Hevymetal
Regular Member
Well if anyone had read a thread I started over a month ago I was trying to decide what new guns to buy for me and the wife. I wound up getting the Sig 229 Scorpion Elite TB (which has been awesome and preformed flawlessly so far).
I also purchased a S&W 637CT for the wife (who wants to carry). I got it as an anniversary present for her. Before sending it in to get Diamondkoted in Pink (yeah I know, save the jokes, she wants a pink gun to carry) I wanted to run a few rounds through it to make sure everything was in proper order before allowing her to "test drive it" before the coating process.
I loaded up the cylinder with 5 rounds of FACTORY LOADED .38 Special 130 grain FMJ ammo (not +P) and preceded to fire the first round in DA, no problems. Second round DA, no problems. Third round DA, OUCH! felt my hand burn a little and thought just powder flash no biggie. Went to pull the trigger for the fourth round and NOTHING, the trigger wouldn't pull and the cylinder didn't rotate. Hmmm, this can't be good I thought, went to open the cylinder and it wouldn't budge, WTF?? After a few minutes of jiggling and pushing the release lever. It opened and I saw this and also noticed the powder burn was infact a burn and a nice little hunk of missing skin to go along with it.
http://www.rencomp.com/sw/IMAG0170.jpg
and
http://www.rencomp.com/sw/IMAG0173.jpg
Took it to my friend the gunsmith who does the coatings, he went WTF? He took it to a guy he knows who's a S&W master armorer, he hadn't seen that happen before in 30+ years. Both verified the ammo used was indeed good and of the recommended type for that model. He thought it maybe a boring offset variance and/or another defect. (DUH) Both said contact S&W.
So I contacted S&W today after assuring the guy I had used FACTORY LOADED ammo, which was his initial thought of the problem. They setup an RMA and assured me they would take care of it. (I sure the heck hope so) so we will see what happens.
My question is has anyone here ever experienced a failure similar to what happened to me, S&W or any other model of revolver? What the heck could have happened? Doesn't S&W factory test them before shipping?
Glad I insisted on shooting it first even though the wife gave me a little grief over it.
I have a couple of S&W revolvers and have put many a round through them downrange (including way hot .44 loads in another snub nose) and never experienced anything like what happened.
Just looking for input.
Hevy
I also purchased a S&W 637CT for the wife (who wants to carry). I got it as an anniversary present for her. Before sending it in to get Diamondkoted in Pink (yeah I know, save the jokes, she wants a pink gun to carry) I wanted to run a few rounds through it to make sure everything was in proper order before allowing her to "test drive it" before the coating process.
I loaded up the cylinder with 5 rounds of FACTORY LOADED .38 Special 130 grain FMJ ammo (not +P) and preceded to fire the first round in DA, no problems. Second round DA, no problems. Third round DA, OUCH! felt my hand burn a little and thought just powder flash no biggie. Went to pull the trigger for the fourth round and NOTHING, the trigger wouldn't pull and the cylinder didn't rotate. Hmmm, this can't be good I thought, went to open the cylinder and it wouldn't budge, WTF?? After a few minutes of jiggling and pushing the release lever. It opened and I saw this and also noticed the powder burn was infact a burn and a nice little hunk of missing skin to go along with it.
http://www.rencomp.com/sw/IMAG0170.jpg
and
http://www.rencomp.com/sw/IMAG0173.jpg
Took it to my friend the gunsmith who does the coatings, he went WTF? He took it to a guy he knows who's a S&W master armorer, he hadn't seen that happen before in 30+ years. Both verified the ammo used was indeed good and of the recommended type for that model. He thought it maybe a boring offset variance and/or another defect. (DUH) Both said contact S&W.
So I contacted S&W today after assuring the guy I had used FACTORY LOADED ammo, which was his initial thought of the problem. They setup an RMA and assured me they would take care of it. (I sure the heck hope so) so we will see what happens.
My question is has anyone here ever experienced a failure similar to what happened to me, S&W or any other model of revolver? What the heck could have happened? Doesn't S&W factory test them before shipping?
Glad I insisted on shooting it first even though the wife gave me a little grief over it.
I have a couple of S&W revolvers and have put many a round through them downrange (including way hot .44 loads in another snub nose) and never experienced anything like what happened.
Just looking for input.
Hevy