I just bought a nice M18. Got to wait a week for shipping and background check. My question is are 18’s plagued by the hard extraction M17’s are known for? Manufacture year is 1973 M18-3.
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Model 18/17 question
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It depends but in my case the answer is yes
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I have one of that era and mine was. With that said my model 34 and 17 also had it. Sorry to say but it looks like S&W tries to get too much mileage out of their cutting tools. I took care of all 3 guns myself.
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My 18-4 has the tight chambers.
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Had to take a reamer to my 17,18 and 34. All is well now.
I have model 18-3 from around 1972 and I also have a 35-1. I have had the the 18-3 for over 25 years and have not had the ejection problem with it. I have not shot the 35-1 yet because I was told that it had never been shot when I purchased it.
I did have a model 651 22 mag that did have the tight ejection.
My 18 and 34 were very tight. 617 somewhat tight. outdoorsman also. got a reamer and cleaned 'em up....major change
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I had a model 18 as a teenager Unfired cartridges slid in and out fine Once fired it was almost impossible to eject brass I brushed and scrubbed that cylinder and problem got worse Thought maybe too much clearance in chambers and fired brass expanded too much Started to go out of time as well That being said must’ve put 10 thousand rounds thru that pistol We bought bricks like others bought boxes Traded for a Remington 600 .308 rifle Wish I still had that gun though!
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I've got two K-22 Combat Masterpieces, and have owned other K-22's in the past. All had tight chambers, one so bad I got tired of fooling with it and sold it.
I've since found that cutting small patches from a lead wipe away cloth and using them to scrub the charge holes does wonders. Then clean as usual. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
I've since found that cutting small patches from a lead wipe away cloth and using them to scrub the charge holes does wonders. Then clean as usual. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
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Pushing the little devils into the dirty chambers during reload requires more attention than ejection, which I have never found to be overly troublesome. Not a serious issue for me either way. This has been true of both 18-3's I have owned, as well as a M63 and a M48 with a LR cylinder.
Slow reloading requiring thumb pressure to fully seat loaded rounds is why I have never found the .22LR HKS speedloaders to be helpful or practical with my guns.
Regardless of any of the above, you will enjoy the gun.
Slow reloading requiring thumb pressure to fully seat loaded rounds is why I have never found the .22LR HKS speedloaders to be helpful or practical with my guns.
Regardless of any of the above, you will enjoy the gun.
I have a pre 17 that is fine. I also have an 18-4 that had chambers so
tight that the gun was nearly unusable. I reamed the chambers out and
it made a world of difference.
tight that the gun was nearly unusable. I reamed the chambers out and
it made a world of difference.
I love my 17-3 and have shot a lot of steel plates at a range near Charlotte, Mi.
What I found was that the type of ammo lubing made the difference. If using a waxed lube meant sore fingers, dry lube kept these little holes cleaner, longer.
What I found was that the type of ammo lubing made the difference. If using a waxed lube meant sore fingers, dry lube kept these little holes cleaner, longer.
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Well stainless is a harder metal to work with so it made, AKA forced them into changing out the cutter tool more frequent. I definitely think that in the past they tried to get by with the worn tool too long. (cost savings don't you know
)OBTW my machinist/shooter son agrees with my assessment.
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