[bobby68]

...apart from never allowing that to happen again. :rolleyes:

My S&W 686 was in its padded nylon uncle mikes holster when it slid off the box i set it on. :banghead: It thumped onto the carpeted floor. I did not see how it landed so i can not say if it landed well or not (if there is such a thing). the gun seems fine.

My question is, do i need to have it checked out to check alignment of the cylinder before firing it?


I know that this is not something anyone wants to do with their guns, but are they made to stand up to these sorts of blows?

thanks for any help...

[Fumbler]

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57816

That link is in the sticky on the revolver forum.

Most likely your gun is fine.
I personally think semiautos are better than revolvers in this respect.
You can throw an auto and the most damage you've done is break a sight and mess up the finish. Drop a revolver and you could throw the timing or alignment off or bind the cylinder.
I don't think what I've said is enough reason to not use a revolver though, I still love my GP-100 and would rather have it than my Sig in the woods.

[medmo]

I'm sure it is good to go. They can take a lot of abuse and show no signs of wear. I bet you are safe especially because it was in a holster. This same gun design saw a lot of awful hard use with law enforcement for decades. If you are worried about the alignment a gunsmith can check it in 30 seconds or less with range rods.

[Zeke Menuar]

If I had a nickel for every time I bumped or dropped my M686, I could get one of those fancy Performance Center raceguns.

Revolvers are pretty tough. Yours is probably OK.

ZM

[medmo]

Zeke, I'm taking umbrage to your autosignature. The smell of the pile is a bit different if you are a single issue voter. Pity me because I am. Take a taste and forget the odor cause Dem's are incredibly anti-2nd amendment

[stans]

My S&W 686 was in its padded nylon uncle mikes holster when it slid off the box i set it on. It thumped onto the carpeted floor.

I expect it's fine, now go kiss it and beg it for forgiveness of your transgression. :D

[MikeIsaj]

I backed a 3/4ton Dodge pick-up over my Ruger .45 once, scratched it a little but no serious damage. I'm guesing it's OK.

[Standing Wolf]

Take a taste and forget the odor cause Dem's are incredibly anti-2nd amendment...

So are an awful lot of the Republicans. The recent .50 caliber ban in the People's Republic of California, for example, wasn't signed by a Democrat.

[medmo]

Sorry. I never apply California to reality.

[munk]

I never apply California to reality and wouldn't call the Gov a Republican. He is a fiscal conservative. Though the Gov signed it, what democratic majority in their legislature wrote it, promoted it, and pushed it through? Do the names Feinstein and Boxer mean anything on Capital Hill to anti gunners?

Blaming Arnold for a 50 ban in Ca is denial that the current Democratic party is anti gun.

OH! about this thread; dropping a revolver on a carpet would not worry me.
They'll even take being dropped on concrete. Shoot it at paper and see how it does. Any changes?


munk

[Sistema1927]

Better safe than sorry.

Box up the 686, and mail it to me. I wouldn't want you to get hurt.

[bobby68]

I expect it's fine, now go kiss it and beg it for forgiveness of your transgression. :D

that's about how i felt... :o

I never apply California to reality and wouldn't call the Gov a Republican.

I am here in CA and i did not vote for Arnie. I voted for the real republican that ran against him and Bustamante. I guess McClintock was too honest for the tastes of my fellow citizens.

[pythonguy]

Being it was in a padded holster and fell on a carpeted floor, I am sure there is nothing wrong with your gun. I have bought guns from all over the country that are shipped in flimsy boxes, and I am sure they are bounced around and dropped harder then your gun was and they all work fine. Test it to ease your mind, then forget it once it passes.

[Bear Gulch]

It is fine. They were built to withstand far more than that!

[Cosmoline]

If your revolver's timing goes off or parts break because you drop it a few feet, return it and get a different revolver. I've seen Rugers that had been bashed hard enough to break concrete that still function fine, including a single six that had a bent frame at the grip and a bent trigger guard! I still don't know how that was even possible. Someone had apparently held it by the barrel and used it to kill something very large with a very hard head.

[Fumbler]

:eek:

I don't believe I'd have the guts to pull the trigger of a revolver with a bent frame. I wonder what they beat with it...

I didn't realize the revolver in the original post was in the holster. In this case I wouldn't even bother checking out timing etc. dropping a holstered gun onto carpet only a few feet away is no big deal.

[Feanaro]

If something is wrong because you dropped it on the carpet, in a padded holster, I'd return the pistol. What's that old revolver saying? "Six for sure... unless I lightly rap the cylinder." ;)

[R.H. Lee]

I'm sure it's damaged beyond repair. You should send it to me before somebody gets hurt. :p

[buzz meeks]

A lot of posters here worry that their revolver's timing could somehow sustain damage in a fall. But I fail to see how that can happen if all of the components are at rest. That is to say, if the hammer is NOT cocked then all of the parts that govern timing are well protected within the revolver's frame and those same parts are at rest and critical surfaces are not bearing on each other. At least that is how I understand Smith revolvers. If I am wrong, can someone please correct me?

Speaking as the grandson of a fumbling Trenton, NJ cop, I firmly believe revolvers can take more mishandling than you might suppose. Besides, when they do fall, revolvers tend to land heavy side down- either butt first or right on the rear sight. How do I know? The fumbles are hereditary.

[munk]

Buzz, I think you are right. It's just probably much harder to injure the timing if the hammer is down and the cylinder in.



munk