After about 3 months of ownership and 350 rounds of +P through it my S&W 442 bought the farm two days ago during a range session. I didn't realize something was wrong until I had gotten home and finished cleaning it that night.
I began to cycle the action and realized my buttery smooth trigger felt a little bit "crunchy" and the timing was slightly off. The cylinder didn't lock in place until the hammer released.
Odd.
So I removed the side plate in order to investigate but saw nothing wrong
I then proceeded to cycle the action and the trigger wouldn't move. I removed the hammer and tried again but the trigger would just bind up.
I gave it one last pull resulting in the trigger falling out of the gun and the rebound slide and spring flying through the air!
The pin that holds the trigger in place within the frame had sheared off at the base from the frame. That's why the trigger felt "crunchy" and the timing was off, the trigger was just loosely resting within the frame.
My main question here is whether or not this can be warrantied after I took the side plate off and began to disassemble the gun?
I found the rebound slide after it flew but am still missing the spring... It is around "somewhere"
Any suggestions would be great folks!
-Jake
I began to cycle the action and realized my buttery smooth trigger felt a little bit "crunchy" and the timing was slightly off. The cylinder didn't lock in place until the hammer released.
Odd.
So I removed the side plate in order to investigate but saw nothing wrong
I then proceeded to cycle the action and the trigger wouldn't move. I removed the hammer and tried again but the trigger would just bind up.
I gave it one last pull resulting in the trigger falling out of the gun and the rebound slide and spring flying through the air!
The pin that holds the trigger in place within the frame had sheared off at the base from the frame. That's why the trigger felt "crunchy" and the timing was off, the trigger was just loosely resting within the frame.
My main question here is whether or not this can be warrantied after I took the side plate off and began to disassemble the gun?
I found the rebound slide after it flew but am still missing the spring... It is around "somewhere"
Any suggestions would be great folks!
-Jake
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