Can this cause accuracy problems?

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I have a Rogers and Spencer .44 BP revolver, its not a bad gun but ive never had it shoot worth a darn yet. What i do like about it is its nice and open for applying the caps, it also has a sleve covering the cylinder rod so it doesnt get fouled quickly, it also has a replacable front sight pin.

I like how the cylinder drops out easy but taking it apart isnt very easy.

Here is how i shot with it on monday.

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After looking at it i notice these ridges in the chambers. Wouldnt this cause accuracy issues? I can feel these running a Q-tip stick down the chambers.

It almost seems unfinished. My other revolvers donw have these ridges they are smooth. A few of the chmabers

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In my mind this can cause the ball to leave the chambers rough? maybe not?
 

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Looks like it was made on a Monday after a hard weekend or a Friday about quitting time. Mine are not as unfinished as yours appear to be. I would say that it should not effect accuracy but I won't bet my life on anything.
What size balls are you using,grains of powder,type of powder,wads or no wads ? How far,are you using a rest?

Sorry for all the question but I have never seen one of these shoot that bad at normal handgun ranges.
 
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That what it looks like to me also, machining marks and all I can say is if you can feel the roughness with a Q-tip they are roughing up the ball quite a bit while loading/seating and on firing. Looking at the results, I would start there by smoothing the inside of the chambers, and then fire it again. Can't hurt.
 
I would ream them out till they are smooth. Then slug your barrel and measure the chambers to make sure its safe to shoot that way.At worse you would need a new cylinder and at best it may give you a real accurate gun. The way it is, i dont think you will get it to shoot accuratly with chambers that rough.
 
I think that is deliberate, made to keep the balls from creeping forward under recoil. I don't have an original R&S but I wouldn't be too surprised if the old guns had the same thing.

Jim
 
New cylinders for these are hard to come by. Euroarms is out of production since Pedersoli bought them out a few years back.
 
Neve rmind i looked at my shooters model cylinder and it appears to be the same. It shoots very good so i dont think it is causing the bad shooting.

It does have a HEAVY trigger pull so it may just be me and my flinching problem.

The shooter version has a WAY better trigger so maybe thats why i seem to shoot it better.

Ill have to work on the trigger see if i can get it to come around a little more.
 
Slug the chambers and bore to see if the chamber diameters are too small. If so, reaming out a few thou will do wonders (I am told).
 
I never had a Rogers & Spencer, but I've never seen the inside of a chamber as rough as that. All of my revolvers had the inside of their chambers as smooth as glass as I would have noted the roughness while cleaning. But that ball must be getting roughed up while loading but enough to effect accuracy to that extent, I don't know.
 
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You could consider sleeving to .36 on the chambers and Barrel.It would need the barrel sleeve Rifling.
 
The R&S are heavy to start with.You make it into a .36 and it will be as heavy or heavier than a Walker.
On mine the chambers are .449 and grooves ,if I remember right are also .449. If yours are the same it wouldn't be a bad thing to clean the chambers up a bit to .450 - .451.
My trigger pull is 4 1/4lb. and is smooth and breaks good.
 
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