Sideplate marks from bubbasmith

[Stringbender]

Hi all, I have a 686-2 that has some marks where the sideplate meets the frame. Is there an easy way to cover this up or repair? Every time I look at the gun that's where my eyes focus. The gun shoots fine and didn't see this when I traded for it. Should I be concerned about what the bubba-smith might have done inside the lockwork? The picture shows it a little but I would like to get this fixed (I am not comfortable pulling the sideplate)

 

[john traveler]

Use a small strip of 600 grit wet-or dry abrasive paper wrapped around a wooden popsicle stick to polish out the burrs. It's stainless, and you can polish to the degree of finish you want without harming it.

 

[MichiganScott]

Stringbender, I've got a couple straight from the factory that look like that.

Don't fix it until it's broke.

 

[Nick B]

That's not from Bubba, that's from the factory . I have several Smiths made in the 80's and 90's that I took out of the box myself that look like that .

 

[DeeBee]

Use a small strip of 600 grit wet-or dry abrasive paper wrapped around a wooden popsicle stick to polish out the burrs. It's stainless, and you can polish to the degree of finish you want without harming it.

+1 on the above repair, and you can use a gray scothbrite pad, to match the factory finish.

 

[ken158]

I agree those are factory marks - no big deal fixing as noted above.

 

[G.T. Smith]

Yeah, I've done the 600 wet or dry and the a dremel tool with a buffing tool with jeweler's rouge, then you can take it back to whatever degree of finish you like. I like the satin finish but my 65 was polished pretty well when I got it and I haven't messed with it except for a few small scratches and very small dings.
Peace,
gordon