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The bolt would have to be dropping very late, in fact, after the notch has passed.
The Colt is set up so the hand exerts force on the ratchet until past the cylinder notch, in other words, a Colt will ALWAYS throw by unless the bolt stops the cylinder. (Try it with a piece of cardboard blocking the bolt or without the bolt in place and see.) That is normal. What is not normal is for the bolt not to stop the cylinder; as I said, either the bolt is not coming up properly, or the cylinder notch is partially blocked. A deformed or worn bolt could also be the cause, but then it should fail on all chambers, not just one.
Jim
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