My S&W .44 mag just turned into a single action

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I was just checking out my .44 magnum 629 mountain gun getting it ready my sidearms on a black bear hunting trip this weekend. I opened the cylinder and confirmed it was unloaded. closed the cylinder and pulled the hammer back. Then I let the hammer down slowly after pulling the tigger. I noticed the trigger did not go back to its original position. I tried just pulling the trigger and nothing happened. :cuss:

So my two month old 629 just turned itself into a single action. The trigger is stuck on mostly pulled and I can't open the cylinder. I can pull the hammer back and pull the trigger and it works but the trigger never returns to full forward.

Now normally I would take the thing apart and see what I can do about it but since it is almost new I didn't know if that voids any kind of warranty. My question is should I just talk to S&W directly or should I go back to the store I bought it at and see if the will deal with S&W. This is only the second tiem I have ever had a firearms break on me. I have no experience with something like this. Any suggestions?:banghead:
 
It needs to go back to S&W . A retail store "sometimes" has a 30 day return policy (warranty) besides the factory warranty for just such problems, but many stores will at least assist you in the return to the manufacturer.

Where this helps is that an FFL can ship the gun via the US postal service and save a lot of shipping costs that way.

I wouldn't necesarily expect the selling shop to do this for you, but I know the one I deal with does. They just don't give additional warranty behond the factory one. and shouldn't be expected to either.
 
Contact S&W, they will send a prepaid shipping label.

They will pay shipping both ways, and they will fix it quickly and correctly.
 
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