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SL1 · August 19, 2008, 10:08 PM

Speaking of alignment, I once had a revolver with a cylinder pawl that was mis-shaped. It aligned the chambers for proper lock-up for the first 2 shots. But, when the weight of 3 bullets on one side was not off-set by the weight of any bullets on the other side, it did not push the cylinder quite far enough to have the locking part (name?) drop into the notch on the cylinder. Firing in that condition stripped parts of the jackets off Hornady cup-and-core type bullets, and I am sure it would do worse on plating. The only way to check for that is to put bullets (NOT loaded cartridges in 1,2, and then 3 chambers and watch the cylinder lock-up or not as the gun is repeatedly cocked and uncocked.

SL1

August 19, 2008, 10:08 PM	#9
SL1 Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2007 Posts: 2,001	Cylinder alignment Speaking of alignment, I once had a revolver with a cylinder pawl that was mis-shaped. It aligned the chambers for proper lock-up for the first 2 shots. But, when the weight of 3 bullets on one side was not off-set by the weight of any bullets on the other side, it did not push the cylinder quite far enough to have the locking part (name?) drop into the notch on the cylinder. Firing in that condition stripped parts of the jackets off Hornady cup-and-core type bullets, and I am sure it would do worse on plating. The only way to check for that is to put bullets (NOT loaded cartridges in 1,2, and then 3 chambers and watch the cylinder lock-up or not as the gun is repeatedly cocked and uncocked. SL1