I recently purchased a Smith 239 PD for my woods carry gun. It is very accurate and being lite weight it wins hands down over my 629 Classic 5”. High end load are a little snappy but since I do not live in an area where animals can eat you I’ll carry 44 mag. loaded down with 200 gr. Gold Dots.
Something I’ve noticed is I get a lot powder residue on the top of the un-fluted part of cylinder and using H #9 solvent will not remove it. I get some on my 629 but it comes right off. Also directly in line with the sight screw and the metal spacer I’m getting round residue marks and within these marks it’s shinny looks to me there is a coating on the cylinder and a small area is coming off?? Anyone have any similar problems?
Turk
Something I’ve noticed is I get a lot powder residue on the top of the un-fluted part of cylinder and using H #9 solvent will not remove it. I get some on my 629 but it comes right off. Also directly in line with the sight screw and the metal spacer I’m getting round residue marks and within these marks it’s shinny looks to me there is a coating on the cylinder and a small area is coming off?? Anyone have any similar problems?
Turk