Manual

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GUNSMITH WARNING
CAUTION:
TITANIUM & SCANDIUM REVOL
VERS
NO attempt should ever be made to remove the hybrid
Aluminum/Stainless Steel Barrel Assembly with a standard barrel
wrench. To do so will destroy the barrel shroud and possible the
frame of your revolver. As the accompanying drawing (Figure18)
shows, the barrel shroud is keyed into the frame by a metal tab. The
stainless steel barrel tube must only be removed by a qualified gun-
smith using a special tool available from Smith & Wesson. The barrel
assembly is re-installed using the same tool and torqued to 20ft. lb.
using an accurate torque wrench.
CAUTION:
TIT
ANIUM & SCANDIUM REVOLVERS
The titanium cylinder used in your AirLite Ti and AirLite Sc revolvers
weighs approximately 60% of what a similar stainless steel cylinder
weighs and yet is able to withstand the same operating pressures.
Care and cleaning of the revolver’s titanium cylinder consists of nor-
mal gun cleaning procedures using high quality gun oil and cleaning
solvents when necessary. However, under NO circumstances should
the cylinder’s chambers (charge holes) or front face be cleaned with
an abrasive material such as sand paper, Scotch Brite™, Crocus
Cloth, etc. To do so will disrupt it’s protective surface layer and greatly
reduce the cylinder’s service life because of excessive erosion that will
take place while firing and will void your revolver’s warranty.
FIGURE 18