absolute0
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I took my new S&W model 17-4 out to the range after work yesterday to check function and have a little fun. I was really looking forward to it, as this is my first S&W revolver and the model 17 comes so highly recommended.
I left disappointed, as I discovered 2 areas of concern:
1) I had a great many (maybe 1 round per cylinder) failures to fire. The firing pin was leaving a dimple in the primer, but the round(s) failed to go off. I tried a couple different brands of ammo, and had the same troubles with all. I was able to re-load and successfull fire all but 1 of the mis-fires.
2) The trigger/cylinder was binding up at times when shooting double action. The difficulty/bind up was happening about once ever cylinder fired, so it seems likely the same troublesome chamber was likely the culprit each time.
Are there any likely trouble spots that I (fairly handy but no gunsmith) can look at and possibly fix? Or would a better course of action be to bring her to a trusted Smithy for a full work over. I've never had trouble with one of my revolvers before so this is a new, not-so-fun experience for me
P.S. I love the way this revolver shoots! It feels great in the hand, has great ergonomics & trigger and I was shooting it better than my much loved Colt Diamondback. I wanna get this fixed!!!
I left disappointed, as I discovered 2 areas of concern:
1) I had a great many (maybe 1 round per cylinder) failures to fire. The firing pin was leaving a dimple in the primer, but the round(s) failed to go off. I tried a couple different brands of ammo, and had the same troubles with all. I was able to re-load and successfull fire all but 1 of the mis-fires.
2) The trigger/cylinder was binding up at times when shooting double action. The difficulty/bind up was happening about once ever cylinder fired, so it seems likely the same troublesome chamber was likely the culprit each time.
Are there any likely trouble spots that I (fairly handy but no gunsmith) can look at and possibly fix? Or would a better course of action be to bring her to a trusted Smithy for a full work over. I've never had trouble with one of my revolvers before so this is a new, not-so-fun experience for me
P.S. I love the way this revolver shoots! It feels great in the hand, has great ergonomics & trigger and I was shooting it better than my much loved Colt Diamondback. I wanna get this fixed!!!
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