642 Question - Not sure what I'm looking at

[Guest FiddleDog]

I was wonder if I could get some input on this from ya'll. I noticed this today as was cleaning my wife's 642. I know that it's had around 50 rounds through it. Does this appear to be a headache waiting to happen? I appreciate any input you guys can throw at me.

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[Trekbike]

Well the first thing I noticed as being wrong when I read the post was that you said "you" were cleaning your wife's gun. You need to make her clean her own gun.

Regarding your question on the picture, I think that's normal. Both of the 642's my wife and I own have the same look. I believe it happens during the process of the barrel being screwed into the frame and tightened to the correct vertical position.

[I_Like_Pie]

Ditto....Mine looks the same way. May be a crimp shim in the transition from steel barrel to aluminum frame. May be just where it naturally bites into the threads.

Either way...I have two airweight j-frames and they both look that way.

[tnhawk]

My 442 has a similar appearance. It doesn't seem to affect it's operation but I haven't fired but a few hundred rounds in it.

Edited August 17, 2011 by tnhawk

[Guest FiddleDog]

whew. I was like "waahhh?" TrekBike, I whole heartedly agree with you, however, I've yet to find skill or art to be able to "make" my wife do anything. Thanks for setting my mind at ease, guys.

[Trekbike]

I've yet to find skill or art to be able to "make" my wife do anything.

Oh, I'm not saying that I've found a way either, lol. I just happen to have a wife that wants to be more self-sufficient as we get older, so she wants to clean her own guns.