edwardware
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Had an interesting malfunction in my 642 this afternoon at the range. The weapon is probably ~1 year of pocket carry and 100 rounds from it's last complete teardown.
Unloaded, showed clear, reloaded, fired 5, shucked brass, reloaded. . . and the trigger's dead, locked forward. . .
A closer look shows the cylinder center pin stuck forward in the extractor rod. It was barely stuck, and could be pushed back into place with a finger on the exposed end of the extractor rod locking bolt, but would not return home under it's own spring.
A teardown and cleaning reveals the usual pocket woolyboogers, and perhaps the center pin spring installed backward (unwound end on the pin boss instead of the extractor rod end).
It must have picked up a fleck of grit into the pin way in the extractor, and with the spring backwards that was just enough to bind it up. This is surprising, especially after a thorough workout since the last disassembly. I'm certainly glad it happened on a square range.
Unloaded, showed clear, reloaded, fired 5, shucked brass, reloaded. . . and the trigger's dead, locked forward. . .
A closer look shows the cylinder center pin stuck forward in the extractor rod. It was barely stuck, and could be pushed back into place with a finger on the exposed end of the extractor rod locking bolt, but would not return home under it's own spring.
A teardown and cleaning reveals the usual pocket woolyboogers, and perhaps the center pin spring installed backward (unwound end on the pin boss instead of the extractor rod end).
It must have picked up a fleck of grit into the pin way in the extractor, and with the spring backwards that was just enough to bind it up. This is surprising, especially after a thorough workout since the last disassembly. I'm certainly glad it happened on a square range.