TestedTwice
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I know I’m probably the last person that anybody wants to hear from on these forums, so I apologize. Anyway, I just noticed rubbing marks right in front of the cylinder release that weren’t there before today. I’m not sure if some dirt just got in there when I went to open the cylinder once and scratched it, but I can’t get the cylinder release to touch the frame again. What I did notice was that when I push down (not forward) on the cylinder release where the knurling is, it makes a clicking sound. I took the cylinder release off and saw the little threaded bar that it screws on to and its what is making the clicking sound; not a loose fitting thumb piece.
Not sure if the cylinder release is supposed to have downward play or not, but can anybody with a S&W revolver tell me if theirs makes the same clicking when they press down on it?
I also took this short video of me operating the cylinder release.
https://youtu.be/jzmpXZ8xshA
It looks like the front of the cylinder release moves downward as I push it forward. I’m not sure if that’s how all of them are, or if it should stay at one height throughout the entire forward motion.
Not sure if the cylinder release is supposed to have downward play or not, but can anybody with a S&W revolver tell me if theirs makes the same clicking when they press down on it?
I also took this short video of me operating the cylinder release.
https://youtu.be/jzmpXZ8xshA
It looks like the front of the cylinder release moves downward as I push it forward. I’m not sure if that’s how all of them are, or if it should stay at one height throughout the entire forward motion.
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