gutterman
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acquired a beautiful fully engraved S&W model 27 with real stag grips,nickel finish and 8 3/8" brl. Came in display case also. Gun was part of my uncles collection. gun has never been fired. after getting it home(along with 12 others),discovered that the cylinder stop had been completely omitted during production. you can see the machined "cut" for the stop,but the piece was never removed to install the stop. in fact it was engraved right over it. closer inspection proved to be hand engraving. my question is,do i send it back to S&W since it was obviously an error, or take it to a good gunsmith. the gun was purchased back in 1990. I'm afraid i might not see it again if i send it off. any advise?