I have been trying to sell a S&W 617. I had a buyer who wanted to shoot it first, at the range when me or the buyer who was also a strong adult shot it in both single and double action the gun worked just fine. When his daughter shot it in single action issues started to come up. The trigger would spring forward on release of the hammer and push her finger out of the all the pulled position causing the gun to not fire. I could get this to happen only if I completely relaxed my finger. The buyer demonstraited the the gun has a second issue called push off. He also mentioned the screws on the gun indicate that bubba may have taken off the side plate.
So he didn't want the gun. I did some checking on here, found the right way to remove the side plate and found a few areas of concern.
You can see here it looks like a stainless steel chewing rat go ahold of this gun. I am not sure if the marks on the side plate are normal or if it was used as a snowboard or something.
You can see the pry mark on the frame and an area on the hammer where it looks like a dremel misfired, or are such marks common on S&W hammers? (insert sarcastic tone for last comment, the funny kind of sarcasm, not the annoying kind)
What is the best course of action to get the gun fixed? I am going to contact S&W tomorrow but I am expecting to take the cost of the repair as this would be what anyone would call abuse. Would a gunsmith be cheaper than what S&W would charge?
So he didn't want the gun. I did some checking on here, found the right way to remove the side plate and found a few areas of concern.

You can see here it looks like a stainless steel chewing rat go ahold of this gun. I am not sure if the marks on the side plate are normal or if it was used as a snowboard or something.

You can see the pry mark on the frame and an area on the hammer where it looks like a dremel misfired, or are such marks common on S&W hammers? (insert sarcastic tone for last comment, the funny kind of sarcasm, not the annoying kind)
What is the best course of action to get the gun fixed? I am going to contact S&W tomorrow but I am expecting to take the cost of the repair as this would be what anyone would call abuse. Would a gunsmith be cheaper than what S&W would charge?