Bear Country 88
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- Mar 11, 2009
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Well I took my new Model 329 to the range for the first time - and fully 1/3 of the rounds would not fire! This is the first time I have EVER pulled the trigger on a loaded gun and not had it go BOOM. Very disturbing as this gun was purchased for self-defense. Ammo was Winchester 200 gr Silvertips, and some FMJ Federal.
I bought a longer firing pin from Apex but decided to send the gun back to S&W for warranty service first. If S&W make it right, great. And while it's there I'm having the Performance Center do a Master Revolver Action Package on it. After the repair, and then after the action work they'll do some test firing so I should get it back in 100% operating condition.
If for some reason I still get the occasional FTF - I'll install the longer firing pin as it seems to be the fix for others. And to be honest, at that point I'll stash it in the safe and classify it as an unreliable gun. Sad.
This is the first gun I've ever had to send back to S&W. Hope they get it right.
I bought a longer firing pin from Apex but decided to send the gun back to S&W for warranty service first. If S&W make it right, great. And while it's there I'm having the Performance Center do a Master Revolver Action Package on it. After the repair, and then after the action work they'll do some test firing so I should get it back in 100% operating condition.
If for some reason I still get the occasional FTF - I'll install the longer firing pin as it seems to be the fix for others. And to be honest, at that point I'll stash it in the safe and classify it as an unreliable gun. Sad.
This is the first gun I've ever had to send back to S&W. Hope they get it right.