I got a S&W .22 revolver used from a relative quite some time ago. The gun is a model 18-4. I had noted when I first got it that the gun, while in seemingly good shape, was rather cruddy and ill-cleaned (expected from this relative), so bad in fact that it you usually had to push rounds into the chambers and that extraction was sometimes a chore. The DA stroke was also sometimes REALLY tight.
I chalked this up to poor cleaning, gave the gun thorough scrubbing, stashed it in my safe and forgot about it for quite a while. I recently got it back out and took it to the range. The DA stroke is still kinda tight on about 1/2 of the chambers. Not really bad, but noticably stiffer on 3 of the 6 chambers, as if the cylinder was having difficulty turning on those 3.
Other than that the gun is a gem. Fine finish, no obvious visible problems, but the more I fiddle with it the more apparent it is that something is up, and I want to figure out what it is before it gets worse.
Thoughts?
Mike
I chalked this up to poor cleaning, gave the gun thorough scrubbing, stashed it in my safe and forgot about it for quite a while. I recently got it back out and took it to the range. The DA stroke is still kinda tight on about 1/2 of the chambers. Not really bad, but noticably stiffer on 3 of the 6 chambers, as if the cylinder was having difficulty turning on those 3.
Other than that the gun is a gem. Fine finish, no obvious visible problems, but the more I fiddle with it the more apparent it is that something is up, and I want to figure out what it is before it gets worse.
Thoughts?
Mike