kindlyoldcoach
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I have a sick .22LR Colt Diamondback revolver. This is what happened:
Some years ago, I took this revolver to a local gunsmith, and asked him to lighten the trigger pull. When I picked it up, I asked what he'd done to it, and he replied, "Oh, I just had to bend a spring."
When I test-fired it a few days later, I got about 30% misfires. This had never happened before, and the ammo worked 100% of the time in my other guns.
For a variety of reasons, none of them good, I did not return the revolver to the 'smith before he went on to pursue other interests and fell off the face of the earth. The revolver has lain in my vault ever since.
I am now in a position where I have the time, inclination, and funds available to catch up on little things like this, and I'd like to have this revolver repaired. I will not mess with the fire control system myself. I don't have any pistolsmiths within driving distance, and I'd like to get this right once and for all. So, before I mail my Colt away arbitrarily, here are some questions:
'coach
Some years ago, I took this revolver to a local gunsmith, and asked him to lighten the trigger pull. When I picked it up, I asked what he'd done to it, and he replied, "Oh, I just had to bend a spring."
When I test-fired it a few days later, I got about 30% misfires. This had never happened before, and the ammo worked 100% of the time in my other guns.
For a variety of reasons, none of them good, I did not return the revolver to the 'smith before he went on to pursue other interests and fell off the face of the earth. The revolver has lain in my vault ever since.
I am now in a position where I have the time, inclination, and funds available to catch up on little things like this, and I'd like to have this revolver repaired. I will not mess with the fire control system myself. I don't have any pistolsmiths within driving distance, and I'd like to get this right once and for all. So, before I mail my Colt away arbitrarily, here are some questions:
- Is this likely just a spring problem?
- Should this job be within the scope of any decent general gunsmith, or is tuning Colt D-frames rocket science?
- What other related problems should I look for before having the gun serviced?
'coach