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?
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?
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