Cosmetic factory flaw or serious problem?

Won't get bored of waiting. Just more excited!!!! It wasn't so much the cosmetic part of the flaw, just if it effected the function.
 
Stu44 said:
It is new. Never fired, but made in 1993. My concern is it affecting the function and safety. I would like to go ahead with the deal I have in place. I doubt I will find a NIB one ever again.
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I'm pretty sure that revolver has been fired, but i'd still buy it. It's been opened and closed enough that if it hasn't been fired someone liked playing with it! Again, that said, i'd still purchase it as it will be a nice shooter. It's not NRA NIB condition. Value would be around 800$
 
You could have got one for that price about 10 years ago. If you were a US citizen and weren't paying the exchange rate and import fee.

I found out what it is. I sent an email to S&W to enquire. It is a marking from replacement of the firing pin bushing. The history is: Came from an estate sale of 40 or so NIB S&W's. Was sold to a collector, who sent it to S&W for a factory polish. That would explain the replacement. (came apart for the polish job) The second guy then had the same dealer auction it off for him.

I still believe it is unfired. Also, I do believe it was handled. Hell, I'm not a collector and handle mine. The only person who would benefit from selling it, is the wife.
When I'm gone.

I think I will bite the bullet and get one of those S&W letters when it gets here.
 
I passed on two in the last ten years at 700....

It's not unfired or it wouldn't have needed the bushing changed. but it is a great revolver that you will enjoy for the rest of your life. buy the gun not the story.
 
At 700 you should have bought one. You would have more than doubled your money, if that is the way you want to look at it. You're right, somebody knows the real story and I may never hear it. I've also heard it is from re-staking at the factory, not replacement. Sometimes they aren't seated properly and they give them another whack. It doesn't matter as long as it works.

For me, the better half put a number on how many I can own. I just wanted something different / a little more unique, for my last purchase. Really I swear LOL
 
Stu44 said:
It is new. Never fired, but made in 1993. My concern is it affecting the function and safety. I would like to go ahead with the deal I have in place. I doubt I will find a NIB one ever again.
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If it were the US I'd say get a number from S&W and send it back. That's clearly done during the manufacturing of the gun.

But this isn't the US. And as I understand it there's a super long wait time for any guns returned to the Canadian service center.

In the end THIS mark is only an appearance issue. If the edges are raised I'd stone them down with a small slip stone so they don't catch on the cartridge heads. But that's only if the mark has a raised ridge. You don't want to remove enough metal to see the mark go away or the head spacing will be grossly too much.

I'm trying to place what would produce such a mark. It's unlikely to be the drill used to drill out the firing pin mounting hole. It's a ring. And most normal drill bits don't make such a ring. So it's a bit odd. Particularly since the mark was made AFTER the firing pin bushing was placed. It's almost certainly something done by a fixture used to hold and support the gun during some step in assembly instead of anything done by a cutter.
 
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