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Old January 20, 2011, 12:22 AM   #6
denster
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JNO1) Yes that will cause the bolt to drop further back into the lead. I may have misunderstood your original post. I thought your were saying that the bolt was dropping over the inboard edge of the cylinder notch. This would peen that edge which is not a good thing. If your bolt is dropping so that the leading edge is even with the inboard endge of the cylinder notch your timing is right on.
Bill made good reference to the purpose of the leads on Colt style revolvers. Having the bolt drop right into the notch is always a bad thing. Even if you always cock it slow and deliberate with the least amount of wear the heel of the bolt will start to peen the inboard edge of the cylinder notch. Having marks in the leads is the nature of the beast and the only way to avoid it is to never cock the revolver.
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