Recent content by Objekt

Looks like it's fixed Per a suggestion on another forum, I put the firing pin in a drill chuck, just as if it were a drill bit, and held sandpaper against it while running the drill. It only took a few minutes to get enough metal off that the firing pin now does its job, without getting...

update Got new firing pin return springs for both guns, and a new firing pin for the 610, from S&W. Took a while, but it was free, so I can't complain. I can complain about one thing, however. The new firing pin is out of spec. It's difficult to get an accurate measurement due to the...

Can't say whether that chip was always there. I never had ignition problems before, so never had cause to inspect the firing pin. What's really odd is that it seems both of my revolvers have lost their firing pin return spring. I know for sure I never removed the firing pin on my 625 until...

Okay this is just weird. Same spring is missing entirely on my 625 also. I took a good, long look in the firing pin channel, with a flashlight. No broken spring pieces, no nothing. So I guess I somehow lost that one too? This doesn't make sense. When I removed the pin that holds the...

New firing pin but... Things got a little weird. I called S&W and they sent a new firing pin. Here it is beside the old one. You can clearly see that the old one (left) is chipped: I installed the new one and went to the range a few days later. On the first shot, the firing pin got stuck...

Interesting. For me the main limitation is my skill as a shooter - I've been unable to demonstrate any significant difference in accuracy when shooting .40 S&W vs. 10mm. Maybe if I had a Ransom rest, I could do some real tests with the 610. I wonder whether anyone's ever done that? It...

S&W customer service shines again Last night, I opened the gun's side panel and removed and inspected the firing pin. It was pitted on the end, not quite the nice hemispherical shape that's normal and desirable. Apparently there were some pierced primers over the years, although I can't...

Revolver guy wasn't at the shoot, but I got some results and had a different gunsmith look at the gun. Full write-up later, but so far it looks like there was some gunk in the firing pin channel, and the firing pin needs to be replaced.

One of the regulars at our Saturday shoots is kind of an expert on revolvers, so I'll ask his opinion tomorrow. Planning to bring the gun and try some of the ammo I bought last night.

Funny thing about that...my moonclips are all Ranch brand, except for the ones that S&W supplied with the gun. Although, for all I know, S&W was using them as a supplier.

I did say. It's in my original post. Other than that...yes. Headspace in a revolver is defined such that autorim thickness variations would have no effect. Headspace is a blind alley. The relationship between the firing pin and primer is a lot more likely to have something to do with the...

New ammo So I stopped by Wally World tonight and bought two 50-round boxes of factory .40 S&W ammunition to do a little experimenting this weekend. One was good old Winchester white box, 180 gr. .40 S&W. One was "Perfecta" brand, with a weird bullet weight (170 gr.) but brass cased and...

I...what? You're going to have to clarify that one. CCI Blazer is perfectly standard .40 S&W ammunition. It's worked perfectly for years in my S&W M&P pistol, and my ex shot hundreds of rounds of it in her Springfield XD-M without issue as well. I'm not even going to bother busting out the...

Yesterday I had an odd experience at the range. My S&W 610 simply would not set off four cartridges of CCI Blazer .40 S&W (165 gr., aluminum case) ammunition. I tried them all three or four times, in both single and double-action mode, but they just would not ignite. I only shot about half a...

So, here are the photos (long - you were warned) That earlier photo was just a taste. I have even more than these, but here are the most informative. Each side shot is of the target immediately above it (e.g. after being hit by whatever round specified on the label)...