I have a beautiful S&W 627 PC that I bought slightly used. It has the nicest trigger that I've ever encountered on a handgun. It is by no means a hair trigger, but it is very crisp and light.
I always shoot it in SA mode, without the moonclips, and it fails to ignite about 5% of my handloads which use CCI primers (known to be hard primers). That is OK with me, since I only use the revolver for range fun and I standardized on CCI primers rather than the softer Federals.
For the first time ever, I recently attempted to shoot the revolver in Double Action, and it did not fire a single round! There were very slight indentations on all the primers, but not one ignited...
I noticed that in DA mode, the hammer does not travel back nearly as far is it is when I cock it in SA. I was not using moonclips, if that makes any difference.
I have no idea if anyone worked on the trigger before I got this gun, but I suspect that a factory trigger would not fail every time, even when using CCIs.
I'd like to get this DA failure fixed, but I'm hesitant to lose the great trigger that I love so much.
What do you think is going on with my beloved 627?
I always shoot it in SA mode, without the moonclips, and it fails to ignite about 5% of my handloads which use CCI primers (known to be hard primers). That is OK with me, since I only use the revolver for range fun and I standardized on CCI primers rather than the softer Federals.
For the first time ever, I recently attempted to shoot the revolver in Double Action, and it did not fire a single round! There were very slight indentations on all the primers, but not one ignited...
I noticed that in DA mode, the hammer does not travel back nearly as far is it is when I cock it in SA. I was not using moonclips, if that makes any difference.
I have no idea if anyone worked on the trigger before I got this gun, but I suspect that a factory trigger would not fail every time, even when using CCIs.
I'd like to get this DA failure fixed, but I'm hesitant to lose the great trigger that I love so much.
What do you think is going on with my beloved 627?