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Originally Posted by newshooterinca
At the range this weekend and it finally happened.
I've had problems with my S&W 686 for a while now and took it to a gunsmith who explained it's a factory defect due to S&W's shoddy work these days. There's a little cam inside that slips and misses a beat now and then, and what happens is the hammer does not come fully back before firing. The result is a weak little dimple in the primer and the round does not fire.
This had been happening about 1 in 100 rounds, but the other day at the range, it became a permanent thing ... now the gun will not fire at all and only puts that wimpy little mark on the primer instead of a nice deep dimple.
I'm just curious if anyone else has encountered this - I've run into other L-frame owners who have the intermittent problem but none who have a broken gun. It's a shame because that's my favorite gun to shoot.
So much for "revolvers are more reliable" ... lol
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There is no such thing as completly reliable... Clint Smith says "one is none and two is one" cause things break so always have two...if it is man made it will break...I keep about 10 smith revolvers working to loan to people and they occasionally break... it happens....sounds like yours .... well ... broke....
Send it to the factory and they'll generally fix it grattis... plus the shipping
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