.45 Colt Mountain Gun comes home

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riddleofsteel

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Those of you that follow such things may remember that my S&W .45 Colt Mountain Gun was hanging up when I tried to eject shells. At first I thought that one of the cylinders was oval shaped. Then after careful measurements I detirmined that a machining defect in the ejector star and razor sharp chamber edges were the culprit.
I considered fixing it myself but I have a gunsmith friend that does a great job on Smiths and he already had a champher jig set up to break the sharp edges on my cylinder. After breaking down the edges and polishing the chambers the gun shoots and ejects like a dream. You hardly need an ejector now. Just tilt the gun back and shake them out.

To top that he took the time to do a real professional job of custom fitting my stag grips to the frame and finishing the action job I started when the action locked up after fifty rounds. It has been a long trip but the revolver is finally to the point where it should have been when it left the factory.

Or maybe a little beyond..........

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riddle...
Glad to see you got the problem repaired. It cost enough to purchase, it should run right.
Good shootin'!:)
Chris~
 
It's weird. I really think that CAD/CAM manufacturing processes and modern metalurgy have given us some great buck strong, highly accurate weapons. However, it is clear to me that most of the big manufacturers are putting ZERO time in hand fitting or polishing parts.
I fired this Mountain gun less than 50 rounds and the action locked up!! When I popped the side plate some of the internal parts were sharp enough to shave the hair off of the back of my hand. There were also metal shavings hanging off of the inside of the side plate. Some of them were rough enough to use as a rasp or small saw. I completely disassembled the internals and spent the better part of two evenings with two grades of Wasita honing stones and wet polishing cloth smoothing the parts. When I had them finished to the point where I felt good about them I reassembled the action and tried it. A couple more licks with the stones here and there and I thought it was worlds better. Maybe almost equal to a factory S&W of 20 years ago. My gunsmith took it to the next level and the double action is now SMOOTH. The problems with the cylinder, ejector and chambers are sloppy finish plan and simple.
Before I will suck out $500.00+ on another modern S&W kit I think I will just get an older S&W and have a master smith build what I want.
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great grips!!!!!

I find it strange, that two revolvers, literally worlds apart can function , or not, so differently....:confused:
I have now, over 1000 rounds thru my .45colt Mountain gun, and I have never*** had even a hiccup!!!:cool:
Maybe it's like the old addage with cars= being built on mondays and fridays? Maybe it's poor QC. Maybe it's PC Smith more worried to ship a "traceable" firearm. I honestly wish I knew.....
Just got the 625-4 in ACP.... Shoots better than I ever will, built in 1990, and you can see and feel the quality in the revolver.:D
I wish you well in your quest for the center X and Great sucess with the Mountain Gun................
Chris~

P.S. Coldfingers, where are you???
 
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