Blindsided by S&W 43C

[Wheeler]

Last weekend I bought a 351C.
Trigger is heavy smooth.

But I dig it. Slowfire isn't much fun though. ��
These shot slooow at 15 yds
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Then I shot it in pretty fast, as fast as I could hold sight picture tight and roll from 7 yards.
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Ran into a snag shooting those 7 yards strings about halfway through the first box.
A KB of an Aguila 45 grain SP.
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And it broke off part of the extractor star
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Sent the gun to S&W today.

Contacted Aguila via their website Monday. Haven't heard from them yet.
Here's the lot
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An 11oz revo blows my mind.
I think I'll need a 43C too.

I know a guy that's sponsored by Aquila. I can't make any guarantees but I can certainly see if he has a name or point of contact if you don't get any traction. I hate that you had a kaboom. I've though long and hard about one of the .22 Mags but can't get past the short barrel and magnum burn rate.

[JHC]

I know a guy that's sponsored by Aquila. I can't make any guarantees but I can certainly see if he has a name or point of contact if you don't get any traction. I hate that you had a kaboom. I've though long and hard about one of the .22 Mags but can't get past the short barrel and magnum burn rate.

Thank you very much. I think S&W will make me whole. I don't expect to make a Congressional out of it with Aguila at this point in time. I'm just not buying any more of their .22 magnum I don't think. But maybe I'm mistaken to blame the ammo, but I don't see how the gun could fire out of battery.

My first KB in like 50 years of shooting. Kinda interesting at least. Thumb felt like I hit it with a hammer, then was numb, but it came back to normal in like 20 mins.

[Wheeler]

Thank you very much. I think S&W will make me whole. I don't expect to make a Congressional out of it with Aguila at this point in time. I'm just not buying any more of their .22 magnum I don't think. But maybe I'm mistaken to blame the ammo, but I don't see how the gun could fire out of battery.

My first KB in like 50 years of shooting. Kinda interesting at least. Thumb felt like I hit it with a hammer, then was numb, but it came back to normal in like 20 mins.

Any chance you have a picture of the ruptured case?

[JHC]

Any chance you have a picture of the ruptured case?

Nope. I never saw the case head, whether it was ejected when it blew of fell out unnoticed when I opened the cylinder. The walls of the case are stuck tight in that chamber. S&W will be getting that out.

[Wheeler]

Nope. I never saw the case head, whether it was ejected when it blew of fell out unnoticed when I opened the cylinder. The walls of the case are stuck tight in that chamber. S&W will be getting that out.

Ahh! I see now. I wasn't sure what that discoloration was where the star had been broken. I now see that's the remains of the case. Wow.

[HeadHunter]

I shot 5^5 with my 43C today.

[Wayne Dobbs]

I know a guy that's sponsored by Aquila. I can't make any guarantees but I can certainly see if he has a name or point of contact if you don't get any traction. I hate that you had a kaboom. I've though long and hard about one of the .22 Mags but can't get past the short barrel and magnum burn rate.

I don't think that's the lot number, but only the SKU information. The lot number should be located elsewhere on the package.

[Wayne Dobbs]

Tom,

They look like one of the Herrett's stocks to me.

[HeadHunter]

What stocks are those?

They are Precision Gun Specialties that I sprayed with Brownell's Spray Grit. Even though PGS calls them textured, they're too slick for my taste.

[SeriousStudent]

What stocks are those?

Tom, if you want to "try before you buy", let me know. I have a set of those PGS stocks in the spares box. You are welcome to borrow them if you wish.