The trigger stud had come loose on this thing, and my local smith told me it had to go back to the factory for that, so I sent it back to S&W for repair, and due to the nature of the work, a refinish. The refinish looks great. These parts were also in the bag upon return, it looks like the hand, sear, and cylinder stop. Well, I shot the thing, and it's got a few problems to say the least. I was using factory ammo, no reloads. The trigger is sometimes smooth, and sometimes binds at the end of it's travel. The cylinder beaks free of the cylinder stop, jumps ship, the gun was showering lead on me, and the shooter next to me. Even when cocked in single action, and making sure the cylinder is locked, upon firing, the cylinder will be locked in a position 3 holes back from the round just fired. If you look at the fired cases, there's an odd double strike I've never seen before. Needless to say, I can't believe this is the work the gunsmiths at S&W are putting out. I'm not sending it back. They had it for 8 months, and while the refinish is top notch, the rest of it is a disaster. I'm just going to take it to a local highly regarded revolver smith and get it fixed. I do not want to even deal with them again. I am sending them a nasty gram with a copy of my invoice, just to let them know their service department is letting handguns with unsafe conditions leave the shop, which they way or may not care, I don't know. OK, I'm done ranting.
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