took the 617 out for the first time. i had run a bore snake down the bore and the chambers and oiled the gun. i took the grips off and wiped down what i could access from the grip.
first things first, the double action was heavy (expected) and of course i never dry fired the gun before. single action was light. i kept a lot of my spent 22s to use as snap caps.
no complaints about accuracy, i need more practice with it. i think the sights were centered such that i didn't bother adjusting them yet. i used cci 40 grain, federal automatch and federal bulk 36 grain.
no problems with extraction which is what i was worried about.
BIG PROBLEM is light primer strikes with double action. i made sure that all the cartridges are fully pressed down with my finger before closing the cylinder. it happened quite often 1-4 per cylinder even with CCI. i usually have good results with the ammo i brought and used my ruger mark II for comparison after so many failures to fire and had no FTF at all. the ammo that didn't fire would fire after being rotated and sometimes after being hit in the same place. the dent from the primer strike is also sometimes more shallow. i tried doing a couple of cylinders of pure single action and had no failure to fire. this was when every cylinder in double action would have FTF. i had no way of knowing if these were from the same chamber but the number of FTF was variable
i took off the grips and made sure the set screw was maxed out and it already was. still same problem.
any suggestions to try before talking to the manufacturer? is there a reason why the problem so far is only noticeable with DA.
a rather disappointing first trip. would rather have had some extraction problems that could be solved by polishing the chambers.
first things first, the double action was heavy (expected) and of course i never dry fired the gun before. single action was light. i kept a lot of my spent 22s to use as snap caps.
no complaints about accuracy, i need more practice with it. i think the sights were centered such that i didn't bother adjusting them yet. i used cci 40 grain, federal automatch and federal bulk 36 grain.
no problems with extraction which is what i was worried about.
BIG PROBLEM is light primer strikes with double action. i made sure that all the cartridges are fully pressed down with my finger before closing the cylinder. it happened quite often 1-4 per cylinder even with CCI. i usually have good results with the ammo i brought and used my ruger mark II for comparison after so many failures to fire and had no FTF at all. the ammo that didn't fire would fire after being rotated and sometimes after being hit in the same place. the dent from the primer strike is also sometimes more shallow. i tried doing a couple of cylinders of pure single action and had no failure to fire. this was when every cylinder in double action would have FTF. i had no way of knowing if these were from the same chamber but the number of FTF was variable
i took off the grips and made sure the set screw was maxed out and it already was. still same problem.
any suggestions to try before talking to the manufacturer? is there a reason why the problem so far is only noticeable with DA.
a rather disappointing first trip. would rather have had some extraction problems that could be solved by polishing the chambers.
