Recent content by 4130wraith

I guess in my lack of faith I didn't give S&W the benifit of the doubt. After taking it to the range it grouped very nicely. the crown must be concentric to the bore and the barrel end not 100% perpendicular. At this point I don't care as long as it shoots. Thanks for letting me vent. I cant...

O.K. I'm at a complete loss for words. I just recieved my 617-6 back from S&W for the second time in a month. Now they put a new cylinder and barrel on and the crown is not concentric to the bore. If you look at it the crown is longer/ shallower on one side and shorter/steeper on the other. ***...

Thanks. Do you mean cut and paste their phrase? I have a call tag in route, I'll keep posted.

Not sure how to highlight a quote? But I have tried maybe 6 different rounds before I sent it in to s&w. I seems to me that it should do better than 10" with any ammo. Heck I can throw the bullets better:). It's not chambered in 22mag and as far as I can tell the crown looks good. The cylinder...

Just how accurate are your 617's. I'm asking cause I have one that's sub par and not sure what to do. With the gun on sandbags at 25 yds I got groups of about 5". I sent it back to smith because of this and other problems. After getting it back some problems have been fixed, others seem worse...