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Oldspeed · June 15, 2000, 03:24 AM

Hello,
Thanks for your input. I tore down my 25-7 and found the Hand Spring to have come disangaged from the Hand Pin. This caused the hand to retract and not have enough pressure forward to rotate the cylinder. The spring or the hand pin was not broken.
My concern: The gun was factory assembled and I had dry fired it 40-50 times and the cylinder rotated as normal. Then the Hand Spring slipped by the Hand Pin and caused the problem. Has this happened to anyone else? Now I worry that it could happen at a time when the piece was really needed. Was this just a once in a million thing?
Thanks

June 15, 2000, 03:24 AM	#7
Oldspeed Member Join Date: February 10, 2000 Posts: 96	Hello, Thanks for your input. I tore down my 25-7 and found the Hand Spring to have come disangaged from the Hand Pin. This caused the hand to retract and not have enough pressure forward to rotate the cylinder. The spring or the hand pin was not broken. My concern: The gun was factory assembled and I had dry fired it 40-50 times and the cylinder rotated as normal. Then the Hand Spring slipped by the Hand Pin and caused the problem. Has this happened to anyone else? Now I worry that it could happen at a time when the piece was really needed. Was this just a once in a million thing? Thanks