I was looking to buy a "Minty" looking(Older)S&W model 19. However, although this revolver certainly doesn't appear to have been abused, I measured the barrel/cylinder gap to be .007"(With the cylinder held forward)and a gap of .009"(With the cylinder held rearward). My questions are as follows:
1)Am I correct in thinking that with an end shake of .002", that this revolver is already at the maximum allowable tolerance range and therefore, at the point that end shake will begin to increase at a faster rate? In other words, this gun is somewhat shot "Loose" already?
2)Wouldn't this .002" end shake measurement, indicate that this revolver should probably be sent back to S&W to correct this end shake(Or, at least be very close to this?)?
3)Would this be a revolver that I should avoid buying in view of this amount of end shake(Unless I wanted to plan on fixing this in the near future, either by adding shims or by sending this gun back to S&W for repair?)?
4)This M19, was built in 1975. I wish to get a good one, that hasn't been shot loose! Since this revolver is a nice one(Except for the .002" end shake and with the cylider/barrel gap at least .001" out of the nominal range(.004"-.006")I hate to pass on this gun-but, am I thinking correctly, that it might be wiser to do so(Rather than to buy this gun, this much out of tolerance for end shake and cylinder/barrel gap?))? Please give your opinions(Pro or Con?)?
1)Am I correct in thinking that with an end shake of .002", that this revolver is already at the maximum allowable tolerance range and therefore, at the point that end shake will begin to increase at a faster rate? In other words, this gun is somewhat shot "Loose" already?
2)Wouldn't this .002" end shake measurement, indicate that this revolver should probably be sent back to S&W to correct this end shake(Or, at least be very close to this?)?
3)Would this be a revolver that I should avoid buying in view of this amount of end shake(Unless I wanted to plan on fixing this in the near future, either by adding shims or by sending this gun back to S&W for repair?)?
4)This M19, was built in 1975. I wish to get a good one, that hasn't been shot loose! Since this revolver is a nice one(Except for the .002" end shake and with the cylider/barrel gap at least .001" out of the nominal range(.004"-.006")I hate to pass on this gun-but, am I thinking correctly, that it might be wiser to do so(Rather than to buy this gun, this much out of tolerance for end shake and cylinder/barrel gap?))? Please give your opinions(Pro or Con?)?