Montanan,
Thanks, but since I am more "rifle" than "handgun"..I'm not even sure how a S&W is replaced. Picture shows threads, but are shims or some other method used to assure sight alignment and cylinder gap?
BTW: Does using crocus cloth in the cylinder to polish, sound like a good way to stop the empties from hanging so firmly? As I said, I have only run about a full box of rounds through it and that Winchester Supremes. Perhaps regular 40gr, less hyper rounds would chamber better..