S&W 66 Barrel Not Timed Correctly
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You didn't spend hundreds of dollars for "almost right." Send that thing back and demand the perfection you paid for.
Yes! PLEASE! Then let us know what you find.
Some day S&W is going to be forced to go back to selling guns with round barrels and round contours on the top of the frames, just to get away from this stuff. Then you guys will have to haul your guns off to the nearest CMM to find out if your barrel is "canted".
There is no such thing as perfect in production-grade firearms.
Yes! PLEASE! Then let us know what you find.
Some day S&W is going to be forced to go back to selling guns with round barrels and round contours on the top of the frames, just to get away from this stuff. Then you guys will have to haul your guns off to the nearest CMM to find out if your barrel is "canted".
There is no such thing as perfect in production-grade firearms.
And why not? These companies advertise that way. One gun company even uses the word "perfection" as part of their slogan. I think that, over the last several years, we've trended toward letting businesses, schools, and industry off the hook by accepting less and less for our dollar. Whether it's a 2-dollar burger order that McDonald's drive thru screws up, a near-thousand dollar firearm, or a multi-thousand-dollar car, people seem content to accept less than perfect and then make excuses for the seller. Sure, it's easier to just say it's not worth the hassle - so at what point IS it worth it?
We should get what we pay for. No more and certainly no less. It's way past time for that simple concept to make a comeback.
That gun looks much like the one I saw at B&H Police Supply fairly recently. The shroud on that one was also clocked so that the detent milled into the ejector shroud to accept the ball was positioned such that the ball didn't engage it at all, resulting in no front lock-up. You might want to check that too.
SixGunSancho
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Well, yours is better than the new M66 a co worker showed me. It spit lead so bad he couldn't get a box of ammo through it. He sent it in along with a check for a master action job. It came back with a reasonable trigger but it would not ignite all loads so we pulled the stocks and apparently the strain screw that was used in the original gun was not long enough to put the pressure needed on the ribbed spring S&W had installed. Their solution was to send him a new strain screw. The problem, they sent him the exact same screw he already had in the gun.
Our solution was to go back to the flat mainspring and live with the heavier pull weight.
All this fiddling around took over seven months.
Nobody's perfect but where does the sloppiness end and why does S&W not fix their final inspection department?
SEND YOUR GUN BACK
Our solution was to go back to the flat mainspring and live with the heavier pull weight.
All this fiddling around took over seven months.
Nobody's perfect but where does the sloppiness end and why does S&W not fix their final inspection department?
SEND YOUR GUN BACK
They won't stop being sloppy until the majority of customers call them on it. If you make excuses or otherwise let them off the hook, you incentivize sloppy, half-a**ed production.
Its always a disgrace when a well known Company gets too cheap in their quality of product no matter how long they have been in business. Gun makers are No exception to this as well as many other industries. The Bottom Line becomes their one purpose and quality takes a hit. We have seen a lot of Great designs in Target Pistols over the years. I hope they keep building even better ones.
nipperdog
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For every post showing so called canted barrels, I'll bet there are hundreds of the same model S&W Revolvers with no visible defects. I own 5 Keyhole Smiths, and everyone has been perfect right out of the box. The only bad ones that we hear about on this site, are from Owners who got a Lemon. Very few Posters I have noticed here post about how pleased they are with their new Guns.
Fishinfool
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Looking at the pics, my opinion is that the milled lines on the frame are off slightly. The rear sight and barrel shroud lines line up fine. Cosmetic, but still an issue if it bothers you.
If you are concerned the barrel may be screwed into the frame slightly cockeyed, I would try measuring the cylinder gap on both sides and see if it is the same. Should be, otherwise the barrel isn't screwed in straight, or the face of the forcing cone is un-even. That's assuming the cylinder and frame is straight....
Larry
If you are concerned the barrel may be screwed into the frame slightly cockeyed, I would try measuring the cylinder gap on both sides and see if it is the same. Should be, otherwise the barrel isn't screwed in straight, or the face of the forcing cone is un-even. That's assuming the cylinder and frame is straight....
Larry
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This is like a bad joke. I am done with Smith. I know, for every one there are 5 right yadda, yadda, but this is not a blemish on the finish, or a lose grip screw , this is putting the damn barrel on correctly. Might as well be talking about putting the hammer on backwards.
The Smith we used to know is gone. Either buy an M&P or just get a Ruger if you want a revolver
This is like a bad joke. I am done with Smith. I know, for every one there are 5 right yadda, yadda, but this is not a blemish on the finish, or a lose grip screw , this is putting the damn barrel on correctly. Might as well be talking about putting the hammer on backwards.
The Smith we used to know is gone. Either buy an M&P or just get a Ruger if you want a revolver
