[boots]

3) With the trigger still back all the way, check for cylinder wiggle. Front/back is particularly undesirable; a bit of side to side is OK but it's a bad thing if you can wiggle it one way, let go, and then spin it the other way a fraction of an inch and it stays there too. At the very least, it should "want" to stop in just one place (later, we'll see if that place is any good). The ultimate is a "welded to the frame" feeling.

[4v50 Gary]

Grab the cylinder. Try moving it fore & aft (towards and away from the muzzle). You're testing for endshake.

Now, move it from left to right (or vice versa). This checks the cylinder lockup (the cylinder should be engaged with the cylinder notch of the cylinder, preventing it from moving).

[Jim March]

Can I ask a favor? Can you re-post the question in the revolver checkout thread itself?

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?threadid=1430

I promise, we'll deal with it in detail there.

[boots]

with a few more thoughts, and an explanation of my specific concerns.

[Mal H]

Now that the question is in the right place, I'll close this one.