Mikey212

I'll keep an eye out for it.

I returned it to the dealer for a full refund. Once the 50 moonclips I bought on Amazon show up, I'll return those too. I bought a Ruger Blackhawk 9mm/357 for now to scratch the itch. But I'm not sure yet what I will do in the future in order to shoot some amateur steel challenge with a revolver. Maybe a 986 or 929 again if I can inspect it before buying... Maybe a Chiappa Rhino...

Thanks, I was thinking the same thing. I am currently waiting on a response from their warranty department... I just refuse to pay another $1000 to have the gun fixed up to what it should have been out of the box. I'll insist they either just refund my money or take it back and re-index the barrel, and have that gap fixed. I'm not opposed to getting guns tweaked at a gunsmith, I currently have my 44 mag mare's leg in getting slicked up and a picatinny rail installed for my RMR. However, it boggles my mind that an expensive S&W from the "Performance Center" would be let out the door with this kind of shoddy quality control. This is the first S&W I have bought, and I have to say it will likely be the last after taking this chance and losing. Thanks again for the advice.

Yeah, because I'm in Canada, the gun can't go across the border to S&W. But, the dealer will handle the warranty issues for me. I haven't even fired it yet and it's within their 7 day return period with no questions asked. I was more wondering about why those sights are jacked over all the way to the left and what problem that is indicating in the gun. Also, the .010 cylinder to barrel gap seems like alot?

Sorry if I'm not supposed to comment on older threads, I'm new here. I just received a S&W 929 from an online retailer up here in Canada. When I first looked at it, the rear sight was moved all the way to the left. It's really hard to tell with just eyeballing it, but the barrel might be a bit misaligned. Again, that might be an illusion, but I really don't understand how a brand new revolver would have been sighted in at the factory and that rear sight had to be cranked all the way over left. (I'm assuming S&W sights them in? It has been fired by the evidence of carbon on top of the frame above cylinder-barrel gap and it's brand new.) After reading here on the other details to check, I measured the Cylinder to barrel gap and found that a .010 feeler gauge slides in there pretty easy. So, the gap is I'm guessing slightly larger than .010 a small amount. The retailer I purchased from stands behind their products, so I am allowed to send it back for a full refund or warranty work. All I lose is the shipping. Would you guys send it back by what I have described? I didn't plan on having any gunsmith work done to it, I bought a performance center gun at premium price assuming it would come ready to go... Thanks for any advice, Mike