raging bull 44 cylinder slop?

[ohiopotato]

so today I finally got to screw around with my new raging bull in .44 and when I got it I was amazed. Specifically, I remember how out of the box the cylinder locked up super tight. could't get any play out of it.

Shot a hundred rounds in the day, it was great. wonderful accuracy and pleasant to fire.

So there I am cleaning this thing, and the cylinder isn't as tight anymore. there's a little play though I'm not certain it's enough to be a safety issue. furthermore, it seems that unless I slam the hammer back quickly, moving to single action doesn't set the cylinder all the way. to get it in line I have to manually turn it until I hear the click, and it looks a heck of a lot farther out than I would think safe. I can actually turn the cylinder the wrong direction all the way to the previous chamber. I assume a slow double action pull would have the same result. I shot through the day in mostly single action and I still have my hands, but I assume that either I'm reading too far into things or this is just a really durable piece of kit.

TL;Dr: how much play is too much in a cylinder?

 

[Dexter Morgan]

I can actually turn the cylinder the wrong direction all the way to the previous chamber.

With the hammer cocked, you can turn the cylinder to the next chamber?

If that's true, then your gun is definitely broken.

 

[GunGuy34]

Make sure your extractor rod isnt unscrewed, not sure about Tarus but i found my smith getting hard to lock up and thats what it was, the rod that pushes out the empty brass can get loose after lots of shooting. On the smiths it turns counterclockwise to tighten it.

 

[BCRider]

Cycled slow or fast the cylinder should always advance and lock up. Depending on which way the cylinder can be turned when supposedly locked then it's either the hand has been damaged or broken or the cylinder stop isn't working correctly.


Either way with a mere 100 rounds through it this is definetly warranty time.

 

[357_fan]

If when pulling the hammer back slowly the cylinder doesn't fully lock, then the revolver is out of time. Send it back for warranty.

 

[ohiopotato]

Any idea what the warranty turnaround would be for taurus? or would it be quicker for me to just find a gunsmith to take a look at it?

 

[Brutus]

Any idea what the warranty turnaround would be for taurus? or would it be quicker for me to just find a gunsmith to take a look at it?

That's the thing, what gunsmith actually works on these in Canada?
I hear that Freedom Ventures in Halifax might be one of the few venues
for your spare parts.