Hello everyone, I was messing with my 586 today and happened to notice that one of the cylinder bolt cuts(not sure if that is the right term) is different than the others. All but one have the angled cut leading into the bolt cut. Is this normal? I looked at my 629 which is newer production and all are the same on that one. Any ideas?
586-1M Cylinder
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LEO918
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Not at all normal, probably the reason for the heavy turn line.
The lighting really makes the turn line shine in the picture. Its not indented or engraved in the cylinder, just the finish rubbed off. I'm no expert but looking at the turn line in person, its what I would expect from metal to metal contact on a blued finish. On the bolt cut, flipping through pictures I couldn't find any that had two different styles. Maybe this one was finished late Friday afternoon?
.455_Hunter
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Yup- They missed a machining step on that notch and some how it passed QA/QC. I am not sure if the mother ship would have interest in repairing it, or it's better suited to a local competent gunsmith or even doing it yourself with a Dremel and cold blue.
Yeah, I may reach out to the mother ship as you say lol. It doesnt affect the action function by any means or accuracy. This gun is very accurate as is so I wasnt to worried about it. Just thought it was odd.
Yep, another glowing example of S&W quality, even then it was less than perfect. Definitely missed a machining step, guess it was a late Friday afternoon rush job.
That may skip that chamber if firing quickly in double action. As long as the cylinder is only turning slowly, there will not be a problem.
I think today’s smith factory would just replace the cylinder. If it was me, I would leave as is and enjoy it for another 40 years
Yeah, thinking on it I would be hard pressed to send a pistol this pretty back. My luck it would get lost. It's not perfect but man it's a pretty one. I am thinking on trying some night sights so that I can hunt better with it.
I shoot single action anyways. I don't use this for protection, I go for the 629 for that. Good point though, I could definitely see that happening.
Because it can potentially negatively affect function, it might subtract from value. It should certainly be disclosed if you ever sell.
As for value added? None. Machining errors, mis-stamps, double-stamps, etc., as a general rule in S&W world, do not add collector value.
ezb57
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Would be a no-buy for me.
Id send that back to Smith for sure, it would bug me forever.
I bet they fix it no charge, probably install a new cylinder.
Thats definetly on them.
Id send that back to Smith for sure, it would bug me forever.
I bet they fix it no charge, probably install a new cylinder.
Thats definetly on them.
If it were mine, it would be on the way back to the factory!
8shot
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For what it would cost to have a gunsmith repair it, you could buy an extra cylinder on eBay, switch the extractor and have a unique paperweight
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