Recently I bought a 2014 make Hege-Uberti NMA for competition. It is very nice, Lothar Walther barrel with progressive twist, action has been worked on a bit and is slightly smoother then the Uberti with a slightly stiffer mainspring. Handling it clean, it has "bank vault" lockup while the Uberti has a bit of horizontal play.
However, after 30 or so shots when it gets nicely fouled, it does not lock up properly every time. It is like the stop raises too late and I need to turn the cylinder a touch back so it locks, or to the next chamber.
This also happened to the Uberti after 3+ months of shooting without cleaning the internals which were full of oily gunk, which I can understand and it went away after cleaning. However I did not expect this after only 30 rounds. Is this a necessary consequence of tight lockup with minimal tolerances when combined with the messy nature of BP shooting?
However, after 30 or so shots when it gets nicely fouled, it does not lock up properly every time. It is like the stop raises too late and I need to turn the cylinder a touch back so it locks, or to the next chamber.
This also happened to the Uberti after 3+ months of shooting without cleaning the internals which were full of oily gunk, which I can understand and it went away after cleaning. However I did not expect this after only 30 rounds. Is this a necessary consequence of tight lockup with minimal tolerances when combined with the messy nature of BP shooting?