I have a Colt Frontier Scout in the shop. An older one from the 60's. The Bat Masterson model. It's a Nickel gun. When I got it, it was all in peices. The owner wanted it put back together functional. Which is not problem at all, except for a few missing pieces I needed to order. The hand, hand spring, and hand stud. I got a new complete assembly from Numrich.com
So I installed it and im having problems with functions testing. The hammer does go back into full position. It makes the "c" "o" "l" "t" like it's supposed to. But it's so darn tight and hard to pull back that when I pull the tigger, the hammer stays back. Before I go modifying things, has anyone had this problem, or heard this problem. Maybe the hand assembly I purchased needs to be thinned out in total overall width (hand only)? The sear notches on the hammer look a little roughed up. Could this be an issue somehow? When I seem to unscrew the hammer screw about a half to 3/4 turn, it does loosen up a little bit.
Any info would be greatly appreciated if anyone has any experience working with these fine little .22's.
ps. When everything is together, minus the new hand assembly everything works smooth and feels great. Obviously, however, the cylinder doesn't turn upon cocking hammer. But everything feels great.
So I installed it and im having problems with functions testing. The hammer does go back into full position. It makes the "c" "o" "l" "t" like it's supposed to. But it's so darn tight and hard to pull back that when I pull the tigger, the hammer stays back. Before I go modifying things, has anyone had this problem, or heard this problem. Maybe the hand assembly I purchased needs to be thinned out in total overall width (hand only)? The sear notches on the hammer look a little roughed up. Could this be an issue somehow? When I seem to unscrew the hammer screw about a half to 3/4 turn, it does loosen up a little bit.
Any info would be greatly appreciated if anyone has any experience working with these fine little .22's.
ps. When everything is together, minus the new hand assembly everything works smooth and feels great. Obviously, however, the cylinder doesn't turn upon cocking hammer. But everything feels great.