Hey everyone, I have a 617 that shoots great, but when I got it it had "mountains" of lead around the forcing cone, probably from the bullets shaving as they go into the forcing cone. I cleaned it really well, got all the lead off, and shot about 100 rounds through it, and had a little leading again. I looked at the face of the forcing cone very closely, and it looks like there are some burrs or rough surfaces on the entry to the forcing cone, also looks like the face of the barrel/forcing cone is really rough when I zoom in on the picture of the forcing cone.
I emailed S&W and they said .22LR is dirty, especially lead ammo, and you should clean the pistol every 50 rounds, and certainly every hundred, but if I want to I can ship the pistol back and have a gunsmith look at it.
I think cleaning every 50 rounds is bull****. I had a H&R 930 and a Charter arms Pathfinder and both of those I would put 200-300 rounds through, and not have this level of leading...
What do you all think? Should I try to knock the burrs down on the forcing cone with like a countersink bit by hand (just to take the rough edges off) or just send the gun back to S&W?
Photos coming...
I emailed S&W and they said .22LR is dirty, especially lead ammo, and you should clean the pistol every 50 rounds, and certainly every hundred, but if I want to I can ship the pistol back and have a gunsmith look at it.
I think cleaning every 50 rounds is bull****. I had a H&R 930 and a Charter arms Pathfinder and both of those I would put 200-300 rounds through, and not have this level of leading...
What do you all think? Should I try to knock the burrs down on the forcing cone with like a countersink bit by hand (just to take the rough edges off) or just send the gun back to S&W?
Photos coming...
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