Blackhawk wheel clocking during loading/shell ejecting?....

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Just curious if your Ruger B/Hawk's cylinder wheels stop by themselves (just after a click) with one of your six chambers in the very center of the loading gate scalloped area, or if it goes past center a bit further (clockwise) then clicks & stays put? Where you can't back up, but now need to spin her a bit more and center it by hand to either load a round in....or eject a spent shell?......


(These first three pics depict where my cylinder stops at any given 'click'. Unfortunately as you can see, I can't load a round in there due to the bad angle).




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(Now these next three pics show the wheel right where I have to stop it by hand, to give me a straight shot to load a round, or to use the ejector rod without scraping a chamber. Make any sense? 'Cuz my six shot Rough Rider doesn't have this issue, and stops smack dab in the center).


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That's how the New Models work, unfortunately. Ruger's answer to 30yrs of complaints is the reverse indexing pawl but it has only been installed in the New Vaquero and flat-top models of various chamberings.
 
Yup, they have been doing that since the 1970s.

Another answer is to install a Power Custom half cock hammer. Once installed you have a half cock position on the hammer that rotates the cylinder just far enough so that the chambers are lined up with the loading gate. Just like on a Colt.
 
Here is what the freespin pawl looks like. If you don't want to 'mod' your own, you can order one from Brownells.

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Chris
 
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