Tired_and_hungry
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Good Morning Y'all,
I bought a S&W Model 686-6 several months ago and made the mistake of storing it in a sheeps fur lined leather gun bag at the bottom of a locked box with a cased glock-17 and S&W Model 67 on top. In any case, I took the 686 out to the range for practice yesterday and after 150rds of .38 training ammo, when I was cleaning my revolver and looking down muzzle to inspect barrel cleanliness, I noticed that, with the cylinder closed, the cylinder was not perfectly balanced.
Basically, what I mean is that when viewed from the muzzle, the cylinder holes come to rest such that both the left and right sides of the revolver DO NOT look identical. From my perspective, the closed cylinder appears to be 1mm out of alignment either to the left or right but since I suffer from shakey hands, I'm not too sure about this.
Essentially, if the close cylinder is mis-alinged by 1mm or less, is this a problem? The revolver shoots fine and can maintain 30 round 7 inch group at 27 yards from a standing unsuppported position using both hands.
I bought a S&W Model 686-6 several months ago and made the mistake of storing it in a sheeps fur lined leather gun bag at the bottom of a locked box with a cased glock-17 and S&W Model 67 on top. In any case, I took the 686 out to the range for practice yesterday and after 150rds of .38 training ammo, when I was cleaning my revolver and looking down muzzle to inspect barrel cleanliness, I noticed that, with the cylinder closed, the cylinder was not perfectly balanced.
Basically, what I mean is that when viewed from the muzzle, the cylinder holes come to rest such that both the left and right sides of the revolver DO NOT look identical. From my perspective, the closed cylinder appears to be 1mm out of alignment either to the left or right but since I suffer from shakey hands, I'm not too sure about this.
Essentially, if the close cylinder is mis-alinged by 1mm or less, is this a problem? The revolver shoots fine and can maintain 30 round 7 inch group at 27 yards from a standing unsuppported position using both hands.