S&W Spec Series 5 wear.

[N4KVE]

My brother just purchase the Spec Series gun from a dealer in the Atlanta area. When he took it apart after bringing it home he noticed the barrel showed signs of use, & in the slide, the center ridge that goes from front to back, the finish was worn away. Anyone have one, & does it look like this, or did the gun store owner decide to put 100 down the pipe to give it a “test run”? He’s upset that his $1500 purchase isn’t new. I told him most guns are tested before leaving the factory, but he thinks this gun was fired quite a bit. I mentioned the 49 year old Browning Hi Power I bought 2 weeks ago didn’t have that much wear. Gary.

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[Saudade]

Without pics, it's hard to tell.

 

[N4KVE]

Never mind. He went back to the store where they opened up the other one. Exact same wear, so maybe with the gun being so expensive it’s well tested at S&W. GARY

 

[dajogejr]

I have one with about 200 or so rounds though it, would be happy to compare pics.

 

[N4KVE]

I have one with about 200 or so rounds though it, would be happy to compare pics.

I have no idea how to post photos here, but I can text them, or e-mail them to you.

 

[Saudade]

I have no idea how to post photos here, but I can text them, or e-mail them to you.

click on “attach files” and select the pics you want.

 

[N4KVE]

 

[Beju]

Looks like brass residue from test firing.

 

[dajogejr]

Yeah, I can scrub that off every pistol I own, and within a few rounds, it’ll look like that.
As Beju said, that’s just brass residue from test fires.
If he looks at the breach face, where the case sits against the pistol and the primer gets struck by the firing pin, you’ll see a very similar color most likely.

In being honest, I’d rather see that than not on a new gun, it means it was actually fired before it left.
Nothing to worry about at all.

 

[dajogejr]

That’s about 200 rounds down range and a semi healthy scrub with a brush.. By no means is that “worn down to the finish”, it’s quite normal.
Also a pic of the breech face, clean…but similar brass color.

Go shoot it