How is the rib made on S&W revolvers?

[Philip Marlowe]

Really just a curiosity question here. How is the barrel rib made for a S&W revolver? Like on a 686. Is the barrel, rib, and ejector shroud forged as one piece? Thanks

 

[murphydog]

Yes. Need to add at least 6 characters to make it 10 so the system accepts it .

 

[Dave T]

Need to add at least 6 characters to make it 10 so the system accepts it .

Have to ask, what does the above has to do with the OP?

Dave

 

[pistola]

I would presume with a radius cutter on a mill. This day and age,most likely a CNC.

 

[Alk8944]

Have to ask, what does the above has to do with the OP?

Dave

It means a post needs to be at least 10 characters in length, otherwise he would have simply posted "Yes".

 

[jbgoodstok]

I believe it is "Devine" - and was done on a Sunday - and after He rested he took one of them and made something else very very special - hmmm. Am I confused...?

 

[Philip Marlowe]

Huh? 6 characters ,10 characters, what? where? I'm late to the party I guess.

 

[Gunhacker]

Huh? 6 characters ,10 characters, what? where? I'm late to the party I guess.

A simple 'yes' answer would have been too short for the forum software to accept. A popup box appears complaining that the text is too short and needs to be a minimum of 10 characters. Kind of like what some guys have been told by certain members of the opposite sex, has to be a minimum of 10.....

 

[Philip Marlowe]

I fondled some new and used S&W revolvers the other day. After reading some posts here complaining about the QC on the new ones, I looked pretty close at them. I did see some marks, what I will call pitting, on a new stainless revolver rib. I doubt that it was rust pitting on a new gun, more like the pores in the forging that were not buffed out. Yeah, they were not a glaring problem, not noticed unless you looked for them, but I can see why someone might not like that on a 800.00 revolver.

 

[Gunhacker]

It not beyond S&W to send out something that should have never made it past inspection... even with the older guns. For example, my 559... that light area above the trigger guard next to the grip edge... it's actually a distinct depression/divot that extends under the grip panel, from what I don't know, but they blued the gun, assembled it and sent the stupid thing on it's merry way.

I bought the gun a few years ago as NIB and completely missed that defect because it was covered up by the way I was gripping the gun when inspected, nothing can be done about it now by S&W since they do not have any 559 frames to replace it with.

 

[Philip Marlowe]

Yeah, that dent in the frame would bug me on a new gun. I think sometimes I enjoy used guns or cheaper guns more.

Like my police trade in 4586. Has the various nicks, rubs,holster wear, etc. No worries about shoving it in a holster, it's already pre-rubbed in. I got a Norinco 1911 20 years ago. It was pretty rough out of the box, as far as the finish goes. They did as little polishing they could get by with before the blue. I accepted it, since it was around 200.00 new at the time. It was known to have a quality forging and decent performance, and that's why people got them.