Pause this LCR video at 3:00 and...

Carmady · December 3, 2018, 10:42 PM

see if you notice anything peculiar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BmpQqtBAVc

rallyhound · December 3, 2018, 11:26 PM

ok i give

**Aguila Blanca** · December 4, 2018, 12:09 AM

Nodak1858 · December 4, 2018, 12:14 AM

Is it the screw that looks to be backed out?

Rspeters · December 4, 2018, 12:16 AM

That's my guess too. You can see quite a bit of threadlocker exposed.

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Originally Posted by Nodak1858

Is it the screw that looks to be backed out?

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TJB101 · December 4, 2018, 05:00 AM

Got me hanging

**Mike Irwin** · December 4, 2018, 07:19 AM

Took me a few minutes to see what you were talking about, but yeah, that's a problem in the making.

rob-c · December 4, 2018, 07:41 AM

Interesting, thanks for that. I will have to check mine and the wife’s, I had to send mine in because the the nut on the screw that’s at the back of the top strap was missing.

Carmady · December 4, 2018, 09:48 AM

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Is it the screw that looks to be backed out?

Judging by how smooth the Loctite looks I doubt if it was ever screwed in.

blackwidowp61 · December 5, 2018, 12:30 AM

Good eyes! I don't own one or I'd be looking at it very closely right now if I did!

t4terrific · December 5, 2018, 08:19 PM

I wonder why Mr. 45 didn’t mention it.

XDforever · December 5, 2018, 09:42 PM

How would you access that screw to tighten it up???

Joe

HighValleyRanch · December 5, 2018, 11:34 PM

^^^^^
with an allen wrench from the bottom. Mine backed out at one time. There was a video on youtube that pointed out this tendency and I checked mine and sure enough it was backed out. Used some locktite and it's been fine since.

Carmady · December 5, 2018, 11:34 PM

Quote:

How would you access that screw to tighten it up???

iirc, it takes a 0.050" (aka 1.3mm) allen wrench.

Buckeye! · December 6, 2018, 06:19 PM

Im checking my LCR357

dgludwig · December 7, 2018, 08:39 PM

I wonder if the same problem wouldn't also affect an LCR chambered in .327 Federal Magnum? Bears checking for all LCR revolvers to be safe and sure.

kenny53 · December 7, 2018, 10:15 PM

I noticed it right away, just after I read you guys explain what I was looking for :-). I will check my LCR before I go to bed tonight.

Carmady · January 31, 2019, 06:46 PM

In the OP I posted a video of Hickock45 with a LCR 38 SPL which had a backed out cylinder release screw.

Now here's a different video of Hickok45 with a LCR 9mm. Pause it at 4:35 and see if you notice anything peculiar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuE6ajPRkDI

bull bob · February 1, 2019, 08:34 AM

It appears the same screw is backed out.

Carmady · February 2, 2019, 08:47 AM

The other end of that screw isn't threaded, and it acts as hinge pin for the part you press with your thumb.

Here's a high-tech cartoon of how LCR's go together and come apart. Around 0:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM3_Pn4OSh4&t=6s

TBM900 · February 2, 2019, 10:57 AM

I love Ruger revolvers but I swear the monkey on the line tasked with thread-locking their cylinder release screw must sleep through much of their shift. The only consistent issue I've ever had with Rugers is that flipping screw backing out seemingly due to no/not enough goop on the darn thing. Years ago I just started automatically pulling them from new guns and slathering them up good, none have backed out since, but geez

JERRYS. · February 2, 2019, 01:18 PM

what am I missing here? what screw?

never mind, I see it. its the screw that holds in the cylinder latch/release.

DaleA · February 2, 2019, 03:33 PM

Carmady--thanks for posting the link in #20 to the LCR disassembly/assembly video. I thought it was very cool!

Carmady · February 3, 2019, 08:14 AM

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thanks for posting the link

Sure, this one is from the same channel, it shows how the LCR works. I like the part at the end where it only takes three clicks to realize all five were fired.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-iV0ldhpKc

NAW · February 3, 2019, 02:14 PM

I just checked my lcr 357 and the screw was backed out almost all the way, probably 10 turns or more. I put a drip of blue lock tight on it and bottomed the screw out again. My screw had no tention on it at all when screwing it back in making me think there wasnt any locktight on it at all before.

