枪手年纪已经到了不想过生日的地步，只好自我安慰说心态还很年轻，体现在日常生活中，往往就是领导经常夸奖的老不正经，在很多事情上都表现的相当滞后于驾照上的年龄。
日前买了一支中意的旧枪，省了相当比例的价钱，一连多日忍不住心里高兴。可惜的是经历曲折，最后到手以后马上出差，除了在地下室试验了几下发火帽之外，竟然没有机会去靶场真正过瘾。所以虽然是一大把年纪，心里的牵挂竟然是不能停止。今天正好有些空闲，就在网上看看有关的使用经验。不过这次看到的绝对是个极品，看看照片就能想象心里是如何的震撼。
就算是斯密斯维森这样的老牌名厂，这种事情也不算是太惊艳，但肯定是非常丢脸。这也难怪，本来的风格或者传统一直是牢固稳健，好像质量有保险，左轮永流传。可到如今讲究的是便携和轻便，所以铆足了劲要缺斤短两，长此以往难免遇到这种极端情况。
今次介绍的是一个枪友贴出来的牢骚贴，是个悲催但又轻松的故事，悲催是因为好好的一支枪瞬间被摧毁，轻松的意思是没有人受伤而且最后免费获得了一支新枪，所谓皆大欢喜。下面就是原作者的帖子，一字不改，原汁原味。
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Last Saturday, 8/4/12, I brought out my 340 SC to finish the last 5 rounds of PMC .357, 158 gr. I usually shoot .38 special and +P occassionally. The first three rounds went off without a hitch, but on the fourth the gun came apart. Funny thing is nothing felt any different from any other time. But when I went to put the front sight on the target for the last round I couldn’t see the sight. It was gone.
The pics that follow should be interesting. Tomorrow the gun goes back to S&W. It will be interesting to see their response. Fortunately there were no injuries. Any ideas are welcome.
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WOW, I had a shot behind a squib that blew up one of my barrels and it felt like I was just shot by somebody. I can’t imagine your surprise when you looked and the entire front end of this pistol was missing. I would guess that the shot came off as normal and everything went with the bullet to absorb the real shock the pistol suffered from. I’m banking on you getting a brand new pistol courtesy of S&W. By the way, no matter what they find, you shouldn’t plan on getting any note of apology from them. It’s not something their known for at all. sadly, they’ll replace the pistol and that’ll be good enough for them.
I’m glad you safe and sound. Please let us know how they handle it, in all aspects of the deal.
Gregory
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I’ve got a 360SC, and it kicks like a mother with magnum loads, so I definitely understand how you may not have immediately noticed the damage. I’m very interested in hearing what S&W says about it, particularly if they have suggestions or admonitions about anything you should or shouldn’t have done.
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Lucky. Real lucky. Just another reason why I only buy all steel S&W’s and no pressed sleeved barrels.
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Here’s an update… received a brief email from S&W, they’re replacing the gun. They cannot say when though because of a manufacturing backlog. Thank you S&W.
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A couple weeks ago I received a new M&P 340CT from S&W. I did not get any “opinion” on the reason for the ka-boom. But am glad to have the pocket gun.
I have been to the range and loaded some .38spcl in it. Next time I’ll shoot some Hornaday .357 that I have.
Many thanks to S&W and to all of you who replied to my posts. I’ve learned a lot.
I will post a pic from their website, and some of my own later.
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They will have to replace it. When that happens it will have to go to your FFL because it will have new numbers.
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Not true actually. If you ship a gun to a manufacturer, even if they replace with a new one, they can ship it right back to you. I’ve had it done several times by Glock & S&W