legend 550
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The cylinder rattling .... Is it a lot? Lower the hammer with the trigger pulled and try to wiggle the cylinder. If there is more than very minor movement when it is in the fired position, you may have a slight problem. The more the movement, the bigger the problem.Also, there is a slight bit of cylinder rattle/movement. A little more so than my Bisley Blackhawk. I jumped at the chance to buy this one, but it worried me a little. Anyone else have some rattling?
I own six. You got me curious. Out of my ROAs, five of the six cylinders wiggle perceptibly, about an RCH, in rotation at full cock. Four of the six have a perceptible (RCH) end shake; two don't wiggle at all, fore to aft. Only one of the six locks up like a Python, with no perceptible rotation or end shake.rodwha, thanks, I did not even notice the screw head there. I unthreaded it slightly and that lengthened it a little, increasing the tension against the lug on the barrel. That helped - now the only thing rattling there is the actual piston/ram.
The best I can measure, the amount of cylinder rotation at lockup is .030" - .035." The amount of cylinder endshake looks like as much as .010." The gun looks in good shape, but maybe it's been shot a ton with heavy loads? I'm thinking I should call Ruger and see what they say, and go shoot the thing and see what it does.
Don't do it. Roundballs are one thing encased in a patch, an engraved bullet is going to be next to impossible to load if it requries engraving going into your barrel or cylinder.Hi
Have been shooting 0.457 soft lead cast balls in my ROA which has a modified cylinder enabling me to use nitro powder & s'gun primers.
(see earlier posts for pictures)
Lee have a RN lead bullet of 220 grains specifically for the ROA.
What is the opinion of the forum to casting these bullets using lead recovered from wheel weights. Would it be okay or is the lead from wheel weights too hard. Not sure if they contain tin or antimony.
Also appreciate wheel weights need a lot of fluxing to get rid of the dirt & rubbish.
Would appreciate your thoughts.
Cheers
yamavira