Proof load testing? S&W 625

I don't know just how S&W proof tests their guns, but I do know that guy was telling a lie.


I have two of them, and the finish on both are perfect. These guns didn't have a mark on them.

Two 625's here. Great guns. No such mark on either ( or anyof my other S7W's for that matter. It would be interesting to see if the mark would buff out or if it's deep into the metal.

a 2-3mm dot between lightening cuts

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I presume youare referring to the cylinder flutes?

If so, the firing of proof loads will in no way cause a discolouration on the outside of the cylinder.

Look at the face of the cylinder. You should be able to see a trace of powder blast on the face of three chambers. As far as I know S&W only proofs every other chamber (which is a completely safe way to do it) and has done it this way for a loooooong time.



The dealer is just trying to cover up the stain where some Glock owner spewed his Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper whan he heard the price of a real gun.




Seriously. The dealer is yanking your chain. Whenever I hear a fabrication like this I have great difficulty believing anything further they have to say.
Sounds like it's worth at least $50 off the lowest negotiated price.

No such mark on ANY of my S&W's, including a like new 625-7 3".







I tend not to believe what ANY gun sales person tells me about anything... so many of them are so full of s#!+ it ain't funny at all! That's how so many rumors get started and spread around... "idiants" my little girl would call them! ;-)=

here's no mark like that on my 625-6 45acp MG or my 3" 625-7 in 45 colt.It sounds to me like the clerk was trying to baffle you with bs.

S&W proofing

S&W fires a proof load in every other chamber. The weakest point in the six hole cylinder is the wall between chambers. A proof load fired in the chamber stresses the walls on both sides, hence you can skip testing the chambers in between. All this assumes there are no gross flaws in the outside wall of one of the chambers you didn't fire a round in.

Ask to see the one they have in the back, the one that the store gorillas haven't drooled on and thrown around yet. And if they don't have another get one somewhere else and let them know they lost a sale.

I used to work at S&W. No marks from proof testing.

Owen

Probably blast from b/c gap off topstrap, although I like BluesBears version better. I just got a 625JM this week - my second 4" 625-8. Both were better finished than my other new S&W's, not even a hint of a drag line. Of course, I remedied that dry-firing them the day they came home (A shiney drag line really shows up on that satin bead blasted SS - more so than on a blued cylinder.). Try any cleaner - it'll come off. If you ever get a S&W with a completely clean cylinder front, it's probably a used one someone has cleaned!

Stainz

PS If you like Miculek's style of slabsided stock, a gold bead interchangeable front sight, and hard-chromed trigger & hammer in a 4" 625-8, the The 625JM only lists for $50 more than a regular 625-8.