Gun Control & RKBA

I own five Smith and Wesson revolvers, manufactured from the 1980s thru just before the Infernal Locking Mechanism became a standard feature.

I had to do minor gunsmithing on three of them right out of the box.

Mostly due to minor quality issues typical of S&W the late '70s thru '80s.

After that, they worked great and I am very proud to own them (and to be passing them on to the next generation)

I have also sent three of the five out to Robar for the black shiny coating.

Problems I've had on the range:

- One 'case under extractor' - actually it was my son who had this problem on my old service revolver - he hit the ejector rod too hard and the ejector jumped over the rim of one round.(solved with a little training and care)

- One time my snub 357 locked closed due to a loose ejector rod after several boxes of hot loads (solved with lock-tite)

- Two FTFs with cheap ammo. Both times I just dry fired until the bad round came up and each went off on the second try.

Mind you this if over a span of over 30 years.