Made a call to S&W spoke with a rep, they suggested cleaning the cylinder thoroughly and that it could be some roughness that may need polishing out. They recommended cleaning first then test firing, they sent a fedex label just in case.
I had polished (Steel) cylinders before, so I cleaned and polished the Ti cylinders, so far so good, will shoot full match this saturday. I ahve a Model 28 with the steel cylinder and there is a difference you can feel between the two, both have had an action job, though the Model 22 is more radical, bobbed and skeletonized hammer. I can really feel the heft of the steel cylinder in the 28.