Well, unlike Keads, I can’t afford new ones/get good buys like he does…
“I” have to wait for the scratch and dent sale…
Picked this one up to add to the training stable, but to be honest I’m NOT happy with it.
Takedown/cleaning is fairly simple, typical of a S&W with the breakdown lever, except you can’t (or shouldn’t) take it all the way out, nor should you go over 90degrees with it…
I cleaned/lubed the gun up pretty well, and finally got the guide rod back in the right way. And that little recoil rod will ONLY go in one way…
At the range, it was not even close to being on, I was actually hitting 8-10 inches high and about the same left of the target at 15 yards. Apparently this is NOT a new problem, and a number of others on the S&W forum have had the same issue (HERE).
I also had to screw the rear all the way down, and then move it damn near off the gun to the right to at least get the pistol to hit the 10 ring at 10 yards. Didn’t even bother to try it at 15 yards again…
Also, about every other mag, it would NOT eject the first round out of the mag, for unknown reasons. I’d cycle the action and it seemed to work okay for the rest of the mag. Called S&W on Tues, basically got told I should have cleaned and lubed it prior to shooting… Thanks a whole effing bunch for the help there folks… Hung up on them, I’ve got better things to do.
In summary- Quality seems to be lacking, and it seems they are being slapped together with minimal attention to the ‘little’ things like actually aligning the sights.
I’d say put this on the do not buy list.
And I did pay my own $$ for the gun, so pound sand FCC…
Maybe I’ll use it for malfunction drills this weekend, it seems to be good for that!
