XVR 460 problem
[?]Anyone ever hear of a S&W XVR 460 fail to cock in single action? (Fired exactly 11 times out of the box)On my 11th shot of Hornady factory ammo, I pulled back the hammer and it would not lock back. Double action worked but no more single action. Anyone else have such a problem? S&W is repairing it for me but in Alaskan bear country, where I live, this is a serious problem.
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Anything made by man can and will fail. This is the reason that you test your weapon and load. Chances are it will be a long time before it fails again unless there is some design/material flaw, and then lots of them will fail. Some guy had some reloads in a 454 and on the 4th round the cylinder wouldn't rotate (poor crimp), I think the bear didn't need the 5th. 0 -
[:)]I agree on the anything can fail. I have carried my 454 Freedom Arms Casull for years and so far it has never failed. It is single action and perhaps less parts means more reliability. The 460 is overkill but it is such a cool firearm and besides it is bullet placement that counts. Thanks for the reply. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by icerider
[?]Anyone ever hear of a S&W XVR 460 fail to cock in single action? (Fired exactly 11 times out of the box)On my 11th shot of Hornady factory ammo, I pulled back the hammer and it would not lock back. Double action worked but no more single action. Anyone else have such a problem? S&W is repairing it for me but in Alaskan bear country, where I live, this is a serious problem.
Hunting is a different matter, but if a bear were attacking you, you probably wouldn't want to spend the time cocking the hammer.
IE, there is a reason why *double-action* revolvers are the standard for bear defense, not single-action ones.
But that quibble aside, yeah, that's a problem, and no, I've never heard of that particular problem with that particular model before.
All I can say is that:
This particular model has been around for several years already, as has the similar .500SW revolver, and my understanding is that Smith did extensive testing in the R&D phase of production. Smith isn't exactly new to revolver design, either. If the problem you describe were common, I'd probably have heard of it. The fact that I haven't probably means that its an issue with your particular gun (eg a flawed part), rather than a problem with the guns design.
In other words, fixing it probably will fix the problem.
Also, in my experience, customer service from Smith and Wesson is quite good. They should take care of this for you at no charge; no problem.0 -
[:)]The XVR460 went FedX air to S&W prepaid by them. I hope they get it back to me soon. I will post what they found if they let me know. I am confident they will repair it and that I will not have the problem again. Here is hoping. 0
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