Pawnshopping and this S&W 629-4 5 inch "Classic" was sitting there..

[StrawHat]

… With a plastic mallet I torqued the barrel in till the sights were strait up and the ejector lug housing was correct…

I still can not fathom what this means. Please explain?

Kevin

 

[DeafSmith]

I still can not fathom what this means. Please explain?

Kevin

What I did was I noticed the barrel was not strait. That is canted a bit (I figured that was why at 7 yards it was shooting six inches to one side!) Also figured the previous user used magnums and those magnums torqued the barrel a bit (or maybe the gunsmith who put the short barrel on it didn't tighten it up enough...)

So using a plastic mallet with the cylinder removed I tapped the ejector rod housing below the barrel in the direction I wanted it to move (I also noticed the ejector rod was not locking well into the pin in the housing and there was a tiny gap in the frame where it meets the cylinder crane.) Lightly at first the increasing the force several times till I was giving it quite a whack the barrel moved a bit.. more whacks it it with totally strait so the groves in the top of the barrel matched... no gap in the crane/cylinder ..and the lock was tight.

Lucky me the whole thing didn't mar the gun in any way.. and I looked HARD with magnifying glass... Those Smiths are strong!

 

[DeafSmith]

Who is "they"?





Make sure your gunsmith understands he needs to drill from both sides to make this happen.

Kevin

I want 'em to drill STRAIGHT THROUGH! Frame and barrel in one drill run... so the pin really does pin in the barrel.

 

[DeafSmith]

Who is "they"?





Make sure your gunsmith understands he needs to drill from both sides to make this happen.

Kevin

Why both sides? Why not just drill strait through?