I recently purchased a used High Standard Double-Nine .22 revolver. This gun is a double-action, with a steel cylinder and steel 4" barrel, with the frame and grip made of aluminum. The gun is styled somewhat after a Colt SAA.
Unlike the Colt SAA, the gun has a swing out cylinder with a star extractor that dumps all the empties with one push of the ejector rod.
And now, FINALLY we get to my question: there is no spring pressure to return the extractor star back into the face of the cylinder. You have to pull the ejector rod back forward, before closing the cylinder back into the frame.
Am I missing a spring somewhere, or is this normal?
Thanks in advance!!
Unlike the Colt SAA, the gun has a swing out cylinder with a star extractor that dumps all the empties with one push of the ejector rod.
And now, FINALLY we get to my question: there is no spring pressure to return the extractor star back into the face of the cylinder. You have to pull the ejector rod back forward, before closing the cylinder back into the frame.
Am I missing a spring somewhere, or is this normal?
Thanks in advance!!