Lokichoki
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Hello to all,
I have a heritage rough Rider .22LR Single action revolver a very common inexpensive revolver. Now the probems , this single action has ran maybe 300-400 rounds of standard velocity ammo and has been thoroughly cleaned once and 'field cleaned" after every session. The cylinder stop is out of time and misses the approach by I estimate 2/8 of an inch maybe a little more also on the back of the receiver the cylinder hand notches (unsure if thats the terminology) have bore a very deep groove into the frame, now they say there is four "notches" when working the hammer it basically goes #1 colt safety , ok pretty normal. #2 loading notch, ok, works almost perfectly except the cylinder doesn't center the loading chamber directly, whatever that's doable . . #3 "this is of no consequence to the shooter" is what they write, here's the problem the hammer will lock as if all is fine but the cylinder doesn't lock up, the stop has (like stated before) come up early and ready for the approach but if you lower the hammer manually to see what would happen if you fired this way accidentally the hand will rotate it back to the previous cylinder which wouldn't happen if fired normally this is just from the deliberate slow lowering and the pressure of the hand not slipping past the cylinder hand notch, but if fired in this position with the hammer falling under normal tension I feel there is a very good possibility of it firing out of battery (not the term I'm sure) with the forcing cone or "out of round" (sounds like the right term please call me out on that" ) #4 firing notch, again the hammer falls back where it laid on #3 (I know it's the same hammer notch so no need to explain that to me) but the hand finishes the cylinder rotation and the lock engages fully and will fire just fine and I bet for quite a decent life span. My problem is it's easy for someone to fire on #3 and possibly harm themselves and this isn't stated in there manual like I wrote "of no consequence to the shooter" and that's all they write! please THR community please enlighten me this is my first SAA , also if you own one and if you don't follow through with the hammer from #2 too #3-#4 and let it back down itll lockup which mechanically I can see why just either repull the hammer back if the cylinder hasn't locked yet and pull the trigger and let the hammer down SAFELY if the cylinder has locked up just open the load gate and pull the pin the cylinder will wiggle out (this isn't uncommon with SAA from what I have read but the later I hear might be due to timing issue due to early lockup)
I have a heritage rough Rider .22LR Single action revolver a very common inexpensive revolver. Now the probems , this single action has ran maybe 300-400 rounds of standard velocity ammo and has been thoroughly cleaned once and 'field cleaned" after every session. The cylinder stop is out of time and misses the approach by I estimate 2/8 of an inch maybe a little more also on the back of the receiver the cylinder hand notches (unsure if thats the terminology) have bore a very deep groove into the frame, now they say there is four "notches" when working the hammer it basically goes #1 colt safety , ok pretty normal. #2 loading notch, ok, works almost perfectly except the cylinder doesn't center the loading chamber directly, whatever that's doable . . #3 "this is of no consequence to the shooter" is what they write, here's the problem the hammer will lock as if all is fine but the cylinder doesn't lock up, the stop has (like stated before) come up early and ready for the approach but if you lower the hammer manually to see what would happen if you fired this way accidentally the hand will rotate it back to the previous cylinder which wouldn't happen if fired normally this is just from the deliberate slow lowering and the pressure of the hand not slipping past the cylinder hand notch, but if fired in this position with the hammer falling under normal tension I feel there is a very good possibility of it firing out of battery (not the term I'm sure) with the forcing cone or "out of round" (sounds like the right term please call me out on that" ) #4 firing notch, again the hammer falls back where it laid on #3 (I know it's the same hammer notch so no need to explain that to me) but the hand finishes the cylinder rotation and the lock engages fully and will fire just fine and I bet for quite a decent life span. My problem is it's easy for someone to fire on #3 and possibly harm themselves and this isn't stated in there manual like I wrote "of no consequence to the shooter" and that's all they write! please THR community please enlighten me this is my first SAA , also if you own one and if you don't follow through with the hammer from #2 too #3-#4 and let it back down itll lockup which mechanically I can see why just either repull the hammer back if the cylinder hasn't locked yet and pull the trigger and let the hammer down SAFELY if the cylinder has locked up just open the load gate and pull the pin the cylinder will wiggle out (this isn't uncommon with SAA from what I have read but the later I hear might be due to timing issue due to early lockup)
