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musher ,sell it and buy a -4!
I'm not that worried about it ,It will be just fine for what i use this one for,"it's a protection gun,not for huntin"so the loads are kept below 210 gr.But and endurance package wouldn't hurt.I hope i'm not startin a thread about weak 629s,hahahahahahahahah
My 629-1 is only exposed to factory 240gr loads, so I don't have too many fears for it taking a pounding it can't walk away from. (I use my Bisquero to launch the elephant manglers. ) Not sure what all exactly the endurance package entailed, but wasn't a tougher (better heat-treated?) frame and yoke part of it?
There is a letter-number combination stamped above the M629-1 on the frame. It consists of 3 letters and 4 numbers. I think that is S&W's record of the changes.
There are also some numbers-letters on the crane. Maybe parts numbers.
The new parts are pretty obvious. The cylinder is "shinier" (is that a proper word?) as is the cyclinder stop.
The tech I got said there's no way to retrofit the endurance package to the -1 model. According to him, part of the upgrade is heavier pivots on most of the internals--the pivots are part of the frame and can't be replaced.
He recommended shooting only ammo with bullets lighter than 240 grains.
I'm a little skeptical about some of this. I'm thinking about waiting for a week or two and calling back. Maybe I'll get a different tech and a different story.
BTW, Jim he did mention that 0.004 to 0.010 was acceptable cylinder gap according to S&W. That top number seems a bit large to me...
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