“Ultimate Carry” QC Issues?

[Frailer]

..it was a very heavy trigger pull...it felt like the hand was still trying to rotate the cylinder after lock up.

Interesting observation. On the 432 that locked up I noticed the same thing. Occasionally the trigger would hit a "wall" after the cylinder locked, and it took additional pressure to get the hammer to drop.

The gun's price tag was hanging from a rubber band looped through the trigger guard, so at the time I assumed the problem was caused by the rubber band becoming pinched behind the trigger.

Now I'm not so sure. Some folks claim S&W revised the lock work geometry for this run. If that is indeed true, it might need further revision. Or perhaps de-revision.

 

[waffles]

I've posted before about my experiences with shoddy products from S&W and crummy CS dealing with trying to get them fixed. It is a real shame, I like the technical side of a lot of S&W offerings from the last twenty years, but the very likely outcome of having a lemon and the difficulty of getting it fixed has been able to keep me away after having to learn my lesson a few too many times. It's a shame, I'd really like to be confident in buying one of the UCs.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

Color me disappointed. Nobody's perfect, and we're talking about an exceedingly small sample size of two, but still.

I am not one of those "they don't build them like they used to" guys, but this experience didn't bolster my position.

The current Rebate at S&W had me looking at the PERFORMANCE CENTER® MODEL 19 CARRY COMP® but I had a problem with a Model 637 that was a paperweight at best. My 686 Plus purchase a few years brought my faith back.

I wanted a new revolver and I went with Kimber.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

This is pretty disappointing.

I recently purchased a 686+ and can honestly say it is the best timed S&W I have ever owned and maybe the most accurate. I am 71 and have owned a number of S&W revolvers. This experience led me to believe S&Ws QA issues were behind them. I guess I was confused.

I was rather pleased with my 686+ too.

But others from S&W recently have been duds, no pun intended.