Pre-Thanksgiving 640-1 range report

[Barth]

No sights, muscle memory, rapid fire: 2" 357 Magnum

[JFootin]

What distance?

[jocko]

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Hey Barth,

I am with you on the Golden Sabers. That is my favorite Self Defense ammo. I have been using it for years. I carry it in my 1911 45, my Ruger SP101, and my PM9. I have always found that ammo to be a great balance of high energy hard hitting, maximum expansion, reasonable recoil ammo.

(OK Remington, you can send the check to "WMD, 210 Oak St......")

am also going to send u another cylinder for your trumpet bike. no bike should be a 3 cylinder. Leave it to the brits to screw things up I bet my extra cylinder will arrive before u ever see a freebie from Remingon

[ltxi]

My old smith retired.
He did my S&W 629 and told me the same thing.
I miss that guy...

This new guy was instructed to polish and clean the action.
I never asked, nor was told, the springs would be lightened.
He did that on his own. And I will not be back!

Done right, I like lighter mainsprings. I stone/polish all the DA internals on my Smith revolvers. Then go a half pound (or maybe lighter on a bobbed hammer job) light on the J-frame mainsprings and drop the rebound spring to 12 oz or less....usually need to cut a coil or two off if I've done the trigger group work right....to get the right balance. Check the gun's reliability using hardest primer ammunition I have and adjust as/if necessary. My two long time carry J-frames...a 442 and a 60...both have +/- a bit eight pound triggers and have been dead stone reliable with anything I've fed them over the last 20(?) years.

My first new J-frame since forever, M&P 340, is about to get the same treatment. That 12 or 13 pound trigger is already driving me nuts.

[Barth]

Done right, I like lighter mainsprings. I stone/polish all the DA internals on my Smith revolvers. Then go a half pound (or maybe lighter on a bobbed hammer job) light on the J-frame mainsprings and drop the rebound spring to 12 oz or less....usually need to cut a coil or two off if I've done the trigger group work right....to get the right balance. Check the gun's reliability using hardest primer ammunition I have and adjust as/if necessary. My two long time carry J-frames...a 442 and a 60...both have +/- a bit eight pound triggers and have been dead stone reliable with anything I've fed them over the last 20(?) years.

My first new J-frame since forever, M&P 340, is about to get the same treatment. That 12 or 13 pound trigger is already driving me nuts.

I looked at the parts and lighter springs were used.
Don't know if that's the problem or not. I will in a weeks time.
S&W 640-1 should be able to fire a box of Remington Golden Saber 357s
strait up without issues.
The new gunsmith totally agrees and is ordering a second box of Sabers to test with. It will work )(*)+&+)(&***!
(I just ordered 10 boxes of Sabers, so it better - LOL!)

Same guy did the same trigger job on my S&W 342 ti and I've had no issues.
But I haven't tried Sabers in it. The 11.6 oz gun lives on Speer GDHP 135 gr
+P Short Barrels.
The 640-1 fired five other brands fine.
Just the Remington had issues. I'm thinking hard primers. But still......
Was thinking of going heavier than factory just to be safe.
But the smith said factory should be fine and he will make it work.
He seems very confident and guaranteed it would be reliable when I got it back.
Will prove it works with a box of Sabers.
But also is going to test several other brands.

I'm feeling better about it now.

(He likes to rapid fire Magnums too, just like me - LOL!)

[jocko]

I had a 342 ti, ain't that a dandy sob. what an ass I was to sell it..

[Barth]

I had a 342 ti, ain't that a dandy sob. what an ass I was to sell it..

Yup, Yup,
I bought mine new when S&W first released them for a premium price of $571.
I've seem them as much as $800 NIB on the web - LOL!

That fish got away from you and isn't coming home - LOL.


At 11.6 empty and 14.0 loaded with 135 gr Speer GDHP +P Short Barrel
it's freaking amazing (better than any Micro .380 IMHO).
http://www.speer-ammo.com/products/bullet_tests.htm

Plus with Eagle Secret Service grips, a Big Dot sight on the nose
and an a trigger job the little air weight sings. And it disappears in dress slacks like a Las Vegas ....

Had a stainless steel trigger assembly installed too - Just for fun!
So the action is really glassy. Just like the full size classic SS S&W revolver.


They really don't make em like that anymore