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Rimfire Firearms .22, .17 and other Rimfire Handguns and Rifles |
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S&W Model 63 22LR 3"
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I have a 617 and I will tell you that you wont be unhappy with an S&W. Its a great gun.
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Among my S&W .22lr revolvers I have a 317 Airweight version of your revolver. I think you'll enjoy your model 63 very much. They shoot very nice and are great trainers. Their small J frame size makes it easy for kids and women to hold and shoot.
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Thanks. I've read about the difficulty of extracting cases in model 63 after firing about 100 rounds. Have you experienced this?
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That's good to know. I hope my wife will shoot this one. She's intimidated by the size of my 625 JM and won't even touch it.
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I've found that Federal seems to work better than CCI, going both in and out. I think their cases are slightly smaller. |
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Does cleaning the chambers help when it starts getting sticky?
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It's a cool gun, I used to have one but sold it to get the Ruger SP101 equivalent. I'm just partial to Rugers. When you get your 63, check the barrel to frame alignment. Mine was over-torqued so the front sight was canted to the left. I sent it back to S&W and they fixed it.
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I have a Model 63 4" which I traded for here on Calguns.
I like the small size of it - it just seems to fit the size of the cartridge in a way that the K-frame 617's don't (too big IMO). It's kind of how I feel about the Ruger Bearcats vĂ*s a vĂ*s the Ruger Single Sixes. Anyway - accuracy is okay. I haven't tried to bench it to test intrinsic accuracy, but it's okay. Trigger is HEAVY, and if you're thinking of this as a trainer for a youngster, frankly I think there are better choices. Even in single-action mode, manually cocking the hammer is something that might be tough for a child. Extracting spent cases is indeed sometimes difficult, even after a very thorough cleaning to make sure the chambers are very clean. So - while I am a bit of a Smith fanboy and am pleased by the size, weight, and heft of this little piece, as a shooter and plinker it's kinda - meh.
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Last edited by armsbearer; 07-29-2013 at 9:41 AM.. |
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