Smith & Sesson Recall --- 329 Performance Center

The Smith & Wesson Automatic Barrel Swap System.

Remove your barrel with no tools! Simply fire a cylinder full of ammo and on the last round, poof! Barrel is gone.

For a new barrel, simply send the revolver back to S&W with proof of purchase. The revolver will be returned with a new barrel within 4 to 6 weeks.

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Fernando Coelho said:

The Smith & Wesson Automatic Barrel Swap System.

Remove your barrel with no tools! Simply fire a cylinder full of ammo and on the last round, poof! Barrel is gone.

For a new barrel, simply send the revolver back to S&W with proof of purchase. The revolver will be returned with a new barrel within 4 to 6 weeks.

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Wish it twere that simple --- If you blow your barrel off, and send it back, you would receive a replacement 329 PC without the one piece barrel. I would be interested to know how many of the low serial number gun owners have refused (like I did) to send their gun back. The woman from S&W said she was sending me out a warning letter to put in the gun box so if I ever sell my #77 collection, the new owner would know of the barrel concerns.

mike
just me bein nosey, but why take the chance like that?
is some number on the gun worth risking your life over?

If the only reason he has it is because of the Serial Number, it seems like a simple matter not to shoot it.

I don't think Mike shoots any of his "77" guns.

Barrel No Barrel what the hay,, go ahead A N D Shoot them
I know your in love with the 77's but Sometimes you do what you gotta Do...Ha.

Tim Burke said:

If the only reason he has it is because of the Serial Number, it seems like a simple matter not to shoot it.

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csmkersh said:

I don't think Mike shoots any of his "77" guns.

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Actually, I have shot one of my #77's, a S&W "Shorty Forty" that I carried for a year or so.

And, my reasoning for not returning the gun are:

1) I do not plan on shooting it. I have plenty of other guns I could fire before needing that one. I think that keeping the guns in 100% NIB makes the collection of #77's that much more valuable

2) The recall is not because they HAD any failures as of yet, it is that they believe (because of problems with another gun with a scandium frame and 1 piece barrel) that there is a chance that some guns may have been over torqued, so to be on the safe side, they initiated the recall.

3) By keeping a gun that has been recalled, that makes the limited number on the street even lower, which in turn makes it a tad more valuable as a "collectible"

Mike, why 77?

Kinda long story, but I will give short version --

#77 is my lucky number. Around here, "elimination drawings"(reverse raffle) are very popular. About 20 years ago I won a drawing with ticket #77 (if 7 is lucky, then 77 is "double luck"). Since that first win, I have won other drawings with #77. I adopted it as MY number of choice.


When I built my house, I had to build a road to the house, and of course I chose #77 as my house number (77 Georgian Manor).

When I got my FFL and started serious collecting, I got hooked up with Lew Horton's and put in a standing order for any serialized gun with serial #77. I have my salesperson at every distributor I deal with on notice that any special editions that are serialized, I would like number 77 -- I have not recently counted exactly how many firearms I have with #77 but I know they fill 3 shelving units in my vault.

Cool! I was hoping you weren't going to say "that was the year I was born!"

Ed

SpecialEd said:

Cool! I was hoping you weren't going to say "that was the year I was born!"

Ed

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TSK TSK TSK Ed,

You have read in other threads where I have mentioned things that I remember from the 1960's like Black & White TV etc...
I was born in 1961