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Registered: 07/06/08
Posts: 73
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| | 02/10/10 at 12:04 AM | Reply with quote | #4 |
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Smith and Wesson is bowing down to the ANTI's again. The gun locks are a peice of crap.
I looked at a M&P I have in 32-20. The headspace is 2 thousanths of an inch. My 44 Mag, a 629 Classis had a headspace of 10 thou. Within Specs, but caused the endshake problem in a few hundred rounds. I tightened it up to 0 headspace, tuned the barrel back 1 turn, refaced the rear for a 2 thou. gap, and relieved the recoil sheilds to a 5 thou.gap. Like the old ones. Now I have a real gun. I may pin the barrel next, to make a real Smith out of it.
What they are making now, is crap. They are kits to be fitted by a good pistolsmith. Unfortunately, there are very few real Pistolsmiths around. The American Pistolsmiths Association has more to do with following the current trends than it has to do with actual Pistolsmithing on a ground level. I know. I tryed to get in, and was turned down, because all my work was for customers, that raved about my jobs, and not for a fancy decked out race gun, to present at the meeting. I presented 2 of my own guns, perfect in all respects, and all fantastic shooters. They said they did not meet there criteria, as they could not tell they had been worked on. That they were smooth, and tight, but not custom. I was told by an old smith that that was the sign of a good smith to make the guns so no one can tell you did anything, but that they work perfectly.
enough raving about spilled milk, but you get the idea.
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