Fingers McGee
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Here's the latest addtion to my C&B armory. Euroarms Rogers & Spencer vintage 1979.
Barrel, frame & cylinder show ravages of 30 years on a pistol that had been knocked around and not stored very well. Lots of pitting and finish loss.
The bore and chambers are another thing altogether. I'd swear it has never been fired - at the most it hadn't been fired very much. Nipples are perfect, no grit/residue around nipples or recess. No marks on the hammer. Ran patch down the bore & in each chamber that came out only a slighty brown from surface rust. Another reason I believe it has never been fired is because you couldn't ram a ball into a chamber. The rammer will not line up with the chambers and won't go in.
Hammer spring musta come out of a 1919 Mack truck. Couldn't pull hammer back to half-cock with one hand. Front sight had been replaced/fixed with a square piece of copper that had been soldered on, and the rammer screw was bent - probably from excessive pressure when trying to get the rammer to go in the chambers.
Tore it down & found the the hammer spring was rubbing on the back side of the grips.
So................... I proceeded to do some tuning. Ground/filed the sides of the hammer spring down to stop the rubbing and lighten it up some, used the dremmel and polishing wheels on the rammer channel in the frame. Working on the hammer spring helped; but not enough. Could half cock it one handed; but still took two hands to get it to full cock.
Ordered new hammer spring, rammer screw, and front sight from S&S Firearms http://www.ssfirearms.com/ & waited.
Parts came in from S&S in just a few days, so went back to work on the pistol. Changed out hammer spring, replace the front sight. Luckily, the front sight screws into the barrel. The old one just twisted right out & the new on screwed right in. And, replaced the rammer screw.
It has the correct sight, you can cock it one handed, and the rammer works. Now I just need a couple decent days to take it to the range, then start working on refinishng it.
Photo was taken after I replace the front sight. You can see some of the finish loss and pitting.
Barrel, frame & cylinder show ravages of 30 years on a pistol that had been knocked around and not stored very well. Lots of pitting and finish loss.
The bore and chambers are another thing altogether. I'd swear it has never been fired - at the most it hadn't been fired very much. Nipples are perfect, no grit/residue around nipples or recess. No marks on the hammer. Ran patch down the bore & in each chamber that came out only a slighty brown from surface rust. Another reason I believe it has never been fired is because you couldn't ram a ball into a chamber. The rammer will not line up with the chambers and won't go in.
Hammer spring musta come out of a 1919 Mack truck. Couldn't pull hammer back to half-cock with one hand. Front sight had been replaced/fixed with a square piece of copper that had been soldered on, and the rammer screw was bent - probably from excessive pressure when trying to get the rammer to go in the chambers.
Tore it down & found the the hammer spring was rubbing on the back side of the grips.
So................... I proceeded to do some tuning. Ground/filed the sides of the hammer spring down to stop the rubbing and lighten it up some, used the dremmel and polishing wheels on the rammer channel in the frame. Working on the hammer spring helped; but not enough. Could half cock it one handed; but still took two hands to get it to full cock.
Ordered new hammer spring, rammer screw, and front sight from S&S Firearms http://www.ssfirearms.com/ & waited.
Parts came in from S&S in just a few days, so went back to work on the pistol. Changed out hammer spring, replace the front sight. Luckily, the front sight screws into the barrel. The old one just twisted right out & the new on screwed right in. And, replaced the rammer screw.
It has the correct sight, you can cock it one handed, and the rammer works. Now I just need a couple decent days to take it to the range, then start working on refinishng it.
Photo was taken after I replace the front sight. You can see some of the finish loss and pitting.
