

Every gun, and every consumer product for that matter, is made to certain production tolerances. So, sometimes parts in one product will mate together more tightly than the same parts in another sample of the same product. As long as the parts are still within acceptable tolerances to ensure proper design function, this is perfectly normal. No two samples of the same product are ever EXACTLY the same. It's not economically feasible. They may be close down to millionths of an inch or microns of a millimeter, but there will always be some variance, the amount depending on how much expense is put into the manufacture of parts. These variations in fit between parts will cause slight changes in the sound they make when they interact. The difference may or may not be readily noticeable. You could have a different sound to the click simply from differences in mainspring and rebound spring pressure from one gun to the next. Or one gun could have a deeper SA sear notch than on another gun. There are a number of things that can make one gun's lockwork sound differently to another because there are multiple moving parts. Some guns just make more prominent mechanical sounds than others of the same model.

All we can go off of is your description, which sounds normal. Most likely if the gun is functioning fine, then there's nothing to be concerned about. We cannot say for certain without having the gun in hand to inspect though. If it functions fine and shoots well, I wouldn't worry about it. If something fails in the future, it can easily be fixed and you have a warranty.

I appreciate the knowledge friend. I will just enjoy it for what it is and if there is any issue in the future I will have it sorted out then. Thanks for your time.