Painting cylinder walls

I

Ignacio49

New member
When you paint a revolver, besides painting the cylinder surface, are you supposed to also paint the cylinder walls?
 
It's not really a given that you should paint any part of a revolver.

I would certainly recommend against painting any internal surfaces or parts, and that includes the chambers and the bore.
 
Thanks for your answers.
I had my revolver refinished with Cerakote. The internal parts were also refinished, including the cylinder chambers. Now the ammo won´t fit. What can I do to solve this problem?
 
Return gun to whoever did the job. Explain that they have two choices.
1. Remove cerekote from the chambers
2. Replace the revolver.
That should get their undivided attention.
 
Return gun to whoever did the job. Explain that they have two choices.
1. Remove cerekote from the chambers
2. Replace the revolver.
That should get their undivided attention.
Click to expand...
This:eek:
Please tel me they didn't do anything to the bore & that they re-checked the cylinder to frame fit & gap afterwards. If not then only optiion (2) is valid as they really were clueless about what they did.
 
jglsprings: Your Taurus?
No, it was my brother's S&W 36.

I do not know if the chambers were refinished or it was some "paint" that got its way into the chambers. In any case this problem is solved. I "cleaned" the chambers using a bore brush with a dremel (slow speed). Now the ammo feeds perfectly.

wogpotter: the bore seems to be fine, but the cylinder to frame fit & gap has been narrowed. The cylinder does not close nor rotate as easy as before. It improved with lubrication and some dryfiring, and hope it will get "normal" after some use/dryfire.
 
Ignacio49 said:
...the bore seems to be fine, but the cylinder to frame fit & gap has been narrowed. The cylinder does not close nor rotate as easy as before. It improved with lubrication and some dryfiring, and hope it will get "normal" after some use/dryfire.
Click to expand...
IMHO whomever did the work needs to fix this. NOT YOU.

Based on what you've already written, I believe this person did an incompetent job. The more you monkey with the gun in an attempt to address their incompetence, the less chance you or your brother have of getting them to own up to the problems and potentially replace the gun.
 
^^^^^^^^
This is the answer.
Yes you have a problem, no-one can (reasonably) claim you did harm by cleaning, but there seem from your description to be more problems.
Take it back & make them rectify the mistakes they made. You paid for a professional job & thats what you're entitled to.
 
Well.... yes and no.

The thing is that the job was performed by a close friend of mine at no cost to me nor my brother (owner of the revo).

We are looking for "solutions". Meanwhile my brother is not very happy with this.
 
Sounds like you got your money's worth. To get it fixed might cost you a bit more. It is possible that a competent gunsmith can buff and polish most of the mistake away but by competent I don't mean the guy that applied the 'paint'.
 
You paid zero, but unfortunately you got zero back as well.
I don't know what to say other than look into having a professional (as in he's a business & he gets paid to do it) remove the finish to get you back to normal.
 
You get what you pay for. What prior jobs has this guy done?

Tolerances, we don't need no stinking tolerances.


Good luck....sigh

I'd imagine a smith and clean out the cylinders
 
A coating of paint or anything else on the extractor star or the recess for it in the cylinder will cause binding.
I've run across a few older S&Ws with accumulated grime and fouling under the star, once the fouling and grime was removed the cylinder fit was loose as a goose due to having been used with that fouling in place.

Don't mess with the pistol any more before clearing away any remaining coating between those parts.
 
Also check the cylinder notches for paint buildup that might prevent the cylinder stop from fully engaging.

I hope the painter didn't spray the stuff into the action as well.

IMHO, paint is not a good finish on guns expecially on revolvers, but it now seems to be common. Is wallpaper next?

Jim
 
*IMHO, paint is not a good finish on guns expecially on revolvers, but it now seems to be common. Is wallpaper next?*

Agree. I am learning it the hard way.
 
To dip any firearm without plugging chamber(s), barrel, and removing trigger mechanism is three octives past stupid. If your friendship is that close, he'll replace the revolver.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top