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True! I also use a brass tipped screwdriver to scrape off the heavy stuff.I made my son a little brass scraper out of a cartridge case for knocking most of it off underneath the top strap and around the forcing code. The lead and rust cleaning cloth finishes the job more quickly if it is just a thin layer of lead rather than caked on.
It's carbon and maybe a little lead. Just clean it.Picked up my brand new S&W 617 last week. I put about 150 rounds though it, and while I was cleaning it, I noticed that the forcing cone looks like a mess.
Does anybody know what this is or what may have caused this? Should I send it back to Smith & Wesson? Thanks for your help!View attachment 679726
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Picked up my brand new S&W 617 last week. I put about 150 rounds though it, and while I was cleaning it, I noticed that the forcing cone looks like a mess.
Does anybody know what this is or what may have caused this? Should I send it back to Smith & Wesson? Thanks for your help!
Accuracy is alright. I agree with Skeeter that something is off, though. The barrel is also not screwed in properly. I'll contact Smith & Wesson and see what they say.Gawd dang that is some shoddy finishing
BUT !! Someone asked about the accuracy you are getting, have you answered that (did I miss it ??)
I shoot my 617 a lot in steel challenge matches and get the kind of fowling on the frame you get but the lead on the bottom
of the barrel face is something I haven't seen on mine.
Got to agree with the others on a conversation with S&W, you paid a lot for that firearm, but if the gun functions and gives
you decent accuracy you may be out of luck, S&W is not what it once was.
Right! That is some rough ass machining. It looks like it was made by some dude in sandals with a bastard file in a back alley open air workshop with dirt floors.Gawd dang that is some shoddy finishing