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Colt Quality

Dear Colt Owner:
I'm sorry if I went over the line about your revolvers. I hope you get resolution.
On S.A. Rugers that timing is essential! On any revolver it is!

The way I time my revolvers is to have them so when the sear captures the hammer the lock bolt goes in at that time exactly.




But, on some revolvers the hand doesn't just "slide by" the cylinder star lugs - they are hooked to the trigger and might exhibit some play until the trigger is pulled clear back whereas the hand is pressing the cylinder against the stop. Many, many old revolvers were like that - some not even having a bolt locking slot milled into the cylinder but just a stop for the hand to press against.
Lug play in the Ruger S.As.' is adjusted by peening the slot closer to the lug (the factory does it like this).
I really liked the S&W "tripple-lock" as it locked the front of the crane too.
I never wanted a Colt or S&W revolver that didn't lock both places! For that crane to just dangle out there without a positive lock is folly!
Hope I didn't upset you.
Harry B.
 
Quality

Dear Shooters:
Let me ramble!
The practise I use in gun work is a principle enunciated by Jesus: "get the inside of the cup clean first and then the outside will take care of itself."
I know I've paraphrased this slightly - but I'd rather have lockwork, and toleranced working first and then do the cosmetics!
This, I've defined as "mechanical integrity" in work.
Harry B.
 
Dfariswheel,

Colt's often seem to hang up if you lower the hammer manually.
Both of my personally tuned Pythons seem to do this when manually lowered.

This is usually a sign of a new action or a newly worked-on action.

After 50 rounds or so the action should seat. Even after seating, the hammer may still seem to be contacting something.
When you pull the trigger and let the hammer drop as it should, it won't.
This is just something that occasionally happens with Colt's, but it has no effect on hammer drop when shooting.
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Really? I thought about this last night, but neither of my Official Police guns do this nor does or did the Python before or after my having sent it off. But if your other Colts do this then I guess your right. If it is a fairly normal thing and it in fact doesn't affect the function of the gun, I guess it's alright then.

Before getting too far ahead with the Detective Special sights, SHOOT the gun for targeting.

If you still think things aren't right, and a customer SHOULD think things are OK, go to the 1911 forum and contact member Mark1648. He's a Colt employee in charge of scheduling and will help you get things straightened out:
http://www.1911forum.com/forums/

http://www.1911forum.com/forums/send...member&u=10042
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Well, I can get a good grouping and get the shots on target. That really wasn't the issue. The sight you can see is visually leaning a tad to the left. Even Pittsburg Handgun HQ could see this. For overall shooting and defense purposes, this is nothing and the gun will shoot fine and you can get it on target if you adjust yourself, but since I took it to the Colt shop to primarily get the sharp stacking out of the DA action I thought I would get the SA timing perfected and the barrel aligned while Colt still worked on DA revolvers. That is what I paid for.

What about the action on the Python? It is smooth, but it is more Official Police quality, not Python standards. Every Python I've ever handled had an action that was as smooth as glass and as light as a feather (including this one prior to my having sent it off.)

Thank you for the link to the 1911 contact, I might just shoot him a message.

Harry Bonor,

No offense taken. Honestly, I am not a big fan of Ruger, just not my cup of tea. However, I am impressed with their gun service. I sent my Super Blackhawk to them because the gun misfired on magnum rounds frequently. One gunsmith attributed this to cylinder end shake due to wear on the gun. I sent it to Ruger as he recommended. Never got a bill from them, instead, I got the gun back within a months time not only with the misfiring problem fixed, but with a whole new blue finish on the gun.....all for free.....lifetime warranty apparently, I am not even the original owner, I got it as a used gun this past Christmas.
That is impressive. Makes me want to go buy a new Ruger just to say thank you.
 
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