tpelle
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I have a Pietta .44 Remington New Model Army. One aggravating thing about this revolver is that, when you place the revolver on half-cock, the cylinder is slightly over-rotated. The loading ram will not enter the chamber, and the hand prevents the cylinder from being "back-rotated" so that the ram lines up.
It seems to me that one could slightly deepen the half-cock notch on the hammer so that the trigger enters the half-cock notch sooner. Therefore the hand would not be pushing on the ratchet as far and the cylinder would no longer be rotated too far. The bolt is cammed away from the cylinder locking notch plenty soon enough so the cylinder will be free to rotate.
Does my reasoning seem OK? Is there any downside to deepening the half-cock notch?
It seems to me that one could slightly deepen the half-cock notch on the hammer so that the trigger enters the half-cock notch sooner. Therefore the hand would not be pushing on the ratchet as far and the cylinder would no longer be rotated too far. The bolt is cammed away from the cylinder locking notch plenty soon enough so the cylinder will be free to rotate.
Does my reasoning seem OK? Is there any downside to deepening the half-cock notch?