Revolver blew up
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It can/will cause drifting or just plain wrong readings.
It would affect the reading on an electronic scale.
Another option to get it off your inventory is to get Jason to straighten it up (visually, not for firing!), add in a used cylinder, and deactivate it - then you'll have a wall hanger or if that's not your style, you could sell it to recoup some $.
Peter's suggestion ran through my mind as well, you could likely straighten it yourself easy enough with some strong clamps or a padded vice, not sure what needs to be done as far as deactivation but you could hang it in your reloading room as a reminder.
Jason (the local gunsmith) is licensed to perform a CFP-approved deactivation that would have this firearm removed from the registry (only a firearms business license holder can accomplish the latter) and the added bonus is that it would then also be exempt from the usual storage and display regulations.
The suggestion of having another frame serialized is weird. I'm pretty sure there is no allocation for such an action in the CFO, before the ban and of course not now either. I will go ahead and speak for the manufacturer and say they are simply not going to even entertain the thought.
A CFP-approved deactivation involves a steel rod welded in the muzzle extending back through the cylinder and welded into the frame. I used to do that by drilling out the firing pin hole and extending the steel rod through that hole and then welding. One would think it would be sufficient to simply weld the firing pin hole closed from the front and the back and in an actual court case it may be but the CFP want more...
Don't they always want more and more. Things were sure different when you started your business. I'm old enough to remember well back then also.
Don't want a wall hanger. Best recoup a few $$ I guess.
I'm trying to forget LOL but thanks.
Single stage press. Don't be nervous. Get some good reloading books and take it slow. You must have seen accidents on the road or anywhere else. Life happens and mostly it's you in control, go and enjoy a great hobby.
I do it a bit different.
Powder charge all the cases in a loading block. Give them a shake to settle the powder. Take a flashlight, and swing across all the cases, looking for any that don't look the same as the others, as far as height of fill.
If anything looks out of sorts, it is easy to chuck the powder back on the scale to check it.
Bummer about the frame. I'd bury it in the back of the gun locker, in hopes that we get cut free of the 'tards in charge in Ottawa at some point. You pretty much have to make it a molten puddle to get it declared no longer a firearm, under the new Policy.
Leave the cylinder beside the reloading gear, as a reminder to always double and triple check load sources, and to always pay close attention! Though I doubt that will be an issue! LOL!
Glad you were not hurt!
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It won't. Deactivations must be performed by a Canadian firearms business license holder with the prescribed license privileges, following a list of criteria specified by the CFP, otherwise all applicable regulations for restricted firearms including registration, storage, and display all remain in effect (yes, they're that "____ retentive", so to speak).
I had a 686 come in like that , double charge or ? blew the top out of the cylinder, top strap looked like that.
Barrel was still O.K. The barrel , and cylinder gap where still in spec. after the blow up, cylinder was free, action cycled fine, Strange.
Just because ,I pressed the top strap back down, but of course it stretches was it is blown up, If it was heated red hot , you may get it to shrink back, but not likely.
The frame was still out of line and spec. when I got pressed down, but barrel, grips, etc still usable.
Should have taken a picture, but never think of that at the time.
Had a few over the yrs I wish I had a picture of now.
Barrel was still O.K. The barrel , and cylinder gap where still in spec. after the blow up, cylinder was free, action cycled fine, Strange.
Just because ,I pressed the top strap back down, but of course it stretches was it is blown up, If it was heated red hot , you may get it to shrink back, but not likely.
The frame was still out of line and spec. when I got pressed down, but barrel, grips, etc still usable.
Should have taken a picture, but never think of that at the time.
Had a few over the yrs I wish I had a picture of now.
