Info on S&W test firing.....

[RightWinger]

I've been wondering about the test firing procedure at S&W mainly because I am seeing a lot of guns advertised as NIB on these internet auctions and they seem to have a pretty significant burn ring on the cylinder. Not all of them are really dark burn rings, but they are still pretty obvious. Does S&W clean their guns after test firing them? do they fire a full cylinder in every gun? About how many rounds do they fire? Does the amount of rounds they fire vary in some situations? I mean could you have 2 identical NIB guns that one has been fired more than the other from the factory?

 

[pinkymingeo]

S&W test fires all of them, but does not clean them. NIB guns look fired because, well, because they are. I think it's standard to fire three rounds in a six-shooter, but I've seen them with all six fired.

 

[km5wu]

I can't speak to what S&W does, but when I worked for American Derringer the standard test fire was two rounds in each chamber for a total of four rounds.

Paul

 

[diamonback68]

Unless they find a problem that requires further firing, generally they fire three rounds in every other charge hole.

 

[stiab]

Unless they find a problem that requires further firing, generally they fire three rounds in every other charge hole.

That matches my experience with a NIB M10 and NIB M19, both of which appeared to have been fired in that pattern.

 

[505Gibbs]

I doubt that any of the reputable American or European mnfgs. of firearms clean after their proof firing.
They might spray a bore preservative down the bbl but thats about all.