Pond James Pond
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I'll first say that I believe this is down to granules of unburnt powder, but I'll give you the circumstances and see if you can add any further thoughts.
It was my first match of the year and with most of my .44Spl cases still loaded for a charge weight ladder with LSWCs, I had not been able to load up .44Spl as normal, so I had to opt for full mags. I used up the last of my N110 and then my N350 for them.
During the first Stage I had a bunch of FTF, or so I thought. It turned out that my DA was not working. I had to ditch that stage prematurely. In the Safety Area I saw I could pull the trigger and the pin would come out of its recess, but the hammer was motionless! SA worked fine.
I took the grips off started to perform a strip, but tried the trigger I noticed that DA was now fine! I returned to the match. It was not my best. I also had problems with unburnt powder during reloads: it fell in the crane gap and made for difficulties in closing the cylinder.
Anyway, at home I did a detail strip of the gun and found unburnt powder inside the entire gun, all the way down to the trigger-works.
My conclusion was that some powder had some how stopped the trigger from acting the hammer in DA, but if the spring compression came from cocking the gun in SA, then it was OK...
Since then it has been cleaned out as best as I can and DA seems fine, as well as SA. The only thing I've noticed is that in DA, the turn of the cylinder is harder with 3 consecutive chambers. I've inspected the ejector star and no signs of obstructions. The cylinder spins very freely when swung out so it's not the axle there.
It also seems to have loosened up somewhat since then, but still I'd like to know the cause.
So if any of you have ideas I'd like to know if you can:
a) imagine a situation in a RH where powder or other debris could disconnect the trigger from the hammer in DA and,
b) think of what might cause stiffness in turning the cylinder in DA on the same 3 chambers, but is not due to a clogged up ejector star or cylinder rotation on its axis.
I have more comps next week and I hope to use the RH again. I also really hope to have load my LSWCs by then...
It was my first match of the year and with most of my .44Spl cases still loaded for a charge weight ladder with LSWCs, I had not been able to load up .44Spl as normal, so I had to opt for full mags. I used up the last of my N110 and then my N350 for them.
During the first Stage I had a bunch of FTF, or so I thought. It turned out that my DA was not working. I had to ditch that stage prematurely. In the Safety Area I saw I could pull the trigger and the pin would come out of its recess, but the hammer was motionless! SA worked fine.
I took the grips off started to perform a strip, but tried the trigger I noticed that DA was now fine! I returned to the match. It was not my best. I also had problems with unburnt powder during reloads: it fell in the crane gap and made for difficulties in closing the cylinder.
Anyway, at home I did a detail strip of the gun and found unburnt powder inside the entire gun, all the way down to the trigger-works.
My conclusion was that some powder had some how stopped the trigger from acting the hammer in DA, but if the spring compression came from cocking the gun in SA, then it was OK...
Since then it has been cleaned out as best as I can and DA seems fine, as well as SA. The only thing I've noticed is that in DA, the turn of the cylinder is harder with 3 consecutive chambers. I've inspected the ejector star and no signs of obstructions. The cylinder spins very freely when swung out so it's not the axle there.
It also seems to have loosened up somewhat since then, but still I'd like to know the cause.
So if any of you have ideas I'd like to know if you can:
a) imagine a situation in a RH where powder or other debris could disconnect the trigger from the hammer in DA and,
b) think of what might cause stiffness in turning the cylinder in DA on the same 3 chambers, but is not due to a clogged up ejector star or cylinder rotation on its axis.
I have more comps next week and I hope to use the RH again. I also really hope to have load my LSWCs by then...