BBroadside
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I just got a Smith & Wesson model 64 (4", stainless, fixed sights). I haven't fired it yet. On a lark, I tried out some 38 S&W snap caps I have to see if they would fit in the Special chambers. I had thought they would not fit, that the snap caps would be too fat, but they did fit. No big deal, except that if the average bear gets a hold of it, he could load and maybe even fire the complete wrong ammo.
Today I got my 38 Special snap caps, and of course they are narrow enough to fit, but they kind of move around a lot, forward and backward.
What is alarming is that the live 38 Special round I put in seems to slide forward and backward too. When the cylinder is closed and the gone is shaken, you can hear the live round clicking forward and backward. Does this mean the chambers are too big? I doubt they are big enough to allow case failure (this is an ex-police gun so I assume somebody checked it at least for minimal safety). I am just worried it is loose enough that the pin will push the cartridge away instead of igniting the primer.
Today I got my 38 Special snap caps, and of course they are narrow enough to fit, but they kind of move around a lot, forward and backward.
What is alarming is that the live 38 Special round I put in seems to slide forward and backward too. When the cylinder is closed and the gone is shaken, you can hear the live round clicking forward and backward. Does this mean the chambers are too big? I doubt they are big enough to allow case failure (this is an ex-police gun so I assume somebody checked it at least for minimal safety). I am just worried it is loose enough that the pin will push the cartridge away instead of igniting the primer.