Barrel rotating in my model 60 Pro

[steelslaver]

The real problem is that the people who are supposed to be fitting the barrels to the frame are not. Just screwing them on. I don't get it either, with proper tools and a bunch of barrels to chose from it shouldn't be that hard. Frame goes in jig, tread a barrel in by hand and you should be able to see where it will end up torqued from where it ends up hand tight. To far to go? Stick barrel in short pile and try another, goes to far, stick barrel in long pile or take a barrel from to far to go in tool that shaves shoulder, remove so much and then install. I know if it is what I did I would get very good at it. Just slamming them on isn't cutting it. Teach the person, give them correct INCENTIVES, make good guns and MONEY

 

[cmj8591]

One piece barrels are not torqued by hand at the factory. The fitter starts the barrel into frame. The gun is then clamped in a jig where a pneumatic wrench grabs the front of the barrel and tightens it to a certain torque value. The same jig is used to index the barrel to the frame. Different style barrels use different index points. For example, a barrel with an integral front sight is indexed off the front sight. Two piece barrels are basically torqued with the same type equipment except there is no need to index the shroud. That is one of the reasons that they went with the two piece as it only needs to be torqued and eliminates a step in the manufacturing process.

 

[stansdds]

Yes, the two-piece barrels are simple to assemble, pretty much no fitting like the one-piece barrel. Anyone who can use a feeler gauge and a wrench should be able to fit a two-piece barrel. Dan Wesson made the two-piece barrel a simple and popular thing back in the 1970's. Then again, I've seen Bubba mangle those too!

 

[Carrier]

Maybe not too crazy.

I did have a 629-6 6" with a canted barrel from the start. Sent it in, got it back - to what I distinctly remember "straight ".
Shot it a bunch of times and all of the sudden, it was clocked again!
Sent it back for the 2nd time. Got it back straight again!
Shot it a bunch more times and sold it thereafter.

I remember I sold it to a guy that was going to take it to Nevada to shoot(?). If not, it'd be interesting to hear if it spun again.

I mark this thread plausible, for it had happened to me. And definitely remembered it came back straight the first time around.....

True.

I have a 686-6 that has been doing the same thing. Unfortunately being in Canada and the only decent S&W warranty smith has retired we are @#$& out of luck. It’s been done twice once by the S&W smith up here on warranty and another that I paid to do it.

 

[Cal44]

I have a 60-15 also. Not the pro version, but the regular version with the full length under-lug.

When I got it, the barrel was noticeably clocked.

I called S&W support and they had me send it to the factory.

It came back quickly (about 2 weeks round trip) with the problem fixed.

The paperwork said the straightened the barrel, but gave no other detail.

Anyway, it's worked fine since, no problems of the barrel unscrewing after quite a few rounds.

Very accurate gun, with a nice trigger.

Suggest you call customer service. Most likely it needs a trip back to the mothership.