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May 13, 2010, 07:49 PM | #1 |
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How Can I Smooth The Action?
I have been shooting and working on my own guns for some time now. I just picked up my first single action revolver for some fun back yard shooting. I have a Heritage Rough Rider and want to smooth up the action and trigger break. Any ideas other than polishing internal parts and deburring rough edges?
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May 13, 2010, 08:11 PM | #2 |
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Take a popsickle stick and fill the action with valve grinding compound and
sit in front of the TV and cycle the gun a few hundred times. Wash out with kerosene and oil. Should be smooth. If not, do again. |
May 13, 2010, 08:29 PM | #3 |
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I never thought of that before. Thanks, I will give it a try.
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May 14, 2010, 12:24 AM | #4 |
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kwhi, have you ever done this? Sounds pretty harsh. I have used valve grinding compound, but only to lap very specific areas. Watch out for coated or case hardened parts, these can be ruined if you take off the surface hardness.
Another technique is to apply extra force to the sliding surfaces. For example, push forward on the hammer when you pull the trigger; this makes the parts wear in a lot faster. Also, a good high-pressure lube helps a lot; I use a thick black moly grease. This is supposed to be good as well: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1...LUBE_PLUS_reg_ |
May 14, 2010, 12:30 AM | #5 |
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Popsicles
Don't throw away the good part ! Eat the rest of the box of popsicles as you sit in front of the T.V..
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May 14, 2010, 12:49 AM | #6 |
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I have actually been sitting here cycling the action while pushing on the hammer. It has taken a little of the hang up out. I will polish the mechanism parts when I get off work in the morning. I will let you know how it works. It seems the tension spring is very sharp since it is a stamped part. I did this with my DA Ruger SP101 and it was smooth as silk.
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May 14, 2010, 07:23 AM | #7 |
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The inside of the frames are normally pretty rough. I use a hand slot stone to deburr the hand slot. Stone away any burrs were you have metal to metal contact.
Polishing well sometimes round off corners, that's not always a good thing. The sear notch and sear needs to have sharp clean edges. A hand slot stone, a sear stone and a surface plate with 1kgrit paper should do all the work needed. |
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May 15, 2010, 08:40 AM | #9 |
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I have a granite surface plate but that is a bit overkill for most. A sheet of glass works great for a flat surface. If you know anyone that works with granite counter tops that's a good source for a small plate, the sink cut outs.
I use wet/dry paper (400-1000) with a light cutting oil. A small piece of bar stock wrapped in emery cloth would do for deburring the hand slot and frame interior. |
May 15, 2010, 11:18 AM | #10 |
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A lot of CAS shooters also install reduced tension main and trigger springs. A weaker mainspring tends to reduce trigger pull because there is less pressure on the sear.
I have a ROA that I use for ML bullseye matches and installing a weaker trigger return spring made a noticeable difference in the trigger pull. |
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June 27, 2010, 06:30 PM | #12 |
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I really like the micro mesh sanding sticks, $10 for a set from 1,500 all the way up to 12,000 grit.
Just go through each and every fineness in the kit and its just a half minute per stick usually. Also great for the occasional polishing of brass Mirror finish with very little work. http://www.woodcraft.com/Catalog/Pro...9-deb615887926 |
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