Smith & Wesson Revolver Identification (With Pic)

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GunXpatriot

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So I rented a revolver at a range a couple days ago. I said I wanted something that was .38 special and classic. I could swear the first one he handed me was a 686, but not 100%. I know it was chambered in .357, but anyway, it seemed cool at the time.

I went to shoot it, and I was getting light strikes consistently. I would have about 2 or 3 rounds in a cylinder fail to go off. The actually scared me, because what if the primer strike was just light enough for ignition, but not instantly. I wasted about 7 rounds or so, and then went back to the front and told them about the problem.

Also, if you guys ever go into Delray Shooting Center in Delray Beach, FL, be sure not to really rent any handguns. I mean the machine gun rentals are cool, but it's like they don't even clean their handguns. And these are not "used a couple times, we'll get to it". It's the kind of thing where "20 people have rented this and we still haven't cleaned the damn thing". The revolvers were so caked in crap that I had to force the cylinder open. There was no cylinder gap. o_o

Anyway, the guy hands me another revolver, which may have just been equally as dirty. In fact, it kind of was, but anyway... I have no idea what model it was. However, I did like the feel of it, and I was just curious what exactly I was shooting.

Also, on a side note. I noticed after shooting 50 rounds of .38 special and 50 rounds of 9mm from a suppressed Glock 17, my forearm was actually pretty sore. It's been a couple days now. Anyone know why that is? I think it's the way I was death gripping the gun, and instead of keeping my wrist firm and letting my arm bounce, I was taking the recoil right into the forearm. I guess more handgun shooting will tell me, huh?

Alright, so here are a couple of pics of that revolver.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87756576@N04/9640660813/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87756576@N04/9643898826/

So, can anyone tell me what exactly this is? Model was not on the gun, so not like I'd know from that. Thanks, to anyone who can help me!
 
Yep, Model 67, also called the Combat Masterpiece. I have one and it is extremely accurate. Very mild recoil with target wadcutters. Even my 11-year old grandson shoot the M67 well.
 
I went to shoot it, and I was getting light strikes consistently. I would have about 2 or 3 rounds in a cylinder fail to go off. The actually scared me, because what if the primer strike was just light enough for ignition, but not instantly. I wasted about 7 rounds or so, and then went back to the front and told them about the problem.
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That revolver has a hammer-mounted firing pin, rather than newer S&W revolvers with a frame-mounted firing pin that the hammer hits, which hits the primers.

Though it may have been horribly dirty, and there's an outside chance that it's lack of cleaning may have led to (or exacerbated) it's problem of light striking and failure to fire... the simplest answer is typically the correct one:

The strain screw on the main spring, which tensions the main spring and allows the spring to deliver it's full energy to the hammer was likely to be loose. A quick turn from a flat-blade screwdriver on that screw and the revolver would most likely be lighting off every round you cared to feed it.
 
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