My New S&W Arrived Today....

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My New S&W 500 Arrived Today....

I took the S&W 500 to the range today. The ammo I had on hand was all handloads consisting of a 380 gr. pure linotype cast bullet(meant for the .50 AE)in front of 41 grs. of H110.
Since I did not have a lot of time I did not bother with the cronograph. This load did not seem to produce any severe recoil but the cylinder stop let the cylinder turn during recoil over 60% of the time.
It made little or no difference how tight I held the gun the problem persisted. Other shooters had the same thing happen.
Total number rounds fired was just over 100. The frequency of the problem was very alarming. The problem made the gun anything but fun to shoot.
I just installed a much heavier cylinder stop spring and will try the gun again Sunday.
If this problem is not solved by the heavier spring this gun will be going back to S&W.
I was telling my dealer about the cylinder unlocking problem that Tim Sundles and Jeff Quinn reported the other day. Today as I was picking up my gun he informed me that he had asked his S&W rep. about this problem and was informed that there was no such problem.
I will have to let my dealer know that his particular rep. is either not "in the know" or a liar. The problem first occured for me on the second shot.
I hope to have better news to report after I get to shoot it again with the heavier spring. I am fairly confident that it will be fixed. I find it very hard to believe that S&W could have overlooked the problem in the first place.:cuss:

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I hate to hear about potential problems w/ newly introduced guns! Hope that spring swap does the trick! Good luck ;)
 
I will have to let my dealer know that his particular rep. is either not "in the know" or a liar.
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I'd have to go with A) "Not in the know." :uhoh:

Believe it or not, many a/c salesmen can't explain the difference between R-12 and R-134a, and most car salesmen can't perform a heel & toe downshift. Go figure... ;)
 
Ideally, that rep should know EVERYTHING about his products. But alas, mst reps really only know about inventory, specs & performance numbers. I'd turn to S&W customer service for real answers. At the very least, they'll know how to find someone who can answer your Q's.
 
Some so-called “Company Representatives†do indeed work for the manufacturer, while others are employed by the distributor that supplies a particular retailer with product from a number of companies. When a “good†Rep. is faced with a question like the one you brought up they answer, “I’ll check it out and get back too you,†rather then “there is no such problem,†because that kind of answer can come back to haunt them. In any case the ones that are employed by the company are far more likely to be knowledgeable then a distributor Rep. It is my understanding that there is a problem, the company knows about it, and corrective steps have been taken. I suggest you call Smith & Wesson’s Customer Service Department and see if they have a clearer answer about the issue.
 
Good News, Bad News..(An Update)

Last night I replaced the cylinder stop spring with a heavier one that I had in my parts boxes. I am not even sure what the spring was for originally but it was a little heavier wire, a bit longer and fit just fine. The "Good News" is that the new spring cured the cylinder unlocking problem.:D
The "Bad News" is that after only 15 rounds today the firing pin broke.:uhoh:
It looks like I will be replacing the original spring and sending the gun back to S&W for them to replace the firing pin and install their heavier cylinder stop spring.
I have every confidence that S&W will have the thing fixed and working properly in short order. ;)
 
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My BFR in S&W500MAG is not having any problems. Magnum Research has been making this large frame revolver for a while and has been proven in the 45-70 and other large caliber's. I had an order in for one of the Smiths, but as soon as Magnum Research came out with it in there BFR I switch in a hurry. I did not want to be a Ginnie pig for Smith & Wesson. :)
 
No double action on the BFR, it is a single action revolver. Most revolver hunters use single action, even with a double action revolver. You will never be able to get a quick follow up shot with the S&W500MAG. The gun from recoil is overhead after you shoot. I can be back on target just as fast with hammer pulled back ready for a second shot if needed, with my single action. Hopefully a second shot will not be needed with this round unless you are hunting a T-Rex LOL. :)
 
No double action on the BFR, it is a single action revolver.
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That would be why there is a "winky" smiley in my post. Like this one -> ;)


Some folks just want a DA gun, for whatever reason. (Although I do think that SA guns tend to make more sense in megaboomer calibers, and besides, I can't imagine that a gun with a cylinder as huge as the X-frame's is ever going to have a buttery-smooth, light DA pull... :uhoh: )
 
S&W44,

The ones I've toyed with in stores have been about par for the course for recent N-frames; tolerable out of the box, but nothing that made angels sing. The ones I played with at SHOT were surprisingly good, but they'd been dry-fired eleventybazillion times by every passerby at the show...
 
Double Action Pull

Tamara; "How's the double-action pull?"

I know you were just kidding and to be honest since the gun has a frame mounted firing pin I refrained from dry firing.
I still got a broken firing pin
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When the gun gets back from S&W I may try the DA on some real light wimp loads.
:p

Best Regards,
Billy
 
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