My 360 is at S&W for cylinder swap

[Gary7]

My 360 arrived at S&W this morning and is there to have the steel cylinder replaced with a Ti cylinder. Those of you who have sent guns to S&W, how long after it arrives do they generally call to give you an estimate on the repair costs?

 

[P&R Fan]

Within a week when I sent in my 29-2.

 

[Gary7]

I finally got the quote in the mail today from S&W for the replacement of the steel cylinder with the Ti one: $60 for the labor and $14.00 return shipping.

Here is the note on the work:

"Install owner's supplied Ti cylinder and test. Note: Will have to trim barrel at forcing cone to accept new longer cyl. Will not be able to use carbon steel 38 cyl again."

 

[JSR III]

Seems lke a reasonable price to me.

 

[RAMS]

Gary, may I ask why you did a cyl swap? Did you not like the SS cyl? I was thinking of looking for a SS cyl so I could use lighter bullets than are recommended for my Ti cyl.

 

[Gary7]

Gary, may I ask why you did a cyl swap? Did you not like the SS cyl? I was thinking of looking for a SS cyl so I could use lighter bullets than are recommended for my Ti cyl.

The cyl on the 360 is blued steel, not stainless. And the main reason I'm doing the swap is weight reduction.

 

[WC145]

I finally got the quote in the mail today from S&W for the replacement of the steel cylinder with the Ti one: $60 for the labor and $14.00 return shipping.

Here is the note on the work:

"Install owner's supplied Ti cylinder and test. Note: Will have to trim barrel at forcing cone to accept new longer cyl. Will not be able to use carbon steel 38 cyl again."

Well, that sucks, sorry. I guess that means I'm not getting that trip to the moon?

I never got around to sending mine to Pinnacle so Mark could look at it. I'm dropping another gun to a local 'smith today and maybe I'll leave it with him to look at and measure because the Ti cyl I got looks to be exactly the same same as my steel one.

I might be able to ease your pain a little since I feel kind of responsible for you getting the Ti cylinder - Do you want to sell your old steel cylinder if my Ti cyl doesn't work out? I got it mostly to be able to shoot .38s again, the weight savings were just going to be bonus (along with the Ti cool factor). We know your cyl will fit my gun, I'll be able to shoot .38s again and you'll recoup a bit of the cost of the swap. Or I can trade you my Ti cyl for it and you'll have a spare.

 

[Gary7]

Well, that sucks, sorry. I guess that means I'm not getting that trip to the moon?

I never got around to sending mine to Pinnacle so Mark could look at it. I'm dropping another gun to a local 'smith today and maybe I'll leave it with him to look at and measure because the Ti cyl I got looks to be exactly the same same as my steel one.

I might be able to ease your pain a little since I feel kind of responsible for you getting the Ti cylinder - Do you want to sell your old steel cylinder if my Ti cyl doesn't work out? I got it mostly to be able to shoot .38s again, the weight savings were just going to be bonus (along with the Ti cool factor). We know your cyl will fit my gun, I'll be able to shoot .38s again and you'll recoup a bit of the cost of the swap. Or I can trade you my Ti cyl for it and you'll have a spare.

You said in this post that you'd already tried to swap the cylinders yourself and the Ti cylinder fit but with just swapping the ejectors the action wouldn't cycle.

As I pointed out here, there is a very noticeable difference in the lengths of the Ti and steel cylinders.

 

[WC145]

I looked at my gun and the Ti cyl again and the cyls are the same length, as you saw in the pics I posted. The only difference is that the "gear" on the extractor star is longer. Also, my cylinder has been rechambered and cut for moonclips, so I don't know if that has anything to do withthe Ti cyl not working with my old extractor.

Like I said above, I'll drop it to the local 'smith today and let him look at it and give me his opinion. To my eye it should work, but I'm not a gunsmith and don't have calipers to measure anything. I'll post his opinion.

 

[Gary7]

I looked at my gun and the Ti cyl again and the cyls are the same length, as you saw in the pics I posted. The only difference is that the "gear" on the extractor star is longer. Also, my cylinder has been rechambered and cut for moonclips, so I don't know if that has anything to do withthe Ti cyl not working with my old extractor.

Like I said above, I'll drop it to the local 'smith today and let him look at it and give me his opinion. To my eye it should work, but I'm not a gunsmith and don't have calipers to measure anything. I'll post his opinion.

If your Ti and steel cylinders are the same length, then you would not be able to use my steel cylinder because it will be too short. You would have excessive cylinder/barrel gap.

It will be interesting to see if the gunsmith can get your gun to function reliably with both the 9mm steel and 38 Ti cylinders so that you can swap them out when you want to switch ammo.

 

[weisermouth84]

I just picked up a 360 yesterdays and it shoots great; as would be expected, however, there is a small rattling sound inside the revolver when i shake it front to back. it doesnt seem to cause any problems, it just doesnt seem like it should be there. any ideas?