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A few years ago a retiree was selling off his guns for money to go to a nursing home. I bought a dubious S&W type revolver cheap ($10). He had placed yellow tape on some of the scallops on the cylinder which I had promptly removed.
Stupid me.
Went to the range and I wanted to practice some old fashion DA natural point shooting. Well, in trying to squeeze off the first shot, I pressed as hard as I could and soon my hand was trembling.
Huh, did I have some type of injury I wasn't aware of? Why was it so difficult to get the first shot off? I switched to the non-dominant hand and had the same results. What's going on?
OK, test time. SA mode and I couldn't cock the darn thing. It turns out it wouldn't rotate for two cylinders. Headspace problem. I had never checked it because the seller was a noted marksman in his time (and unlikely to me to have junk) and besides, for $10, I figured, why bother running it through the checks? Anyway, it was with difficulty that I fired 100 rounds.
Lesson: Bring two guns if you want a range session (or know that what you bring works).
Plan: I'm going to buy a PPC barrel and rebarrel this sucker. The cylinder rotates freely when empty so while I can file down the barrel and create a bigger gap, I've always wanted a gun I could completely trash and have fun doing so. Hey, I'm in it for $10 so far. What have I got to lose?
Stupid me.
Went to the range and I wanted to practice some old fashion DA natural point shooting. Well, in trying to squeeze off the first shot, I pressed as hard as I could and soon my hand was trembling.
Huh, did I have some type of injury I wasn't aware of? Why was it so difficult to get the first shot off? I switched to the non-dominant hand and had the same results. What's going on?OK, test time. SA mode and I couldn't cock the darn thing. It turns out it wouldn't rotate for two cylinders. Headspace problem.
I had never checked it because the seller was a noted marksman in his time (and unlikely to me to have junk) and besides, for $10, I figured, why bother running it through the checks? Anyway, it was with difficulty that I fired 100 rounds. Lesson: Bring two guns if you want a range session (or know that what you bring works).
Plan: I'm going to buy a PPC barrel and rebarrel this sucker. The cylinder rotates freely when empty so while I can file down the barrel and create a bigger gap, I've always wanted a gun I could completely trash and have fun doing so.
Hey, I'm in it for $10 so far. What have I got to lose?
