About a year ago I bought a new Model 640-1 Pro Series. At that time I noticed the barrel was slightly canted and thought about sending the gun in for repair. I procrastinated because the gun hit where I aimed and because someone had posted on this forum that canting up to 5 degrees was within S&W acceptable tolerance.
However it bugged me every time I looked down that barrel and saw the front sight leaning a little left. So in the first week of this December, I sent it back to S&W. A few days before Christmas, just as I was returning home a Fedex truck arrived with a package that I was asked to sign for. I had received no notice from S&W that the gun was being returned, nor any Fedex tracking number.
Since the gun was being returned so quickly my first thought was that the gun was found to be "within acceptable tolerance" and nothing was done to correct the problem. However upon examination I found S&W had made the canting problem go away. The gun is now perfect and worthy of some fancy wood custom stocks. I am surprised however that S&W never gave me a heads up about being there to accept the Fedex delivery.
However it bugged me every time I looked down that barrel and saw the front sight leaning a little left. So in the first week of this December, I sent it back to S&W. A few days before Christmas, just as I was returning home a Fedex truck arrived with a package that I was asked to sign for. I had received no notice from S&W that the gun was being returned, nor any Fedex tracking number.
Since the gun was being returned so quickly my first thought was that the gun was found to be "within acceptable tolerance" and nothing was done to correct the problem. However upon examination I found S&W had made the canting problem go away. The gun is now perfect and worthy of some fancy wood custom stocks. I am surprised however that S&W never gave me a heads up about being there to accept the Fedex delivery.
