The saga continues...
Went to pick up the "hand picked" replacement from Tanner's Sport Center, making it my second trip to my gunshop that's 40mi away. Picked up the 442, immediately heard a "clinking" noise on the floor. I looked down, and saw that the S&W medallion from the grip had fallen out. It would not stay in place, and seems like it was never glued in (how do they miss that when hand picking it for me?). Opened the cylinder, closed it, and on the second or third trigger pull, the trigger and cylinder would bind, requiring the cylinder to be opened and closed again. This happened numerous times. The gunstore employees are now watching this in amazement, as they remember when I had the crooked barrel 442 last week. They're apologizing to me for Tanner's wasting my time yet again, but it's not my LGS' fault. They're also telling me they've never dealt with such poorly assembled revolvers, and they seriously question how Tanner's is able to sell these this cheap...
I call Tanner's and speak to Peter, who handles online sales. He's a complete prick to me, essentially accusing me of doing something to cause this, and telling me that he's sold over 500 of these and I'm the only one who's ever had not one, but two lemons. I believe he thinks I can torque barrels out of spec, rip grips apart, and open the internals of a J Frame on demand to modify the guts. We're in agreement that I'll get a refund, but it's still up in the air whether or not I'll get my $30 for shipping back. It would seem that I much rather wasting my time, money and gas, and going gunless multiple times, than simply going home with one of Tanner's "special" 442's.
While waiting around at the LGS, I see a few used 642's in the display case. One is a 642-1, no lock, great shape, with a better than the "performance center" mockery from Tanner's trigger. I bought it and twenty minutes later went home with it. Threw on some Altamont grips, dry fired it a whole bunch of times, and put it into the holster. I'm happy with it, and best of all....it works.
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