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Old October 30, 2012, 09:11 PM   #9
Mike Irwin
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"Pre-1930s guns without heat-treated cylinders. The steel used in these guns is noticeably softer and they WILL "shoot loose" faster than later models."

I saw a circa 1910 Military and Police with a split cylinder, courtesy of an unknown quantity of +P rounds.

I won't even shoot jacketed bullets in my 1922 Military and Police.


"WWII production Victory models. S&W had documented quality control problems during this period."

I'd be FAR more worried about someone dropping a +P into one of the British contract revolvers that was "converted" to .38 Special by reaming the cylinder shoulder, leaving it oversized at the base.


As far as QC problems during the war, I've never heard it claimed that those issues went to either material quality or heat treating quality, only fit, finish, and assembly issues based on the speed required for wartime production and the relatively high number of new employees.
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