Text of my chat with CS just now..Is this right??

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Ashley: Hello, welcome to our live chat service.
Ashley: How may I help you today?
Tim: Helo
Tim: I have a 686 no dash 4" revolver that still needs the recall work done from the 1980's How fast can you do it?
Ashley: It will take about 5-6 weeks total.
Ashley: We can perform the recall work for you; however there is a simple way to check by yourself to see if you need to get the recall repair performed.
Tim: Wow seems too long fro a recall repair?
Tim: How?
Tim: What is the simple check?
Ashley: It's not the repair that takes long, there are other firearms here too.
Ashley: Make sure the revolver is unloaded, and then point the muzzle in a safe direction and dry fire one time. Keep the trigger to the rear of the trigger guard while doing so. Now try to move the hammer. If the hammer is stuck, then it needs to come in.
Tim: This is the check for the problem of the .357 mag primers blowback causing lockup in the no dash and 686-1's?
Ashley: There was only one 686 no dash recall, and this is how you check to see if it needs to be sent in. A gun that old would have exhibited the issue a long time ago, so chances are the gun doesn't need to come in. This is how you can check yourself. If you still want to send it, that's fine too.
Tim: Do you mean try to pull the hammer back after you have dry fired while still holding the trigger?
Tim: Thanks for the tip.. I will check it out...
Ashley: As soon as you dry fire, don't let go of the trigger.
Ashley: It needs to stay to the rear.
Ashley: And then you try and pull the hammer.
Ashley: You're welcome.
Ashley: Let us know if it does exhibit this though, because we will need to provide you with a prepaid label to get it sent in.
Tim: And you should be able to pull the hammer back?
Ashley: Correct.
 
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I got a similar response when I e-mailed them the other day to see if they were still doing re-fit's on the L-frame. Never heard of this "test" before. Apparently, if the hammer nose doesn't "stick" or get hung up in the bushing, it's OK?
 
HMM..I'm skeptical..I'm thinking it could also bind with the .357 primer thingy along with this issue..Don't see how this test would tell you if the magnum loads would cause binding..I don;t know...
 
The problem originally was an "oversized" firing pin (hammer nose) hole letting the primer material flow back into the the bushing hole and causing it to lockup. I've never heard of a hammer nose (firing pin) getting stuck in a larger hole.
 
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