December 3, 2018, 10:42 PM	#1
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December 4, 2018, 12:14 AM	#4
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December 5, 2018, 11:34 PM	#13
HighValleyRanch Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2005 Posts: 4,066	^^^^^ with an allen wrench from the bottom. Mine backed out at one time. There was a video on youtube that pointed out this tendency and I checked mine and sure enough it was backed out. Used some locktite and it's been fine since. __________________ From the sweet grass to the slaughter house; From birth until death; We travel between these two eternities........from 'Broken Trail"

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December 4, 2018, 12:09 AM	#3
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December 4, 2018, 05:00 AM	#6
TJB101 Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2017 Posts: 498	Got me hanging

December 4, 2018, 07:41 AM	#8
rob-c Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2013 Posts: 151	Interesting, thanks for that. I will have to check mine and the wife’s, I had to send mine in because the the nut on the screw that’s at the back of the top strap was missing.

December 5, 2018, 08:19 PM	#11
t4terrific Senior Member Join Date: December 22, 2009 Posts: 307	I wonder why Mr. 45 didn’t mention it.

December 5, 2018, 09:42 PM	#12
XDforever Senior Member Join Date: September 10, 2006 Location: North Texas Posts: 171	How would you access that screw to tighten it up??? Joe

December 6, 2018, 06:19 PM	#15
Buckeye! Senior Member Join Date: September 1, 2008 Posts: 849	Im checking my LCR357

December 7, 2018, 08:39 PM	#16
dgludwig Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2005 Location: North central Ohio Posts: 7,486	I wonder if the same problem wouldn't also affect an LCR chambered in .327 Federal Magnum? Bears checking for all LCR revolvers to be safe and sure. __________________ ONLY AN ARMED PEOPLE CAN BE TRULY FREE ; ONLY AN UNARMED PEOPLE CAN EVER BE ENSLAVED ...Aristotle NRA Benefactor Life Member

December 7, 2018, 10:15 PM	#17
kenny53 Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2015 Location: My back yard Posts: 971	I noticed it right away, just after I read you guys explain what I was looking for :-). I will check my LCR before I go to bed tonight.

January 31, 2019, 06:46 PM	#18
Carmady Senior Member Join Date: February 26, 2013 Location: on the lam Posts: 1,735	In the OP I posted a video of Hickock45 with a LCR 38 SPL which had a backed out cylinder release screw. Now here's a different video of Hickok45 with a LCR 9mm. Pause it at 4:35 and see if you notice anything peculiar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuE6ajPRkDI

February 1, 2019, 08:34 AM	#19
bull bob Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 114	It appears the same screw is backed out.

February 2, 2019, 08:47 AM	#20
Carmady Senior Member Join Date: February 26, 2013 Location: on the lam Posts: 1,735	The other end of that screw isn't threaded, and it acts as hinge pin for the part you press with your thumb. Here's a high-tech cartoon of how LCR's go together and come apart. Around 0:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM3_Pn4OSh4&t=6s

February 2, 2019, 10:57 AM	#21
TBM900 Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2015 Posts: 777	I love Ruger revolvers but I swear the monkey on the line tasked with thread-locking their cylinder release screw must sleep through much of their shift. The only consistent issue I've ever had with Rugers is that flipping screw backing out seemingly due to no/not enough goop on the darn thing. Years ago I just started automatically pulling them from new guns and slathering them up good, none have backed out since, but geez

February 2, 2019, 01:18 PM	#22
JERRYS. Senior Member Join Date: September 23, 2013 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,969	what am I missing here? what screw? never mind, I see it. its the screw that holds in the cylinder latch/release.

February 2, 2019, 03:33 PM	#23
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,313	Carmady--thanks for posting the link in #20 to the LCR disassembly/assembly video. I thought it was very cool!

February 3, 2019, 02:14 PM	#25
NAW Member Join Date: August 6, 2018 Location: Oregon Posts: 24	I just checked my lcr 357 and the screw was backed out almost all the way, probably 10 turns or more. I put a drip of blue lock tight on it and bottomed the screw out again. My screw had no tention on it at all when screwing it back in making me think there wasnt any locktight on it at all before.