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Does anyone, familiar with Alfa Proj know if cylinder and crane is easily removed for cleaning, and of so what is the appropriate procedure.
Alfa Proj revolver assistance
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VinceDrake
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- Sunny South Sask.
Yes, it removes, without taking the side plates or grips off.
--Open cylendar, (Unloaded of course!)
--Insert a small pin (thumb tack, earring, safety pin) through the tiny hole in the side of the frame. Hole is on the thumb side of the frame, if you are right handed, under the cyl, near the front of the frame.
--Remove the screw from the front of the frame, that faces rear-ward towards the back strap
--The pin you put in keeps the nut from turning inside the frame.
--With screw removed, the crane and cylendar will fall off.
--The cylendar (With ejector) just pulls off the crane, for cleaning the axle, etc.
I've never bothered taking the ejector assembly out, Not sure if it is right of left handed threads, and there's enough S&W's out there that people have put the pliers to, so I just spray the ejector out really well, and let it run.
I always meant to use White lithium grease for the axle to cylinder surface, but I never had any on hand, so mine just runs on Balistol.
Re-assembly is the opposite of disassembly. Just the pin in critical, otherwise the nut the screw thread into just spins, and will never tighten or loosen.
6700 rounds and counting!
--Open cylendar, (Unloaded of course!)
--Insert a small pin (thumb tack, earring, safety pin) through the tiny hole in the side of the frame. Hole is on the thumb side of the frame, if you are right handed, under the cyl, near the front of the frame.
--Remove the screw from the front of the frame, that faces rear-ward towards the back strap
--The pin you put in keeps the nut from turning inside the frame.
--With screw removed, the crane and cylendar will fall off.
--The cylendar (With ejector) just pulls off the crane, for cleaning the axle, etc.
I've never bothered taking the ejector assembly out, Not sure if it is right of left handed threads, and there's enough S&W's out there that people have put the pliers to, so I just spray the ejector out really well, and let it run.
I always meant to use White lithium grease for the axle to cylinder surface, but I never had any on hand, so mine just runs on Balistol.
Re-assembly is the opposite of disassembly. Just the pin in critical, otherwise the nut the screw thread into just spins, and will never tighten or loosen.
6700 rounds and counting!
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- Southern Ontario
Thanks , does the pin have to remain in after screw is removed, or do I just insert the pin again to tighten the screw after cleaning? Which Alfa do you have?
VinceDrake
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- Sunny South Sask.
Sorry it took me so long to reply guys.
No, the pin does not have to stay in the gun while cleaning. It doesn't hold anything in place, it just keeps the nut from spinning. Just you won't be able to tighten the screw up without it in there.
The screw running front to back has a little bit of some thread-locker type substance on it from the factory, and they are seriously tight, and kind of a bugger to remove the first time.
As always, have a screwdriver (or bit) that fits really well, or risk boogering up the screw head.
I have a 6" .357, and a 4.5" 9mm, they both come apart the same way. The .357 is the one with all the mileage on it. My club has some ammo restrictions, meaning, I'm kinda committed to reloads, and I've found the 9mm *hates* reloads.
No, the pin does not have to stay in the gun while cleaning. It doesn't hold anything in place, it just keeps the nut from spinning. Just you won't be able to tighten the screw up without it in there.
The screw running front to back has a little bit of some thread-locker type substance on it from the factory, and they are seriously tight, and kind of a bugger to remove the first time.
As always, have a screwdriver (or bit) that fits really well, or risk boogering up the screw head.
I have a 6" .357, and a 4.5" 9mm, they both come apart the same way. The .357 is the one with all the mileage on it. My club has some ammo restrictions, meaning, I'm kinda committed to reloads, and I've found the 9mm *hates* reloads.
It must be some kind of serious thread-locker. I actually bent the tip on a Remington gunsmithing screwdriver! The side plate screws were nearly as bad. I got them out but not before I chewed up one of the heads a little bit. Why would Alfa do something like thar? Nobodies ever supposed to get into the gun? 
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Short answer: No!It must be some kind of serious thread-locker. I actually bent the tip on a Remington gunsmithing screwdriver! The side plate screws were nearly as bad. I got them out but not before I chewed up one of the heads a little bit. Why would Alfa do something like thar? Nobodies ever supposed to get into the gun?
It would probably fall under the same legal BS as "no reloads". They don't want you farting around in the guts, screwing things up. (for them and you)
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