S&W 1911 problems solved......happy days

[texcaliber]

This is a FYI post yall. Last week i got my S&W Sc 4.25" back from the factory with a full report on work and testing completed. Now to say my confindence w/ gun was back would be a fib. I mean a less than 3 weeks out of my hands turn a round time, the first of those waiting for my local shop's mail-guy to pack-it-up to ship, didnt fit the standard "gunsmith timeframe".  I know S&W is big and all but still a short hair over 2 weeks man!
I thought i was getting the blow-off "probably  limpwrist" sorta thing which all the selfproclaimed "EXPERTS" always come up with from the big guys. By-the-by the Xperts usualy have the worst "rubbawrist" in the time zone. Well let me tell ya, boy o boy was i wrong. S&Wservice shop did their job man !!! After recieving the gun the first thing i did was pickup a case of the shop's bowling pin loads(230gr.@840fps w/5" gun) and 4 box@25rds/box of Rem.+P 185gr. and headed off to the range to see what the gun's fail rate was. Now let me tell ya i did all the preclean and lube at the shop along with a boresnake to remove any shipping junk. Now skip to the range. I spent about 15-20 minutes loading mags. I had 10/10rd chip mccormick mags along with 4 factory ACTmags, 2 Novak, 2 Wilson mags and a 3-8rd chip mccormicks. Needless to say there was no way the "limpwrist" pro was going to hit me with "well it has to be mags then!!!!".............a few hours later and a carpet-o-brass all but one box of +P's were gone.
THE RESULTS
 wait for it..............
Not a SINGLE JAM
NONE
NADA............
I ripped 1075rds. through the gun with only a few breaks for target change/reset, mag reloads, drinks of water, wipping hands of sweat and general fatigue pauses. The last 25rds box was loaded into the carry mags and needless to say I am very VERY HAPPY!
Thank you again MB for the suggestion to send back to factory. Even my gunsmith is baffled at how fast they first found then fixed problem. He is still a little bitter i didnt let him take a crack at it. OH WELL MAN was my quick awnser to his pout lip.
 

[m25operator]

Howdy Tex, Glad S&W came through for you, now go out and enjoy !! I'm a big fan of S&W company, not always their products, however they been traded around so much, you don't know who to blame. The newest owners seem to be making some big changes. I'm a died in the wool S&W revolver fan. Double action, none better IMHO.











 

[texcaliber]

Thanks m25, and I am enjoying very much now. The S&W company has set the "bar" IMHO man. There is a local pin match this weekend and you can bet some $ on a sure thing....the Sc1911 will be shot during match. As for the S&W double action trigger system i absolutely love my 629PP and can tell ya that sucker has see some heavy use and loads never have any problems w/it and it has become my binky in away..... as wierd as that may sound it is nice knowing the reliability factor is 99.9% and as long as i pull the trigger correctly the pin is going GOING GONE!!!!
By-the-by the 642 is the best summer gun I own and would luv a 44spl. in the same frame but i think that is a very long shot.
Good shooting