Picked up a Taylors/Uberti S&W New Model #3/Frontier last month, and after
getting Sandy Garrett to reduce the trigger to 3lbs or so, I got it out to the range.
Other than having to raise the front sight by a tenth for correct point of impact,
it shoots the Lyman 454190(soft/30:1) over 8.0gr of Unique exceptionally
well.
Then... I tried to get the cylinder out so as to see if I wanted to size the bullet
larger than standard 0.452.
Problem:
When unscrewed/taken out, big cylinder release screw on the top strap appears
almost cosmetic. I can't see where it connects/intersects anything that would
retain the cylinder.
Moreover, the cylinder actually appears to be retained by a small leaf-spring like ledge
under the barrel catch:
Am I missing something obvious here ?
(Like maybe that latch/spring above is supposed to slide out when the cylinder
release screw is removed -- and it's just stiff ?)
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Answered my own question.
Yes, it does slide out.
Yes, it was stiff.
.
getting Sandy Garrett to reduce the trigger to 3lbs or so, I got it out to the range.
Other than having to raise the front sight by a tenth for correct point of impact,
it shoots the Lyman 454190(soft/30:1) over 8.0gr of Unique exceptionally
well.
Then... I tried to get the cylinder out so as to see if I wanted to size the bullet
larger than standard 0.452.
Problem:
When unscrewed/taken out, big cylinder release screw on the top strap appears
almost cosmetic. I can't see where it connects/intersects anything that would
retain the cylinder.
Moreover, the cylinder actually appears to be retained by a small leaf-spring like ledge
under the barrel catch:
Am I missing something obvious here ?
(Like maybe that latch/spring above is supposed to slide out when the cylinder
release screw is removed -- and it's just stiff ?)
~~~~~~~~ BREAK BREAK ~~~~~~~
Answered my own question.
Yes, it does slide out.
Yes, it was stiff.
.
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