Tony_the_tiger
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While cleaning under the grip today with a qtip I noticed what appeared to be a spot of rust coming from the internals of my s&w 296. I'm not a gunsmith, and I do not advise that you do this, but curiosity got the better of me and I decided to open 'er up!
All went well until I tried to remove a screw near the grips. Not wanting to strip it, and following some advice I read online about rust/loctite and screws, I took out my soldering iron and touched the tip of the screw, heated it up a bit, banged on the screw lightly, tried again, and out it came.
The sideplate was removed by lightly tapping on the grip area with the rubber handle of a hammer.
Turns out, there is all this stuff inside of there! A bunch of neat stuff. So, these photos are for anyone wondering what is beyond the sideplate.
I don't have fancy names for these bits. I just oiled em up and re-assembled. Removed some metal grit hanging out in there with a silicone cloth.
At one point I thought I had messed it up, as it would not dryfire even with the cylinder attached. I had my wife come look at it (shes smarter than me). Turns out the trigger had come slightly out of alignment. We popped it back in by pressing firmly and that seemed to fix the issue.
Timing seems to be ok now, and everything is nice and silky smooth. Will testfire it tomorrow. Thanks for listening.
Cheers,
-T
All went well until I tried to remove a screw near the grips. Not wanting to strip it, and following some advice I read online about rust/loctite and screws, I took out my soldering iron and touched the tip of the screw, heated it up a bit, banged on the screw lightly, tried again, and out it came.
The sideplate was removed by lightly tapping on the grip area with the rubber handle of a hammer.
Turns out, there is all this stuff inside of there! A bunch of neat stuff. So, these photos are for anyone wondering what is beyond the sideplate.
I don't have fancy names for these bits. I just oiled em up and re-assembled. Removed some metal grit hanging out in there with a silicone cloth.
At one point I thought I had messed it up, as it would not dryfire even with the cylinder attached. I had my wife come look at it (shes smarter than me). Turns out the trigger had come slightly out of alignment. We popped it back in by pressing firmly and that seemed to fix the issue.
Timing seems to be ok now, and everything is nice and silky smooth. Will testfire it tomorrow. Thanks for listening.
Cheers,
-T
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