I stripped my 629 44 mag, to clean and did some polishing. I thought i had everything back together. Is the hand that rotates the cylinder supposed to float? I can shake the gun and here it move, if i tilt gun with barrel pointing up the hand wont grab cylinder, if i rotate gun with barrel pointing down hand will then grab cylinder and rotate it. I triple checked everything both of the location pins on the hand are in the two holes in the trigger assembly. Im confused. thanks, alot.
S&W 629 cylinder rotation problem, help!
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Have any extra parts (like a spring) left over after reassembly?
jfh
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...and make that a (VERY small) spring. Buy the Kuehnhausen book.
Jim H.
Jim H.
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There's a little spring in the hammer's body that leans against the shorter pin of the hand down by the pivot. You need to lift it back as you slip the hand into place so there's forward spring tension in the hand. You just missed that step by the sounds of it. That spring is held in place on a short pin of it's own that there's no real reason to remove for normal working in the gun. And the spring is pretty well hidden. It would be an easy step to miss if you don't mess with the insides on a regular basis.
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