Cylinder Pin Stuck

[broknprism]

Just got a new USFA Single Action in .38 WCF, 4 5/8" nickel. It's the most beautiful thing I've seen in 40 years of shooting, made with obvious care and amazing precision, and that's why I'm completely bummed that the cylinder base pin is stuck, as if it were welded in!

Update: Using needle nose pliers with a little duct tape around the 'needles' to protect the nickel, I managed to lever the base pin halfway out. That's as far as the short needles will take it. Finger pressure won't get it the rest of the way. (The nickel looks nice on the pin, unlike the pin on a new Colt I once had that was all flaked off.)

I'm using a rubber glove to get a grip, but I'm only tearing the glove.

With the pin halfway out, the cylinder turns sluggishly. I won't move it again until I get this thing out and polish and lube it.

So... I'm all locked up and still open to ideas.

I see there is such a thing as a base pin puller, but even if I had one, it would only lever this pin so far.

 

[jim147]

I would get a hold of USFA and ask politely ***. A base pin in that tight has as much to do with the pistol being accurate as a 1911 with a bushing that needs a wrench and a cheater bar. There are so many other things in the mix that it's not an issue.

jim

 

[AZ_Rebel]

Easy as ABC.....

A. Disassemble Revolver to remove Hammer
B. Soak Cylinder Pin with Kroil
C. Tap Cylinder Pin out with long punch or rod from hole at hammer side

 

[broknprism]

Got it

I was certainly thinking ***...

I finally drove it the rest of the way out from the rear by cutting the end off a Glock plastic cleaning rod, pushing it into teh rear frame hole, and tapping with a piece of wood. I polished theh base pin, and found that it would go in the back of the cylinder bushing easily, but not the front. Drove the bushing out of theh cylinder (another task that needed plastic tools) and found there was some kind of corrosion inside the bushing near the face. A little 0000 steel wool twisted inside, a little 1500 grit sandpaper on a Q-tip swirled around inside, a little more Flitz, and now the pin slides in and out with finger pressure, but it's still snug. I like snug.

The crisis past, I can admire this beauty. The nickel is warm and mirror bright. It's almost dripping with nickel. The tolerances are close, the action is slick, and Winchester .38-40 cartridges drop right in. (I didn't know how necked cases would fit in chambers, so I didn't know what to expect.)

Anyway, thanks for the comments.