nice video, thanks. s&w 317 was fine for me until one winter outdoors shooting range trip when its aluminum cylinder locked up after 50ish rounds. quick research showed it’s a known problem. s&w for awhile swapped out the aluminum cylinder for a steel cylinder, but s&w apparently got sick of doing so and stopped. despite liking everything else about it i sadly lost trust and sold my 317. a ruger lcr 22lr also locks up, but from short-stroking the trigger during rapid double taps. since rapid double taps are how i would employ it for protection the lcr is a poor substitute for the 317, imho. now if i want a small outdoors 22lr kit gun i choose a ruger bearcat single-action revolver. i wish that ruger would offer a less expensive, mass market, bearcat wrangler so others can enjoy it. if i want a handy 22lr ccw i choose a ruger sr22. both are super reliable with decent ammo.
The gun I normally take into the woods is a S&W model 63 stainless Kit Gun. The little beast is 45 years old, but you can`t hardly wear one of them out unless you out and out abuse them. The reason I have this 317 is that I collect S&Ws and it was offered at a very low price. For me, the 317 is a range toy. I have better guns for actual use. Not that the 317 is bad, I have over 300 rounds thru it now with no problems, but the older guns are still better.
S&W offered to change the aluminum cylinder on the 617-2 ten shot and on the 17-8 ten shot revolvers. Those that weren’t changed out bring premium prices. S&W never offered to swap out cylinders on the 317. I’ve seen a few that were changed out by their owners using a Model 63 8 shot cylinder but the cylinders with the extractors are getting hard to find.
nice video, thanks. s&w 317 was fine for me until one winter outdoors shooting range trip when its aluminum cylinder locked up after 50ish rounds. quick research showed it’s a known problem. s&w for awhile swapped out the aluminum cylinder for a steel cylinder, but s&w apparently got sick of doing so and stopped. despite liking everything else about it i sadly lost trust and sold my 317.
a ruger lcr 22lr also locks up, but from short-stroking the trigger during rapid double taps. since rapid double taps are how i would employ it for protection the lcr is a poor substitute for the 317, imho.
now if i want a small outdoors 22lr kit gun i choose a ruger bearcat single-action revolver. i wish that ruger would offer a less expensive, mass market, bearcat wrangler so others can enjoy it. if i want a handy 22lr ccw i choose a ruger sr22. both are super reliable with decent ammo.
The gun I normally take into the woods is a S&W model 63 stainless Kit Gun. The little beast is 45 years old, but you can`t hardly wear one of them out unless you out and out abuse them.
The reason I have this 317 is that I collect S&Ws and it was offered at a very low price. For me, the 317 is a range toy. I have better guns for actual use. Not that the 317 is bad, I have over 300 rounds thru it now with no problems, but the older guns are still better.
S&W offered to change the aluminum cylinder on the 617-2 ten shot and on the 17-8 ten shot revolvers. Those that weren’t changed out bring premium prices.
S&W never offered to swap out cylinders on the 317. I’ve seen a few that were changed out by their owners using a Model 63 8 shot cylinder but the cylinders with the extractors are getting hard to find.