cremaley
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My S&W Model 19 Carry Comp has 150 rounds fired and I am wondering if the cylinder wear looks normal. I know it common for the turn rings but what about the other cylinder wear?
Does This Look Like Normal Wear
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The wear on the very edge of the rear of the cylinder, behind the turn ring, is perfectly normal. That is where the cylinder is rotating against the stop lug on the opposite side of the frame when you have the cylinder open and are rotating it to load and unload.
I don't know what caused the scattered wear further in from the rear edge of the cylinder, between the edge and turn ring.
I don't know what caused the scattered wear further in from the rear edge of the cylinder, between the edge and turn ring.
No, not for 150 rounds. A turn ring always happens (though that seems a tad much for 150 rounds). The other wear is way out of oboe imho.
Here we go again. What is S&W doing? Do they use PVD anymore? I had a black stainless PVD cylinder on my L frame that showed hardly any wear after a zillion rounds. Who the hell is running that place? 3rd graders could do better. Did they paint it with a Walmart rattlecan? Send it back.
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I should have probably mentioned that the cylinder is cerakoted.
Cylinder looks like it fell on the factory floor and bounced around.
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I did not look that way when I picked it up. Only after firing rounds and dry firing.
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If it's cerakoted, it could be a case of poor adhesion, like if the surface wasn't prepped well enough. Cerakote requires very good surface prep to get full performance. I would send it in. As good as Cerakote is, it will still wear faster than PVD, DLC, or nitride type finishes. It does seem to be way too much wear from only 150 rounds fired, unless you've also been dry firing the hell out of it.
