I'm new to the forum. I just picked up my new Smith and Wesson 642 yesterday! On the way to the range to shoot it for the first time I noticed something that is of concern.
On the forcing cone (opposite muzzle end of bore), which is a rough flat cut, I noticed a couple of very small burrs of metal protruding into the bore. Like when you do a rough cut of a metal pipe without de-burring or polishing out the metal afterwards. Perhaps this is normal on forcing cones of all new 642's? I'm not sure. When you look down the bore from the muzzle end (cylinder open) you can see a very slight metal protrusion at the other (forcing cone) end. When the cylinder is closed the protrusion is no longer visible. I'm concerned about the bullet getting knicked on its way into the bore.
One of the guys at the store where I purchased it told me it was probably a "Monday" gun and to send it back to Smith and Wesson. Another guy said to just break it in (200-300 rounds) and the burrs would smooth/polish themselves out.
I could probably smooth out these burrs with a rat tail file in under a minute but I'm NOT a gunsmith and I don't want to work on the bore of a new gun! Is it normal to have unpolished/burred forcing cones on Smith revolvers? Do they have Quality Control problems over there? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
On the forcing cone (opposite muzzle end of bore), which is a rough flat cut, I noticed a couple of very small burrs of metal protruding into the bore. Like when you do a rough cut of a metal pipe without de-burring or polishing out the metal afterwards. Perhaps this is normal on forcing cones of all new 642's? I'm not sure. When you look down the bore from the muzzle end (cylinder open) you can see a very slight metal protrusion at the other (forcing cone) end. When the cylinder is closed the protrusion is no longer visible. I'm concerned about the bullet getting knicked on its way into the bore.
One of the guys at the store where I purchased it told me it was probably a "Monday" gun and to send it back to Smith and Wesson. Another guy said to just break it in (200-300 rounds) and the burrs would smooth/polish themselves out.
I could probably smooth out these burrs with a rat tail file in under a minute but I'm NOT a gunsmith and I don't want to work on the bore of a new gun! Is it normal to have unpolished/burred forcing cones on Smith revolvers? Do they have Quality Control problems over there? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
