Andrew Wyatt
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If it "breaks" again, just bury it in the desert.
It shot itself to pieces!!!
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Tamara
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BigG,
Guess my 629-1 was only a VIRTUAL S&W.
Wish I had a lot of ACTUAL experience with S&W revolvers, only having experience with one or two, myself.
Guess my 629-1 was only a VIRTUAL S&W.
Wish I had a lot of ACTUAL experience with S&W revolvers, only having experience with one or two, myself.
Highland Ranger
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Not for nothing (as we say in the Garden State) but a few hundred rounds and a screw comes loose and we're going to call it operator error?
Sorry, maybe after a few thousand but after a few hundred, well I call that either poor assembly or poor engineering.
The wheels shouldn't come off any gun after a few hundred rounds.
Sorry, maybe after a few thousand but after a few hundred, well I call that either poor assembly or poor engineering.
The wheels shouldn't come off any gun after a few hundred rounds.
Tamara
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"It's an imperfect world; screws fall out." -John Bender, The Breakfast Club. 
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I have a 3" RB HB model 64.
I have no idea of the round count - a bunch. Never had a bbl problem. Like all the other old smiths I have,or have owned, I do remove that screw when cleaning to make it simpler for me. I do check all screws and make sure they are snug...especially after heavier loads, extended rds counts.
This is as automatic as taking a dry toothbrush and brushing under the star / extractor while out shooting. Especially a dirty loading...given enough rds downrange one will get a bind. Normal...some guns will go more rds than others is the difference.
Then again I'm the type to notice mom's tires before I get in to move it into garage, and notice a tire is low...or suspect so. Just wired that way I guess.
I have no idea of the round count - a bunch. Never had a bbl problem. Like all the other old smiths I have,or have owned, I do remove that screw when cleaning to make it simpler for me. I do check all screws and make sure they are snug...especially after heavier loads, extended rds counts.
This is as automatic as taking a dry toothbrush and brushing under the star / extractor while out shooting. Especially a dirty loading...given enough rds downrange one will get a bind. Normal...some guns will go more rds than others is the difference.
Then again I'm the type to notice mom's tires before I get in to move it into garage, and notice a tire is low...or suspect so. Just wired that way I guess.
BryanP
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Hey Denfoote, don't feel bad. My first gun was also a Taurus snubbie .357 - a 617S. I had the exact same thing happen to me after a couple of months of shooting it. In my case the screw disappeared. I called Taurus, they put one in the mail to me for no charge and now checking the screws is part of the basic checkout procedure for me.
I'm now up to a whopping 9 firearms - I'm in no danger of making Tamara jealous anytime soon - and 3 of them are Taurus revolvers that have served me well so far.
To be honest, now that I'm a tad more knowledgeable about firearms I probably wouldn't choose the 617S as my first gun again, but it's now my wife's gun. It fits her hand perfectly and she shoots it better than I do.
I'm now up to a whopping 9 firearms - I'm in no danger of making Tamara jealous anytime soon
- and 3 of them are Taurus revolvers that have served me well so far. To be honest, now that I'm a tad more knowledgeable about firearms I probably wouldn't choose the 617S as my first gun again, but it's now my wife's gun. It fits her hand perfectly and she shoots it better than I do.
denfoote
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It's back together!!
...and it works!!!!
I put 130 rounds through it.
Yes the screw was loose afterward, but I had not tightened it with loc-Tite. But did so as soon as I got home!!!!
No misfires and the accuracy had not suffered.
...and it works!!!!
I put 130 rounds through it.
- 30 .38spl
50 .38spl +P
50 357MAG
Yes the screw was loose afterward, but I had not tightened it with loc-Tite. But did so as soon as I got home!!!!
No misfires and the accuracy had not suffered.
chaim
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denfoote, you have to love this board. I saw your thread at Taurus Talk first, and it didn't even occur to me that it would be something as simple as a loose screw. It should have though. Taurus makes some great guns, and I do love their stuff, but my one complaint is that the screws loosen a lot faster than on my S&Ws. I've only really noticed it with the sideplate screws before though- I guess I'd better get to checking my cylinders now.
WonderNine
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Heh, I have not had screws fall out in any gun of mine, nor have they come loose, but I recently acquired two unissued CZ-52's so we'll see if the disorder of the universe has been increased when I shoot them both tomorrow.....
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VictorLouis
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Loose screws are a FACT
on S&W revolvers. IMHO, not just the ones with the high horsepower-to-weight ratio, either.
I've found the same screw loose a time or two on my guns. The latest one with the internal, spring-loaded plungers are not the culprits so much as the older style.
Don't forget to check the cap nut on the thumblatch, either. I did, and lost a nice latch as a result.
on S&W revolvers. IMHO, not just the ones with the high horsepower-to-weight ratio, either.
I've found the same screw loose a time or two on my guns. The latest one with the internal, spring-loaded plungers are not the culprits so much as the older style.
Don't forget to check the cap nut on the thumblatch, either. I did, and lost a nice latch as a result.
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