627 performance center revolver short barrel

[Windageandelevation]

Browsing through some posts online regarding changing out non flutted 8 shot cylinder for what i consider more refined look of the flutted cylinder. I contacted smith they said no problem doing it will be roughly 300 bucks, and have the firearm 3-4 months. Is this just cylinder change out or is this something different. Seen posts where cylinders were just changed.?Thanks

 

[colt_saa]

You would probably be best served asking them what the breakdown of the charges are. We can only guess

There is the cost of the new cylinder
There is the labor to fit the new cylinder
There is testing of the newly configured revolver
There is shipping of the firearm
and who knows what else

While it is true that a large number of the modern CNC produced cylinders will drop right in the CNC manufactured frames, some do not

They are not going to just have Joe Stockboy try and drop your cylinder in, they are going to use the gunsmith that will fit it if necessary. So you pay his hourly charge even if it happens to drop in

If you think it is a drop in job, you can always see if they will just sell you a new cylinder then you can drop it in at home.

Or use your local gunsmith to do the job and save the round trip shipping on your revolver

 

[Ignatz]

They will transfer the hardware from your cylinder, and install and fit the new cylinder to your 627. Your original cylinder will come back stripped.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

Is this just cylinder change out or is this something different. Seen posts where cylinders were just changed.?

It can be very simple or it may get involved.

A new cylinder typically comes with the extractor but I found it best to use only the new cylinder along with the original gun's cylinder extractor & related parts. Doing this keeps the gun in time (assuming it was originally) & saves filing/tuning the extractor's rachets.

I bought an unfluted cylinder & put it on my 629-6. Later I used the original fluted cylinder & replaced the Ti cylinder on my 329PD.

Doing it this way the worse I've had to do was put a couple shims on the yoke's barrel to correct for excessive cylinder endshake, on my 629-6.

On the 329PD nothing needed correcting. I reused all other hardware (yoke, extractor/rachet, extractor rod, extractor rod collar, extractor spring, center pin, center pin spring) from Ti cylinder on the fluted 629-6 cylinder.

No guarantees either way but if it's something you're adept at it's worth a try.

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