Hey hey all *waves at monitor*
I've had a 78-79 model 17-4 revolver for a long time. Well I guess about 40 years? Dang, time flies.......
Anywho, the last 2 times I've taken it to the range (the wife wont try anything bigger yet), we've had difficulties.
It seems on about 1/2 the 'cylinders', the pistol will not fully cock. It's like you can pull the hammer back about half way then it gets 'stuck' or something.
You can get it to cock if you kind of 'help' the cylinder turn with your hand. But, naturally, this isn't the safest thing to do while ready to shoot.
I've looked over an old thread here -
https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6203708#post6203708
I've gone over the basics:
-cylinder spins straight, no binding
- hand moves up and down correctly, even when pointed up as mentioned in previous post
- the bolt/cylinder stop goes in and out with finger pressure correctly
Another note - the pistol will cycle fine all day long with NO shells in it. I wish I woulda kept some empties from the range to try with those inserted
I do notice some.....I dunno........marks/wear on the......gah..what's it called.....the thing you push back to eject the casings
Oh dear lord.......sorry about the huge pic lol.
But, as you can see, there are 'marks' - wear marks? Think that might be causing the problem?
Thanx in advance
Blah-Toe
I've had a 78-79 model 17-4 revolver for a long time. Well I guess about 40 years? Dang, time flies.......
Anywho, the last 2 times I've taken it to the range (the wife wont try anything bigger yet), we've had difficulties.
It seems on about 1/2 the 'cylinders', the pistol will not fully cock. It's like you can pull the hammer back about half way then it gets 'stuck' or something.
You can get it to cock if you kind of 'help' the cylinder turn with your hand. But, naturally, this isn't the safest thing to do while ready to shoot.
I've looked over an old thread here -
https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6203708#post6203708
I've gone over the basics:
-cylinder spins straight, no binding
- hand moves up and down correctly, even when pointed up as mentioned in previous post
- the bolt/cylinder stop goes in and out with finger pressure correctly
Another note - the pistol will cycle fine all day long with NO shells in it. I wish I woulda kept some empties from the range to try with those inserted
I do notice some.....I dunno........marks/wear on the......gah..what's it called.....the thing you push back to eject the casings
Oh dear lord.......sorry about the huge pic lol.
But, as you can see, there are 'marks' - wear marks? Think that might be causing the problem?
Thanx in advance
Blah-Toe