bangswitch
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After thousands of rounds, why are you just now worrying about it? Should have been obvious within minutes of looking at the gun before you bought it, and if you have others of the same model without them and another one with them, and notice the adjacent cylinders aren't the same, I'd have been asking that question thousands of rounds ago.The gun is a current-model SW 686.
You can see some rings on the cylinder face in the upper right hand corner of the image. They are about the center of the cylinder, not the chambers. This is consistent with another L frame I have.
The rings in the chambers are deeper. I do not see those rings in another 686.
I'm concerned that just honing the rings out will open the throats too far.
I have fired the gun, thousands of rounds. It's flattering how it hits. Clay pigeons at 80 yards. Paper plates at 150 yards. It never misses what I aim at.
Improperly finished cylinder.