Panzerschwein
member
Hello all!
I have recently come into possession of a Model 67-1, and it is most fine. However, the red front sight insert has some damage to it:
There's a fair sized dent that is an eyesore, and is somewhat distracting when looking down the sights.
So today, I decided to call the S&W factory to see about replacing the front sight insert. The boy who answered the phone acted dumbfounded when I told him that this is a fixed front sight. I had to explain to him several times that it did not have a roll-pinned front blade, which he repeatedly tried to sell me! I don't believe this young gentleman was very familiar with the older model revolvers, needless to say, and so I asked to speak with a technician. He refused to transfer me, and once I finally got through to him that a new front blade wouldn't fix the problem, he told me "we would have to charge $45 to evaluate the problem, turnaround would be 2-3 months, we don't have parts for obsolete guns" and things like that.
I was pretty surprised by the whole conversation, and not quite impressed. You'd think S&W would be able to handle something like this. Anyway, since the factory can't help me, does anyone know were I can send this revolver to have the front sight insert replaced? I will check with some local gunsmiths around here, but would prefer to send it to a respectable S&W gunsmith to make sure it is done right. I have neither the tools nor skills to do it myself, and would prefer an "experts touch" as it were.
If anyone could please help me out on this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much everyone!
I have recently come into possession of a Model 67-1, and it is most fine. However, the red front sight insert has some damage to it:
There's a fair sized dent that is an eyesore, and is somewhat distracting when looking down the sights.
So today, I decided to call the S&W factory to see about replacing the front sight insert. The boy who answered the phone acted dumbfounded when I told him that this is a fixed front sight. I had to explain to him several times that it did not have a roll-pinned front blade, which he repeatedly tried to sell me! I don't believe this young gentleman was very familiar with the older model revolvers, needless to say, and so I asked to speak with a technician. He refused to transfer me, and once I finally got through to him that a new front blade wouldn't fix the problem, he told me "we would have to charge $45 to evaluate the problem, turnaround would be 2-3 months, we don't have parts for obsolete guns" and things like that.
I was pretty surprised by the whole conversation, and not quite impressed. You'd think S&W would be able to handle something like this. Anyway, since the factory can't help me, does anyone know were I can send this revolver to have the front sight insert replaced? I will check with some local gunsmiths around here, but would prefer to send it to a respectable S&W gunsmith to make sure it is done right. I have neither the tools nor skills to do it myself, and would prefer an "experts touch" as it were.
If anyone could please help me out on this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much everyone!
