New S&W 351 PD FTF...Please Help!

[Elmer]

I'm willing to bet that you didn't pull the trigger back enough to hit the primer hard enough to ignite, BUT, you you did pull it back enough to make a small indent on the case....my daughter was doing it over and over with my 351....told her to pull all the way....very hard trigger because of the strong spring....

How's that again? How do you not pull a double action trigger "back enough"?

 

[shawn mccarver]

I am writing to ask your collective opinions as I have never before owned a 22 magnum.

Yesterday I purchased a S&W 351PD. Today I went to the range for a quick function fire using Remington 40 Grain Win Mag Rounds. Basically, the gun failed to fire twice in 35 rounds. In both cases, a second pull of the trigger on the round that failed to detonate resulted in a discharge.

I had always been under the impression that 22 Magnum ammunition was somewhat more reliable than 22LR. Unfortunately, I only had 35 rounds with me to function test or I would have tried another box.

Does this seem highly unusual to anyone else? I'm thinking the gun should go back to S&W for the once over...what do you think???

P.S.- I REALLY like the 351PD...its a sweet shooter!

Your revolver is defective and should be sent back. It may not be a matter of spring weight, but of headspace, end shake or something else, allowing the distance between the nose of the firing pin to be just on the edge of where it should be for reliability purposes. Send it in to S&W. Call and they should send you a shipping label.